Foreign Trade Strategies, Employment, and Income Distribution in Brazil

by Benedict J. Clements

Overview

In this groundbreaking new study, Clements assesses the impact of alternative foreign trade strategies—export promotion and import substitution—on employment and income distribution in Brazil. The first work to evaluate specifically the impact of Brazil's foreign trade policies on income distribution, this volume uses a modified input-output technique to assess income distribution questions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275928650
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/03/1988
Pages:	185
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

BENEDICT J. CLEMENTS is Assistant Professor of Economics at Providence College, Rhode Island. He has published articles in Brazilian, British, and U.S. jourbanals on the impact of alternative development strategies on the Brazilian economy, and has lectured in Brazil on his work on foreign trade and income distribution.

Table of Contents

Trade Strategies and Brazil in the 1980s
Trade and the External Sector in the Brazilian Economy
Trade, Employment, and Distribution: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives
Research Methodology
Empirical Results
Brazilian Exports: Growth and Change in Composition
The Destination and Origin of Brazilian Exports: Distributive Aspects
Trade Policy and Its Impact on Distribution and Efficiencey
Bibliography
Index