01913cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF017504 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475585568 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Baldarrago, Elin. Trade Liberalization in Peru : Adjustment Costs Amidst High Labor Mobility / Elin Baldarrago, Gonzalo Salinas. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017. 1 online resource (26 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students While trade integration has been an engine of global growth and prosperity, as suggested by theory, some sectors have been negatively affected by increased import competition. We test if this negative effect is significant in a context of high intranational migration, as theory indicates that labor mobility could reduce it. We focus on the 2004-14 period of trade liberalization in Peru (a major beneficiary of trade integration), which allows for methodological improvements relative to similar studies. We find that districts competing with liberalized imports experienced significantly lower growth in consumption per capita despite some emigration in response to increased import competition. This underscores the need to support the 'losers of trade liberalization' even amidst high labor mobility. Mode of access: Internet Salinas, Gonzalo. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/047 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2017/047/001.2017.issue-047-en.xml IMF e-Library