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Gravity Portal: LABPTA

Labor Provisions in Trade Agreements (LABPTA) Dataset

The LABPTA dataset classifies labor provisions in preferential trade agreements (PTAs) into 6 broad categories and 140 detailed subcategories. It also provides three separate measures of the stringency of labor-related commitments in PTAs. The dataset can be utilized in a gravity framework to determine the effects of PTAs with labor provisions on trade and other economic outcomes of interest.

Version 2.0 (August 2025)

This version of LABPTA provides the following coverage:

  • 610 preferential trade agreements
  • 196 countries with at least 1 PTA
  • 1990-2021
  • Labor provisions classified into 6 broad categories and 140 subcategories
  • 3 measures of the stringency of labor provisions in PTAs

Download

The dataset is available for download as comma-separated (csv) files (302 KB)

Readme for the data files

LABPTA 2.0 (227KB)

Labor provisions stringency measures (30KB)

Protocols/amendments (5KB)

LABPTA 2.0 Codebook

Recommended citation for version 2.0

If you do not use the measure of the depth of labor provisions, please cite the following:

If you use the measure of the depth of labor provisions, please cite the following:

What is new in version 2.0

  • LABPTA 1.0 was released on June 2021. It covers the period 1990-2015. Raess, D. and Sari, D. (2021). Labor Provisions in Trade Agreements (LABPTA) Codebook and Coding, 1990-2015. [Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Service. 10.5255/UKDA-SN-855014
  • LABPTA 2.0 extends coverage to 1990-2021 incorporating a total of 118 additional PTAs.

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