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Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers Using the Current Population Surveys

dc.contributor.author Ebenstein, Avraham
dc.contributor.author Harrison, Ann
dc.contributor.author McMillan, Margaret
dc.contributor.author Phillips, Shannon
dc.date.accessioned 2012-03-19T18:03:48Z
dc.date.available 2012-03-19T18:03:48Z
dc.date.issued 2011-08-01
dc.description.abstract The authors link industry-level data on trade and offshoring with individual-level worker data from the Current Population Surveys. They find that occupational exposure to globalization is associated with larger wage effects than industry exposure. This effect has been overlooked because it operates between rather than within sectors of the economy. The authors also find that globalization is associated with a reallocation of workers across sectors and occupations. They estimate wage losses of 2 to 4 percent among workers leaving manufacturing and 4 to 11 percent among workers who also switch occupations. These effects are most pronounced for workers who perform routine tasks. en
dc.identifier http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110803101557
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3512
dc.language English
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5750
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject AFFECTED WORKERS
dc.subject AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject AGRICULTURE
dc.subject BUSINESS CYCLE
dc.subject CELL PHONE
dc.subject CELL PHONES
dc.subject COMMERCE
dc.subject COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject COMPUTERS
dc.subject CONFIDENTIAL DATA
dc.subject CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subject DECLINING WAGES
dc.subject DEMOGRAPHIC
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject DEVELOPING COUNTRY
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject DISPLACED WORKERS
dc.subject DOMESTIC WORKERS
dc.subject DOWNWARD PRESSURE
dc.subject ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subject ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subject ECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject EFFICIENCY WAGES
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT TRENDS
dc.subject EXCHANGE RATE
dc.subject EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS
dc.subject EXOGENOUS SHOCK
dc.subject EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
dc.subject EXPORT GROWTH
dc.subject EXPORTS
dc.subject EXPOSURE
dc.subject FOREIGN COMPETITION
dc.subject FOREIGN FIRMS
dc.subject FOREIGN INVESTMENT
dc.subject FOREIGN LABOR
dc.subject GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subject GLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subject GLOBALIZATION
dc.subject GROUP WORKERS
dc.subject HIGH WAGE
dc.subject HIGH WAGES
dc.subject HOURLY WAGE
dc.subject HOURLY WAGES
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject INDUSTRY WAGE
dc.subject INSTITUTION
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject IP
dc.subject JOBS
dc.subject JOBS CREATION
dc.subject LABOR DEMAND
dc.subject LABOR FORCE
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
dc.subject LABOR STATISTICS
dc.subject LABOR SUPPLY
dc.subject LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject LOW-INCOME COUNTRY
dc.subject MANAGERIAL SKILLS
dc.subject MANUFACTURING
dc.subject MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
dc.subject MATHEMATICS
dc.subject MISSING VALUES
dc.subject MORTALITY
dc.subject MOTIVATION
dc.subject OCCUPATION
dc.subject OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY
dc.subject OCCUPATIONS
dc.subject OLDER WORKERS
dc.subject OPEN ACCESS
dc.subject OUTSOURCING
dc.subject POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject POSITIVE EFFECTS
dc.subject PRESENT EVIDENCE
dc.subject PREVIOUS RESULTS
dc.subject PREVIOUS STUDIES
dc.subject PREVIOUS WORK
dc.subject PRICE SERIES
dc.subject PRODUCT MARKET
dc.subject PRODUCT PRICE
dc.subject PRODUCT PRICES
dc.subject PRODUCTION WAGES
dc.subject PRODUCTION WORKERS
dc.subject PRODUCTIVE FIRMS
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY GAINS
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS
dc.subject PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL
dc.subject REAL WAGE
dc.subject REAL WAGES
dc.subject RENTS
dc.subject RESULT
dc.subject SALARIED WORKERS
dc.subject SERVICE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject SERVICE SECTOR
dc.subject SERVICE SECTORS
dc.subject SKILL GROUPS
dc.subject SKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
dc.subject TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES
dc.subject TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS
dc.subject TELEPHONE
dc.subject TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS
dc.subject TELEPHONES
dc.subject TIME PERIOD
dc.subject TIME PERIODS
dc.subject TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject TOTAL OUTPUT
dc.subject TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject TRADE POLICY
dc.subject TRADE REFORMS
dc.subject UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS
dc.subject UNSKILLED LABOR
dc.subject UNSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject VOLATILITY
dc.subject WAGE ADJUSTMENT
dc.subject WAGE DETERMINATION
dc.subject WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
dc.subject WAGE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject WAGE EFFECTS
dc.subject WAGE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject WAGE IMPACT
dc.subject WAGE INEQUALITY
dc.subject WAGE LOSS
dc.subject WAGE LOSSES
dc.subject WAGE PREMIUM
dc.subject WAGE PREMIUMS
dc.subject WAGE RATE
dc.subject WAGE STRUCTURE
dc.subject WEB
dc.subject WORKER
dc.subject WORKERS
dc.subject YOUNGER WORKERS
dc.title Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers Using the Current Population Surveys en
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Jobs
okr.date.disclosure 2011-08-01
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110803101557
okr.globalpractice Social Protection and Labor
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-5750
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000158349_20110803101557
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 14715528
okr.identifier.report WPS5750
okr.language.supported en
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okr.region.country United States
okr.region.geographical North America
okr.region.geographical America
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Policies
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
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