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Trends in Tariff Reforms and Trends in Wage Inequality

dc.contributor.author Galiano, Sebastian
dc.contributor.author Porto, Guido G.
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-21T18:32:44Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-21T18:32:44Z
dc.date.issued 2006-05
dc.description.abstract The authors provide new evidence on the impacts of trade reforms on wages and wage inequality in developing countries. While most of the current literature on the topic achieves identification by comparing outcomes before and after one episode of trade liberalization across industries, they propose a stronger identifying strategy. The authors explore the recent historical record of policy changes adopted by Argentina: from significant protection in the early 1970s, to the first episode of liberalization during the late 1970s, back to a slowdown of reforms during the 1980s, to the second episode of liberalization in the 1990s. These swings in trade policy comprise broken trends in trade reforms that they can compare with observed trends in wages and wage inequality. After setting up unusual historical data sets of trends in tariffs, trends in wages, and trends in wage inequality, the evidence supports two well-known hypotheses: trade liberalization, other things being equal, (1) has reduced wages, and (2) has increased wage inequality. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6759743/trends-tariff-reforms-trends-wage-inequality
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8684
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3905
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 AGGREGATE SHOCKS
dc.subject ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
dc.subject AVERAGE TARIFF
dc.subject AVERAGE TARIFFS
dc.subject AVERAGE WAGES
dc.subject BUSINESS CYCLE
dc.subject CAPITAL GOODS
dc.subject CHANGES IN TRADE
dc.subject COLLEGE EDUCATION
dc.subject COMMERCIAL POLICY
dc.subject CUSTOMS
dc.subject DEBT
dc.subject DEBT CRISIS
dc.subject DEMAND CURVE
dc.subject DEREGULATION
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject DUMPING
dc.subject EARNINGS REGRESSIONS
dc.subject ECONOMETRIC MODELS
dc.subject ECONOMIC HISTORY
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject ELASTICITY
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT LEVEL
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subject EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subject EXTERNAL TARIFF
dc.subject FOREIGN COMPETITION
dc.subject FULL LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject GDP
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject IMPACT OF TRADE
dc.subject IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject IMPACT OF TRADE REFORMS
dc.subject IMPORT PENETRATION
dc.subject IMPORT PRICE
dc.subject IMPORT TARIFF
dc.subject IMPORT TARIFFS
dc.subject IMPORT TAXES
dc.subject IMPORTS
dc.subject INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject INDUSTRIAL POLICIES
dc.subject INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subject INDUSTRY WAGE
dc.subject INDUSTRY WAGES
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject LABOR DEMAND
dc.subject LABOR EARNING
dc.subject LABOR ECONOMICS
dc.subject LABOR FORCE
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject LABOR REGULATION
dc.subject LABOR REGULATIONS
dc.subject LABOR RELATIONS
dc.subject LABOR SHARE
dc.subject LABOR SUPPLY
dc.subject LABOR SURVEYS
dc.subject LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE
dc.subject LOW TARIFFS
dc.subject NON-TARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subject OPENNESS
dc.subject POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject POSITIVE EFFECTS
dc.subject PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS
dc.subject REAL WAGES
dc.subject REDUCTION IN TARIFFS
dc.subject REGIONAL TRADE
dc.subject SEMISKILLED LABOR
dc.subject SEMISKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject SKILL PREMIUM
dc.subject SKILLED WAGE PREMIUM
dc.subject STATISTICAL DATA
dc.subject SUPPLY CURVE
dc.subject SUPPLY CURVES
dc.subject TARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subject TARIFF CLASSIFICATION
dc.subject TARIFF CUTS
dc.subject TARIFF LEVELS
dc.subject TARIFF PROTECTION
dc.subject TARIFF RATE
dc.subject TARIFF REDUCTION
dc.subject TARIFF REFORM
dc.subject TARIFF REFORMS
dc.subject TARIFF SCHEDULES
dc.subject TRADE AGREEMENT
dc.subject TRADE BARRIERS
dc.subject TRADE DATA
dc.subject TRADE FORUM
dc.subject TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject TRADE POLICIES
dc.subject TRADE POLICY
dc.subject TRADE POLICY REFORMS
dc.subject TRADE PROTECTION
dc.subject TRADE REFORM
dc.subject TRADE REFORMS
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject UNSKILLED LABOR
dc.subject UNSKILLED WORKER
dc.subject UNSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject WAGE DATA
dc.subject WAGE INEQUALITY
dc.subject WAGE PREMIUMS
dc.subject WAGES
dc.subject WORKER
dc.title Trends in Tariff Reforms and Trends in Wage Inequality en
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Jobs
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6759743/trends-tariff-reforms-trends-wage-inequality
okr.globalpractice Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice Social Protection and Labor
okr.globalpractice Trade and Competitiveness
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-3905
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000016406_20060501142722
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 6759743
okr.identifier.report WPS3905
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2006/05/01/000016406_20060501142722/Rendered/PDF/wps3905.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.country Argentina
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Trade Policy
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Export Competitiveness
okr.topic Economic Theory and Research
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Markets
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Free Trade
okr.topic International Economics and Trade
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
relation.isSeriesOfPublication 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87
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