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Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Adjustment in Brazil
dc.contributor.author | Pavcnik, Nina | |
dc.contributor.author | Blom, Andreas | |
dc.contributor.author | Goldberg, Pinelopi | |
dc.contributor.author | Schady, Norbert | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-29T14:09:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-29T14:09:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003-03 | |
dc.description.abstract | The authors study the impact of the 1988-94 trade liberalization in Brazil on wage distribution. They explore three main channels through which trade liberalization could have affected wage distribution: (1) increasing returns to skilled workers because of Hecksher-Ohlin adjustments to trade policy; (2) trade-induced skill-biased technological change; and (3) changes in industry wage premiums. The results suggest that trade reform in Brazil did contribute to the growing skill premium through skill-biased technological change, which was partially instigated by increased foreign competition. The authors also find that sector-specific returns to skill increased more in sectors with bigger tariff reductions. But they find little support for Hecksher-Ohlin type adjustments to trade reform. Overall, the effects of trade reform on wage inequality seem relatively small. | en |
dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2166848/trade-liberalization-labor-market-adjustment-brazil | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19038 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2982 | |
dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ | |
dc.subject | AVERAGE TARIFF LEVELS | |
dc.subject | CHANGES IN TRADE | |
dc.subject | CURRENT ACCOUNT | |
dc.subject | CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPED COUNTRIES | |
dc.subject | DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.subject | EMPIRICAL STUDIES | |
dc.subject | EMPLOYMENT | |
dc.subject | EXCHANGE RATES | |
dc.subject | EXPORT GROWTH | |
dc.subject | EXPORTS | |
dc.subject | FACTOR MARKETS | |
dc.subject | FACTORS OF PRODUCTION | |
dc.subject | FOREIGN COMPETITION | |
dc.subject | FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY | |
dc.subject | FREE TRADE | |
dc.subject | GNP | |
dc.subject | HIGH LEVELS | |
dc.subject | IMPACT OF TRADE | |
dc.subject | IMPACT OF TRADE REFORMS | |
dc.subject | IMPERFECT COMPETITION | |
dc.subject | IMPORT COMPETITION | |
dc.subject | IMPORT PENETRATION | |
dc.subject | IMPORTS | |
dc.subject | INCOME | |
dc.subject | INCOME INEQUALITY | |
dc.subject | INNOVATION | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL TRADE | |
dc.subject | LABOR | |
dc.subject | LABOR FORCE | |
dc.subject | LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT | |
dc.subject | LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES | |
dc.subject | LABOR MARKETS | |
dc.subject | MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY | |
dc.subject | MARKET PRICES | |
dc.subject | METROPOLITAN AREAS | |
dc.subject | OPENNESS | |
dc.subject | POLICY INSTRUMENTS | |
dc.subject | POLICY MAKERS | |
dc.subject | PRICE INDEX | |
dc.subject | PRODUCTIVITY | |
dc.subject | PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH | |
dc.subject | TARIFF BARRIERS | |
dc.subject | TARIFF DATA | |
dc.subject | TARIFF REDUCTION | |
dc.subject | TARIFF REDUCTIONS | |
dc.subject | TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE | |
dc.subject | TERTIARY EDUCATION | |
dc.subject | TRADE BARRIERS | |
dc.subject | TRADE LIBERALIZATION | |
dc.subject | TRADE LIBERALIZATION INCREASES | |
dc.subject | TRADE LIBERALIZATIONS | |
dc.subject | TRADE MODELS | |
dc.subject | TRADE POLICY | |
dc.subject | TRADE PROTECTION | |
dc.subject | TRADE REFORM | |
dc.subject | TRADE REFORMS | |
dc.subject | TRADE REGIME | |
dc.subject | TRANSPORT | |
dc.subject | UNSKILLED | |
dc.subject | UNSKILLED LABOR | |
dc.subject | UNSKILLED WORKERS | |
dc.subject | WAGE DIFFERENTIALS | |
dc.subject | WAGE DISTRIBUTION | |
dc.subject | WAGE INEQUALITY | |
dc.subject | WAGES | |
dc.title | Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Adjustment in Brazil | en |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
okr.date.disclosure | 2003-03-31 | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
okr.docurl | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2166848/trade-liberalization-labor-market-adjustment-brazil | |
okr.globalpractice | Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience | |
okr.globalpractice | Governance | |
okr.globalpractice | Trade and Competitiveness | |
okr.globalpractice | Health, Nutrition, and Population | |
okr.globalpractice | Water | |
okr.identifier.doi | 10.1596/1813-9450-2982 | |
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum | 000094946_03031804031942 | |
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum | 2166848 | |
okr.identifier.report | WPS2982 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
okr.pdfurl | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2003/03/29/000094946_03031804031942/Rendered/PDF/multi0page.pdf | en |
okr.region.administrative | Latin America & Caribbean | |
okr.region.country | Brazil | |
okr.sector | Industry and trade :: General industry and trade sector | |
okr.topic | Health, Nutrition and Population :: Public Health Promotion | |
okr.topic | Urban Development :: Municipal Financial Management | |
okr.topic | Health Monitoring and Evaluation | |
okr.topic | International Economics and Trade :: Free Trade | |
okr.topic | Water Resources :: Water and Industry | |
okr.topic | Environmental Economics and Policies | |
okr.unit | Off of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP) | |
relation.isSeriesOfPublication | 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87 |
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