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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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