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Trade Liberalization, Employment Flows, and Wage Inequality in Brazil

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dc.contributor.author Ferreira, Francisco H.G.
dc.contributor.author Leite, Phillippe G.
dc.contributor.author Wai-Poi, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-01T17:40:15Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-01T17:40:15Z
dc.date.issued 2007-01
dc.description.abstract Using nationally representative, economywide data, this paper investigates the relative importance of trade-mandated effects on industry wage premia; industry and economywide skill premia; and employment flows in accounting for changes in the wage distribution in Brazil during the 1988-95 trade liberalization. Unlike in other Latin American countries, trade liberalization appears to have made a significant contribution toward a reduction in wage inequality. These effects have not occurred through changes in industry-specific (wage or skill) premia. Instead, they appear to have been channeled through substantial employment flows across sectors and formality categories. Changes in the economywide skill premium are also important. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7309378/trade-liberalization-employment-flows-wage-inequality-brazil
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6880
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4108
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 TRADE
dc.subject AGRICULTURE
dc.subject BENCHMARK
dc.subject COMPETITIVE CONDITIONS
dc.subject COMPETITIVE MARKETS
dc.subject COMPETITIVE PRESSURES
dc.subject CONSUMERS
dc.subject COUNTERFACTUAL WAGE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject CUSTOMS
dc.subject DEVELOPING REGIONS
dc.subject DOMESTIC PRICES
dc.subject DOMESTIC PRODUCTION
dc.subject EARNINGS REGRESSIONS
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT LEVELS
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITIES
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT SHARE
dc.subject EXCHANGE RATE
dc.subject EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subject EXPORT SHARES
dc.subject EXPORTERS
dc.subject FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
dc.subject GROUP WORKERS
dc.subject GROWTH RATE
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subject IMPACT OF TRADE
dc.subject IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject IMPERFECT COMPETITION
dc.subject IMPORT COMPETITION
dc.subject IMPORT PENETRATION
dc.subject IMPORTS
dc.subject INCOME LEVELS
dc.subject INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subject INDUSTRY WAGE
dc.subject INEQUALITY MEASURES
dc.subject INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject INFORMAL SECTOR
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL TRADING SYSTEM
dc.subject LABOR FORCE
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject LABOR REALLOCATION
dc.subject LATIN AMERICAN
dc.subject MARGINAL EFFECTS
dc.subject NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject NON-TARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subject OCCUPATION
dc.subject OCCUPATIONS
dc.subject OPENNESS
dc.subject OUTSOURCING
dc.subject PER CAPITA INCOMES
dc.subject POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject PREVIOUS STUDIES
dc.subject PRICES FALL
dc.subject PRODUCT MARKETS
dc.subject PRODUCT PRICES
dc.subject PRODUCTION WORKERS
dc.subject PROTECTED INDUSTRIES
dc.subject PUBLIC SERVICE
dc.subject RATES OF PROTECTION
dc.subject RURAL WORKERS
dc.subject SKILL PREMIUM
dc.subject TARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subject TARIFF RATES
dc.subject TARIFF REVENUES
dc.subject TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subject TRADE DATA
dc.subject TRADE FLOWS
dc.subject TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject TRADE LIBERALIZATIONS
dc.subject TRADE MODELS
dc.subject TRADE OPENNESS
dc.subject TRADE POLICY
dc.subject TRADE REFORM
dc.subject TRADE REFORMS
dc.subject TRADE VARIABLES
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject UNSKILLED LABOR
dc.subject UNSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject WAGE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject WAGE GAP
dc.subject WAGE GROWTH
dc.subject WAGE INEQUALITY
dc.subject WAGE LEVELS
dc.subject WAGE PREMIUM
dc.subject WAGES
dc.subject WORKER
dc.subject WORLD TRADE
dc.title Trade Liberalization, Employment Flows, and Wage Inequality in Brazil en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Jobs
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7309378/trade-liberalization-employment-flows-wage-inequality-brazil
okr.globalpractice Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice Social Protection and Labor
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.globalpractice Trade and Competitiveness
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-4108
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000016406_20070109094309
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 7309378
okr.identifier.report WPS4108
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2007/01/09/000016406_20070109094309/Rendered/PDF/wps4108.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.country Brazil
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Trade Policy
okr.topic Economic Theory and Research
okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Labor Markets
okr.topic Law and Development :: Trade Law
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)
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relation.isSeriesOfPublication 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87
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