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Linking Export Activities to Productivity and Wage Rate Growth

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dc.contributor.authorAguilar Luna, Luis
dc.contributor.authorWinkler, Deborah
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-27T13:18:38Z
dc.date.available2024-03-27T13:18:38Z
dc.date.issued2024-03-26
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the relationship between trade and job quality, using productivity and wage rate data for export and non-export activities in a sample of 60 countries across all income levels and 45 sectors spanning the whole economy over 1995–2019. First, the analysis finds that workers involved in export activities are more productive and better paid than those in non-export activities. While the productivity premium for export activities is confirmed in low- and middle-income countries, there is no wage rate premium. Second, this study finds a positive relationship between exports and labor productivity at the country-sector level, which can be attributed to productivity gains within export activities as well as spillovers to non-export activities. Countries’ specialization in global value chains and sectors also matters for the relationship between exports and job quality, with manufacturing, agriculture, and business services showing stronger associations. The link between exports and the wage rate is smaller than for productivity. Finally, productivity and wage rate growth decompositions suggest that growth within rather than between activities was the driving force. Within export activities, productivity and wage increases were dominated by within-sector growth, although labor movement toward more productive sectors also matters in low- and middle-income countries.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099917103262437014/IDU16c0a77731bf9814c961896f14d6f9f32dc9b
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10737
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41290
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10737
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectEXPORT ACTIVITY
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectWAGE RATE
dc.titleLinking Export Activities to Productivity and Wage Rate Growthen
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okr.crossref.titleLinking Export Activities to Productivity and Wage Rate Growth
okr.date.disclosure2024-03-26
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-03T02:36:51.862477Z
okr.date.lastmodified2024-03-26T00:00:00Zen
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10737
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10737
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okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.sectorTrade
okr.themeInclusive Growth,Job Creation,Trade Facilitation,Economic Policy,Trade Policy,Green Growth,Economic Growth and Planning,Private Sector Development,Job Quality,Jobs,Trade
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::International Trade and Trade Rules
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade and Labor
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Development
okr.unitEFI-MTI-TIC-Trade and RI (ETIRI)
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