Does Tariff Liberalization Increase Wage Inequality? Some Empirical Evidence

Milanovic, Branko; Squire, Lyn

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-3571

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Does Tariff Liberalization Increase Wage Inequality? Some Empirical Evidence

dc.contributor.author	Milanovic, Branko
dc.contributor.author	Squire, Lyn
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-25T21:53:11Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-25T21:53:11Z
dc.date.issued	2005-04
dc.description.abstract	The objective of the paper is to answer an often asked question: If tariff rates are reduced, what will happen to wage inequality? The authors consider two types of wage inequality: between occupations (skills premium) and between industries. They use two large databases of wage inequality that have recently become available and a large data set of average tariff rates covering the period between 1980 and 2000. The authors find that tariff reduction is associated with higher inter-occupational and inter-industry inequality in poorer countries (those below the world median income) and the reverse in richer countries. However, the results for inter-occupational inequality must be treated with caution.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5758504/tariff-liberalization-increase-wage-inequality-some-empirical-evidence
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8980
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3571
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	AVERAGE INCOME
dc.subject	AVERAGE INCOMES
dc.subject	AVERAGE TARIFF
dc.subject	CAPITAL ACCOUNT
dc.subject	CAPITAL FLOWS
dc.subject	CHANGES IN TRADE
dc.subject	COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subject	CROSS-COUNTRY REGRESSION
dc.subject	DATA COLLECTION
dc.subject	DATA SET
dc.subject	DECLINING INEQUALITY
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHICS
dc.subject	DEPENDENT VARIABLE
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	EARNINGS INEQUALITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL ESTIMATION
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL MODEL
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL STUDIES
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL WORK
dc.subject	EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subject	EXCESS PROFITS
dc.subject	EXPLANATORY VARIABLE
dc.subject	EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
dc.subject	EXPORT ORIENTATION
dc.subject	EXPORT VOLUMES
dc.subject	EXPORTS
dc.subject	EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject	FAMILY BENEFITS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject	FOREIGN COMPETITION
dc.subject	FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
dc.subject	FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	FOREIGN INVESTORS
dc.subject	GDP
dc.subject	GINI INDEX
dc.subject	GLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	IMPACT OF TRADE
dc.subject	INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	INCOME LEVEL
dc.subject	INCREASE WAGE INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INCREASED INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INCREASING FUNCTION
dc.subject	INCREASING WAGE
dc.subject	INCREASING WAGE INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INEQUALITY MEASURE
dc.subject	INEQUALITY MEASURES
dc.subject	INVESTMENT FLOWS
dc.subject	LABOR DEMAND
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject	LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE
dc.subject	LOW INCOME
dc.subject	MEAN INCOMES
dc.subject	MEDIAN INCOME
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	NEGATIVE IMPACT
dc.subject	OBSERVED CHANGE
dc.subject	OIL
dc.subject	OPENNESS
dc.subject	POLICY CHANGE
dc.subject	POLICY CHANGES
dc.subject	POLICY INDICATORS
dc.subject	POLICY REFORMS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY VARIABLES
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY CONSIDERATIONS
dc.subject	POOR COUNTRIES
dc.subject	POOR COUNTRY
dc.subject	POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	REAL WAGES
dc.subject	RELATIVE DEMAND
dc.subject	RELATIVE WAGES
dc.subject	RISING INEQUALITY
dc.subject	SKILL LEVEL
dc.subject	SKILL PREMIUM
dc.subject	SKILLED LABOR
dc.subject	SKILLED SECTOR
dc.subject	SKILLED WAGES
dc.subject	SKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject	SOCIAL TRANSFERS
dc.subject	TARIFF LEVELS
dc.subject	TARIFF RATE
dc.subject	TARIFF RATES
dc.subject	TARIFF REDUCTION
dc.subject	TAX REFORM
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
dc.subject	TRADE
dc.subject	TRADE EFFECT
dc.subject	TRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subject	TRADE LIBERALIZATIONS
dc.subject	TRADE OPENNESS
dc.subject	TRADE POLICIES
dc.subject	TRADE POLICY
dc.subject	TRADE PROTECTION
dc.subject	TRADE REFORM
dc.subject	TRADE REFORMS
dc.subject	TRADE REGIME
dc.subject	TRADE REGIMES
dc.subject	TRADE VOLUMES
dc.subject	UNSKILLED LABOR
dc.subject	UNSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject	VOLUME OF TRADE
dc.subject	WAGE CHANGES
dc.subject	WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
dc.subject	WAGE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	WAGE GAP
dc.subject	WAGE RATES
dc.title	Does Tariff Liberalization Increase Wage Inequality? Some Empirical Evidence	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2005-04-25
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/5758504/tariff-liberalization-increase-wage-inequality-some-empirical-evidence
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
okr.globalpractice	Trade and Competitiveness
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-3571
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	000012009_20050425134759
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	5758504
okr.identifier.report	WPS3571
okr.language.supported	en
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okr.topic	Poverty Reduction :: Poverty Impact Evaluation
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction :: Inequality
okr.topic	International Economics and Trade :: Free Trade
okr.topic	Economic Theory and Research
okr.topic	Environmental Economics and Policies
okr.unit	Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume	1 of 1
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