Trade liberalization, employment flows, and wage inequality in Brazil
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BookPublication details: Washington, DC World Bank 2007Description: 56 p.: ill. Include sreferencesSubject(s): Free trade | Economic condition - Trade - BrazilDDC classification: 382.3 Online resources: E-Book Summary: 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.
https://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/abs/10.1596/1813-9450-4108
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| eBooks | Vikram Sarabhai Library Electronic Resources | Non-fiction | 382.3 F3T7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | e-Book - Digital Access | ER000002 |
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.
https://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/abs/10.1596/1813-9450-4108
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