A picture of wage inequality and the allocation of labor through a period of trade liberalization: The case of Brazil

被引：41

作者：

Green, F ^{[1
]}

Dickerson, A

Arbache, JS

机构：

[1] Univ Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NZ, Kent, England

[2] Univ Brasilia, BR-70910900 Brasilia, DF, Brazil

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2001年 / 29卷 / 11期

关键词：

trade liberalization; wage inequality; skill premium; employment; Brazil; Latin America;

D O I：

10.1016/S0305-750X(01)00071-7

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

This paper constructs a picture of the labor market impact of trade liberalization in Brazil. We examine the level and dispersion of wages, the skilled wage premium, and employment composition before and after trade liberalization. After trade reform, there was a rise in the returns to college education which, since the share of college workers also rose, is attributable to rising demand. This change did not increase overall wage dispersion because of the small share of college-educated workers and because of decreasing returns to intermediate levels of education. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1923 / 1939

页数：17

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