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Short and long-run labor market effects of developing country exports : evidence from Bangladesh
Robertson, Raymond; Kokas, Deeksha; Cardozo, Diego; … - 2020
This paper studies how a positive export shock - the sharp increase in garment-sector exports that began at the end of … local labor market effects (wages and informality) and estimates from wage equations that reflect the predictions from long … of sector and geography. Wages increased and informality decreased in sub-districts more exposed to the export shock …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012184052
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Re-assessing the impacts of exports on local labour market outcomes : a supply chain perspective : evidence from Egypt
Tillian, Pablo; Kokas, Deeksha; Goes, Carlo; López … - 2023
This paper examines the overall impact of exports while accounting for supply chain linkages on local labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014420407
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Exports, imports and wages : evidence from matched firm-worker-product panels
Martins, Pedro S.; Opromolla, Luca David - 2009
The analysis of the effects of firm-level international trade on wages has so far focused on the role of exports, which … trade and wages across types of products. In particular, firms that increase their exports (imports) of high- (intermediate … wage determinant as important as exports. Furthermore, we also find significant differences in the relationship between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003931298
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Wage structure effects of international trade : evidence from a small open economy
Du Caju, Philip; Rycx, François; Tojerow, Ilan - 2011
both imports and exports, and iii) examine the impact of imports according to the country of origin. Looking at the export … side, we find (on the basis of the system GMM estimator) a positive effect of exports on industry wage premia. The results … wages is found to be significantly bigger when the latter come from low-income countries than from high-income countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235159
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Exports and wages : rent sharing, workforce composition or returns to skills?
Macis, Mario; Schivardi, Fabiano - 2012
We use linked employer-employee data from Italy to explore the relationship between exports and wages. Our empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009535805
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Mending the gap : apparel export prices and the gender wage gap in Bangladesh
Robertson, Raymond; Kokas, Deeksha; Cardozo, Diego; … - 2022
Are the wage gains from exports specific to exporting industries, or do they dissipate throughout the economy? In the … studies show the positive impact of apparel exports on female labor force participation in the formal labor market and a range … of household decisions. We extend this literature by estimating the relationship between apparel exports and the male …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013275362
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Adjusting to globalization in Germany
Dauth, Wolfgang; Findeisen, Sebastian; Südekum, Jens - 2018
We study the impact of trade exposure in the job biographies, measured with daily accuracy, of 2.4 million workers in Germany. To profit from export opportunities, workers adjust through increased employer switching. Highly skilled workers benefit the most, consistent with an increase in skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011796057
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Globalization and wage convergence : Mexico and the United States
Gandolfi, Davide; Halliday, Timothy; Robertson, Raymond - 2014
Neoclassical trade theory suggests that factor price convergence should follow increased commercial integration. Rising commercial integration and foreign direct investment followed the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Mexico. This paper evaluates the degree...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369823
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Trade and inequality in Europe and the US
Dorn, David; Levell, Peter - 2021
The share of low-income countries in global exports nearly tripled between 1990 and 2015, driven largely by the rapid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012745407
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Labor market adjustment to third party competition : evidence from Mexico
Robertson, Raymond; Halliday, Timothy; Vasireddy, Sindhu - 2018
China's exports reduce wages in importing countries, but few studies have looked at competition in third party markets … most pronounced for the least educated. Wages were not impacted on net except for the poorest indicating stronger local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951572