case of Brazil. The motivation is based on earlier debate on the role of trade liberalization in shaping out labor market … substitution strategy [Krueger (1983), (1988)]. To address these issues for the case of Brazil, we use a computable general …

the ROW raised workers wages and reduced the likelihood of their being informally employed. The state-level estimates …

informal labor markets. In this period, import penetration grew by more than 20 percent in Brazil, and the share of the import … estimates suggest that a larger Chinese import penetration reduces average formal wages, while imports from elsewhere have the … opposite effect. The results also indicate that the magnitude of the effects on wages are moderated by the unskilled labor …

impact of automation on local labor markets in Brazil are estimated using a shift-share approach. Local labor market …

This article examines the overall effect of global value chains (GVCs) on labour market outcomes, namely wages and …-least-squares method. The results indicate that GVC position is negatively correlated both with wages and with employment, while the effect …