Skills, Exports, and the Wages of Seven Million Latin American Workers

Skills, Exports, and the Wages of Seven Million Latin American Workers

The returns to schooling and the skill premium are key parameters in various fields and policy debates, including the literatures on globalization and inequality, international migration, and technological change. This paper explores the skill premium and its correlation with exports in Latin Americ...

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Main Authors: Brambilla, Irene, Dix-Carneiro, Rafael, Lederman, Daniel, Porto, Guido
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank 2013
Subjects:
brain drain
cross-industry regressions
domestic markets
employment
household surveys
income distribution
income inequality
industry characteristics
industry wage
international migration
labor mobility
skill premium
skill premiums
skilled workers
union membership
unskilled workers
wage differentials
wage premium
Workers
working conditions
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15306

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