Export Liberalization, Job Creation and the Skill Premium : Evidence from the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement

This paper explores how the expansion of labor-intensive manufacturing exports resulting from the United States-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement in 2001 translated into wages of skilled and unskilled workers and the skill premium in Vietnam throug...

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Main Author:	Fukase, Emiko
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION AGRICULTURE ANTIDUMPING ANTIDUMPING DUTIES APPAREL AVERAGE WAGE BILATERAL TRADE CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL GOODS COBB-DOUGLAS PRODUCTION FUNCTION COEFFICIENT ESTIMATE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COUNTRY MARKETS CREATING JOB DEFLATORS DEMAND SHOCKS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOMESTIC PRODUCTION DOWNWARD BIAS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS RESEARCH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF LABOR SUPPLY ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY EMBARGO EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT COMPOSITION EMPLOYMENT EFFECT EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT LEVEL EMPLOYMENT SHARE EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT INTENSITY EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES EXPORT ORIENTATION EXPORT PATTERNS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCESSING EXPORT PRODUCTS EXPORT QUOTAS EXPORT SECTOR EXPORT SECTORS EXPORT SUBSIDY EXPORT-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES EXPORTERS EXPORTS FINAL GOODS FIRM LEVEL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AREA FULL EMPLOYMENT GDP GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GLOBALIZATION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS OUTPUT GROWTH RATE HIGH WAGE HOUSEHOLD ENTERPRISES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT OF TRADE IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION IMPACT OF TRADE REFORMS IMPORT PENETRATION IMPORT PROTECTION IMPORTS INCOME INEQUALITY INDUSTRIAL POLICY INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INDUSTRIALIZATION INFORMAL SECTOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOB CREATION JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR INTENSITY LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET REFORMS LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR MOVEMENTS LABOR REALLOCATION LABOR RELATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABOR-INTENSIVE GROWTH LABOUR LIVING STANDARDS MARKET ACCESS MARKET ECONOMY MARKET INTEGRATION MULTIPLIER EFFECT NON-TARIFF BARRIERS NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OIL PRICES OUTSOURCING PREVIOUS STUDIES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRODUCT PRICES PRODUCTION WORKERS PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS REAL WAGE REAL WAGES REGIONALISM SERVICE SECTOR SKILL PREMIUM SKILLED OCCUPATION SPECIALIZATION SUNK COSTS SURPLUS LABOR TARIFF ACT TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF CHANGES TARIFF RATE TARIFF RATES TARIFF REDUCTION TARIFF REDUCTIONS TARIFF SCHEDULE TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL LABOR FORCE TOTAL WORKERS TRADABLE GOODS TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE OPENNESS TRADE PATTERN TRADE PATTERNS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY REFORMS TRADE REFORM TRADE REFORMS TRADE REGIMES TRADE SHOCKS TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNSKILLED LABOR UNSKILLED WORKER UNSKILLED WORKERS URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED VALUE OF OUTPUT WAGE CHANGES WAGE CONVERGENCE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GAP WAGE GROWTH WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE LEVELS WAGE PREMIUM WAGE SECTOR WAGE STRUCTURE WELFARE GAINS WHITE-COLLAR OCCUPATIONS WORKING HOURS WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17625179/export-liberalization-job-creation-skill-premium-evidence-us-vietnam-bilateral-trade-agreement http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15565