Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Adjustment in Brazil

Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Adjustment in Brazil

The authors study the impact of the 1988-94 trade liberalization in Brazil on wage distribution. They explore three main channels through which trade liberalization could have affected wage distribution: (1) increasing returns to skilled workers be...

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Main Authors: Pavcnik, Nina, Blom, Andreas, Goldberg, Pinelopi, Schady, Norbert
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AVERAGE TARIFF LEVELS
CHANGES IN TRADE
CURRENT ACCOUNT
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EMPLOYMENT
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORTS
FACTOR MARKETS
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
FOREIGN COMPETITION
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY
FREE TRADE
GNP
HIGH LEVELS
IMPACT OF TRADE
IMPACT OF TRADE REFORMS
IMPERFECT COMPETITION
IMPORT COMPETITION
IMPORT PENETRATION
IMPORTS
INCOME
INCOME INEQUALITY
INNOVATION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKETS
MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY
MARKET PRICES
METROPOLITAN AREAS
OPENNESS
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
POLICY MAKERS
PRICE INDEX
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
TARIFF BARRIERS
TARIFF DATA
TARIFF REDUCTION
TARIFF REDUCTIONS
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE LIBERALIZATION INCREASES
TRADE LIBERALIZATIONS
TRADE MODELS
TRADE POLICY
TRADE PROTECTION
TRADE REFORM
TRADE REFORMS
TRADE REGIME
TRANSPORT
UNSKILLED
UNSKILLED LABOR
UNSKILLED WORKERS
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE DISTRIBUTION
WAGE INEQUALITY
WAGES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2166848/trade-liberalization-labor-market-adjustment-brazil
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19038

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2166848/trade-liberalization-labor-market-adjustment-brazil
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19038

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