Do Exporters Pay Higher Wages? Plant-level Evidence from an Export Refund Policy in Chile
The impact of increased export activity on plant wages is estimated in a developing country context. To avoid potential endogenous selection problems, the empirical analysis benefits from exogenous variation in exports induced by a policy experiment—an export subsidy system implemented in Chile in 1...
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okr-10986-45032021-04-23T14:02:18Z Do Exporters Pay Higher Wages? Plant-level Evidence from an Export Refund Policy in Chile Kandilov, Ivan T. book value consumers devaluation econometric models economics elasticity export export subsidy exports free trade GDP growth rate international trade inventory rents sunk costs trade liberalization value added wage differentials wages The impact of increased export activity on plant wages is estimated in a developing country context. To avoid potential endogenous selection problems, the empirical analysis benefits from exogenous variation in exports induced by a policy experiment—an export subsidy system implemented in Chile in 1986. Analyses using data from a panel survey of Chilean manufacturing establishments show that while the export subsidy had only a modest positive impact on the industrywide relative high-skilled wage, it significantly increased the plant-level relative high-skilled wage in medium-size establishments, which are most likely to take advantage of the subsidy and enter the export market. 2012-03-30T07:12:38Z 2012-03-30T07:12:38Z 2009-06-30 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4503 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Journal Article Latin America & Caribbean Chile |
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The impact of increased export activity on plant wages is estimated in a developing country context. To avoid potential endogenous selection problems, the empirical analysis benefits from exogenous variation in exports induced by a policy experiment—an export subsidy system implemented in Chile in 1986. Analyses using data from a panel survey of Chilean manufacturing establishments show that while the export subsidy had only a modest positive impact on the industrywide relative high-skilled wage, it significantly increased the plant-level relative high-skilled wage in medium-size establishments, which are most likely to take advantage of the subsidy and enter the export market. |
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Kandilov, Ivan T. |
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Kandilov, Ivan T. |
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Do Exporters Pay Higher Wages? Plant-level Evidence from an Export Refund Policy in Chile |
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Do Exporters Pay Higher Wages? Plant-level Evidence from an Export Refund Policy in Chile |
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Do Exporters Pay Higher Wages? Plant-level Evidence from an Export Refund Policy in Chile |
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Do Exporters Pay Higher Wages? Plant-level Evidence from an Export Refund Policy in Chile |
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Do Exporters Pay Higher Wages? Plant-level Evidence from an Export Refund Policy in Chile |
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do exporters pay higher wages? plant-level evidence from an export refund policy in chile |
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