Trade and Human Capital Accumulation : Evidence from U.S. Immigrants

This study provides empirical evidence that trade increases on-the-job human capital accumulation by estimating the effect of home country openness on estimated returns to home country experience of U.S. immigrants. The positive effect of trade on...

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Main Author:	Dömeland, Dörte
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE VALUE ADVANCED COUNTRIES AGRICULTURE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INVESTMENT CENSUSES CITIZENS COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COUNTRY DATA COUNTRY EXPERIENCE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CROSS-COUNTRY DATA DATA SET DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPED ECONOMIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOWNWARD BIAS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EXPECTED EXPLANATORY VARIABLE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FREE TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH CORRELATION HUMAN CAPITAL IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION INCOME JOB SEARCH JOBS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET REGULATION LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LEVEL OF EDUCATION MIGRATION NATURAL LOGARITHM NEGATIVE SIGN OLDER WORKERS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING OPEN ECONOMIES POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POSITIVE CORRELATION POSITIVE EFFECT PRODUCING GOODS PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PROGRESS QUALITY OF EDUCATION REAL GDP REGIONAL DUMMIES RELATIVE DEMAND RELATIVE WAGES RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS RETURNS RICHER COUNTRIES SCHOOL QUALITY SECONDARY SCHOOL SKILL-BIASED TECHNOLOGIES SKILLED LABOR SPILLOVER SPOUSE TEACHER RATIO TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRAINING COSTS UNSKILLED WORKERS WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE LEVEL WAGE RATE WAGES WORKER WORKERS YOUNG WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7405842/trade-human-capital-accumulation-evidence-immigrants http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7164

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spelling	okr-10986-71642021-04-23T14:02:33Z Trade and Human Capital Accumulation : Evidence from U.S. Immigrants Dömeland, Dörte ABSOLUTE VALUE ADVANCED COUNTRIES AGRICULTURE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INVESTMENT CENSUSES CITIZENS COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COUNTRY DATA COUNTRY EXPERIENCE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CROSS-COUNTRY DATA DATA SET DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPED ECONOMIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOWNWARD BIAS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EXPECTED EXPLANATORY VARIABLE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FREE TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH CORRELATION HUMAN CAPITAL IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION INCOME JOB SEARCH JOBS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET REGULATION LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LEVEL OF EDUCATION MIGRATION NATURAL LOGARITHM NEGATIVE SIGN OLDER WORKERS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING OPEN ECONOMIES POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POSITIVE CORRELATION POSITIVE EFFECT PRODUCING GOODS PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PROGRESS QUALITY OF EDUCATION REAL GDP REGIONAL DUMMIES RELATIVE DEMAND RELATIVE WAGES RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS RETURNS RICHER COUNTRIES SCHOOL QUALITY SECONDARY SCHOOL SKILL-BIASED TECHNOLOGIES SKILLED LABOR SPILLOVER SPOUSE TEACHER RATIO TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRAINING COSTS UNSKILLED WORKERS WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE LEVEL WAGE RATE WAGES WORKER WORKERS YOUNG WORKERS This study provides empirical evidence that trade increases on-the-job human capital accumulation by estimating the effect of home country openness on estimated returns to home country experience of U.S. immigrants. The positive effect of trade on on-the-job human capital accumulation remains significant when controlling for GDP, educational attainment, and institutional quality. It is not the result of self-selection, heterogeneity in returns to experience, English-speaking origin, or cultural background. The effect persists when restricting the sample to non-OECD countries, thereby resolving the theoretical ambiguity of whether trade increases or decreases learning-by-doing. The role of trade in generating economic growth is therefore likely to be more important than generally considered. 2012-06-05T19:04:00Z 2012-06-05T19:04:00Z 2007-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7405842/trade-human-capital-accumulation-evidence-immigrants http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7164 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4144 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	ABSOLUTE VALUE ADVANCED COUNTRIES AGRICULTURE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INVESTMENT CENSUSES CITIZENS COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COUNTRY DATA COUNTRY EXPERIENCE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CROSS-COUNTRY DATA DATA SET DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPED ECONOMIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOWNWARD BIAS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EXPECTED EXPLANATORY VARIABLE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FREE TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH CORRELATION HUMAN CAPITAL IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION INCOME JOB SEARCH JOBS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET REGULATION LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LEVEL OF EDUCATION MIGRATION NATURAL LOGARITHM NEGATIVE SIGN OLDER WORKERS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING OPEN ECONOMIES POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POSITIVE CORRELATION POSITIVE EFFECT PRODUCING GOODS PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PROGRESS QUALITY OF EDUCATION REAL GDP REGIONAL DUMMIES RELATIVE DEMAND RELATIVE WAGES RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS RETURNS RICHER COUNTRIES SCHOOL QUALITY SECONDARY SCHOOL SKILL-BIASED TECHNOLOGIES SKILLED LABOR SPILLOVER SPOUSE TEACHER RATIO TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRAINING COSTS UNSKILLED WORKERS WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE LEVEL WAGE RATE WAGES WORKER WORKERS YOUNG WORKERS
spellingShingle	ABSOLUTE VALUE ADVANCED COUNTRIES AGRICULTURE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INVESTMENT CENSUSES CITIZENS COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COUNTRY DATA COUNTRY EXPERIENCE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CROSS-COUNTRY DATA DATA SET DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPED ECONOMIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOWNWARD BIAS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EXPECTED EXPLANATORY VARIABLE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FREE TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH CORRELATION HUMAN CAPITAL IMMIGRANT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION INCOME JOB SEARCH JOBS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET REGULATION LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES LEVEL OF EDUCATION MIGRATION NATURAL LOGARITHM NEGATIVE SIGN OLDER WORKERS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING OPEN ECONOMIES POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POSITIVE CORRELATION POSITIVE EFFECT PRODUCING GOODS PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES PROGRESS QUALITY OF EDUCATION REAL GDP REGIONAL DUMMIES RELATIVE DEMAND RELATIVE WAGES RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS RETURNS RICHER COUNTRIES SCHOOL QUALITY SECONDARY SCHOOL SKILL-BIASED TECHNOLOGIES SKILLED LABOR SPILLOVER SPOUSE TEACHER RATIO TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRAINING COSTS UNSKILLED WORKERS WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE LEVEL WAGE RATE WAGES WORKER WORKERS YOUNG WORKERS Dömeland, Dörte Trade and Human Capital Accumulation : Evidence from U.S. Immigrants
relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4144
description	This study provides empirical evidence that trade increases on-the-job human capital accumulation by estimating the effect of home country openness on estimated returns to home country experience of U.S. immigrants. The positive effect of trade on on-the-job human capital accumulation remains significant when controlling for GDP, educational attainment, and institutional quality. It is not the result of self-selection, heterogeneity in returns to experience, English-speaking origin, or cultural background. The effect persists when restricting the sample to non-OECD countries, thereby resolving the theoretical ambiguity of whether trade increases or decreases learning-by-doing. The role of trade in generating economic growth is therefore likely to be more important than generally considered.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Dömeland, Dörte
author_facet	Dömeland, Dörte
author_sort	Dömeland, Dörte
title	Trade and Human Capital Accumulation : Evidence from U.S. Immigrants
title_short	Trade and Human Capital Accumulation : Evidence from U.S. Immigrants
title_full	Trade and Human Capital Accumulation : Evidence from U.S. Immigrants
title_fullStr	Trade and Human Capital Accumulation : Evidence from U.S. Immigrants
title_full_unstemmed	Trade and Human Capital Accumulation : Evidence from U.S. Immigrants
title_sort	trade and human capital accumulation : evidence from u.s. immigrants
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7405842/trade-human-capital-accumulation-evidence-immigrants http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7164
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Trade and Human Capital Accumulation : Evidence from U.S. Immigrants

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