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Trade liberalization, employment flows, and wage inequality in Brazil

Author:	Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Leite, Phillippe G.; Wai-Poi, Matthew ;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 4108
Country:	Brazil;	Date Stored:	2007/01/09
Document Date:	2007/01/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	Latin America & Caribbean
Report Number:	WPS4108	SubTopics:	Economic Theory & Research; Free Trade; Trade Policy; Labor Markets; Trade Law
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: Using nationally representative, economywide data, this paper investigates the relative importance of trade-mandated effects on industry wage premia; industry and economywide skill premia; and employment flows in accounting for changes in the wage distribution in Brazil during the 1988-95 trade liberalization. Unlike in other Latin American countries, trade liberalization appears to have made a significant contribution toward a reduction in wage inequality. These effects have not occurred through changes in industry-specific (wage or skill) premia. Instead, they appear to have been channeled through substantial employment flows across sectors and formality categories. Changes in the economywide skill premium are also important.


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