Online Exports and the Wage Gap
The development of the Internet is often seen as a source of demand for skilled workers and therefore a potential driver of the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers. This paper focuses on the impact that international trade in online plat...
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okr-10986-279672021-06-08T14:42:48Z Online Exports and the Wage Gap Cruz, Marcio Milet, Emmanuel Olarreaga, Marcelo WAGE GAPS E-COMMERCE LABOR MARKET ONLINE EXPORTS EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS The development of the Internet is often seen as a source of demand for skilled workers and therefore a potential driver of the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers. This paper focuses on the impact that international trade in online platforms has on the wage gap. Because online trade allows smaller firms with relatively more unskilled workers to access world markets it can be expected a priori that an expansion of online exports reduces the wage gap. After correcting for potential endogeneity bias in a sample of 22 developing countries for which online trade and wage gap data can be matched, the study finds that a 1 percent increase in the share of online exports over GDP leads to a 0.01 percent decline in the wage gap. 2017-08-24T20:45:38Z 2017-08-24T20:45:38Z 2017-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/500301502116884158/Online-exports-and-the-wage-gap http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27967 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8160 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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WAGE GAPS E-COMMERCE LABOR MARKET ONLINE EXPORTS EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS Cruz, Marcio Milet, Emmanuel Olarreaga, Marcelo Online Exports and the Wage Gap |
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The development of the Internet is often
seen as a source of demand for skilled workers and therefore
a potential driver of the wage gap between skilled and
unskilled workers. This paper focuses on the impact that
international trade in online platforms has on the wage gap.
Because online trade allows smaller firms with relatively
more unskilled workers to access world markets it can be
expected a priori that an expansion of online exports
reduces the wage gap. After correcting for potential
endogeneity bias in a sample of 22 developing countries for
which online trade and wage gap data can be matched, the
study finds that a 1 percent increase in the share of online
exports over GDP leads to a 0.01 percent decline in the wage gap. |
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Cruz, Marcio Milet, Emmanuel Olarreaga, Marcelo |
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Cruz, Marcio Milet, Emmanuel Olarreaga, Marcelo |
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Cruz, Marcio |
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Online Exports and the Wage Gap |
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Online Exports and the Wage Gap |
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Online Exports and the Wage Gap |
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Online Exports and the Wage Gap |
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Online Exports and the Wage Gap |
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online exports and the wage gap |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/500301502116884158/Online-exports-and-the-wage-gap http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27967 |
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