Exporters, Engineers, and Blue-collar Workers

Exporters, Engineers, and Blue-collar Workers

This article investigates differences in the composition of employment between exporting and nonexporting firms. In particular, it asks whether exporting firms hire more engineers relative to blue-collar workers than nonexporting firms. In a styliz...

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Main Authors: Brambilla, Irene, Lederman, Daniel, Porto, Guido
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2019
Subjects:
BLUE-COLLAR WORKER
LABOR SKILLS
EMPLOYMENT
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
LABOR MARKET
EXPORTS
EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
FIRM PRODUCTIVITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/838691565605297191/Exporters-Engineers-and-Blue-collar-Workers
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32238
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spelling okr-10986-322382021-05-25T10:54:42Z Exporters, Engineers, and Blue-collar Workers Brambilla, Irene Lederman, Daniel Porto, Guido BLUE-COLLAR WORKER LABOR SKILLS EMPLOYMENT TRADE LIBERALIZATION LABOR MARKET EXPORTS EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS FIRM PRODUCTIVITY This article investigates differences in the composition of employment between exporting and nonexporting firms. In particular, it asks whether exporting firms hire more engineers relative to blue-collar workers than nonexporting firms. In a stylized partial-equilibrium model, firms produce goods of varying quality and exporters tend to produce higher quality goods, which are intensive in engineers relative to blue-collar workers. Firms are heterogeneous and more productive firms become exporters and have a higher demand for engineers. The article provides causal evidence in support of these theories using the Chilean Encuesta Nacional Industrial Anual (ENIA), an annual census of manufacturing firms. The results from an instrumental variable estimator suggest that Chilean exporters indeed utilize a higher share of engineers over blue-collar workers. 2019-08-13T19:03:21Z 2019-08-13T19:03:21Z 2016-04-10 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/838691565605297191/Exporters-Engineers-and-Blue-collar-Workers World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32238 English CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Chile
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topic BLUE-COLLAR WORKER
LABOR SKILLS
EMPLOYMENT
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
LABOR MARKET
EXPORTS
EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
FIRM PRODUCTIVITY
spellingShingle BLUE-COLLAR WORKER
LABOR SKILLS
EMPLOYMENT
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
LABOR MARKET
EXPORTS
EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
FIRM PRODUCTIVITY
Brambilla, Irene
Lederman, Daniel
Porto, Guido
Exporters, Engineers, and Blue-collar Workers
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Chile
description This article investigates differences in the composition of employment between exporting and nonexporting firms. In particular, it asks whether exporting firms hire more engineers relative to blue-collar workers than nonexporting firms. In a stylized partial-equilibrium model, firms produce goods of varying quality and exporters tend to produce higher quality goods, which are intensive in engineers relative to blue-collar workers. Firms are heterogeneous and more productive firms become exporters and have a higher demand for engineers. The article provides causal evidence in support of these theories using the Chilean Encuesta Nacional Industrial Anual (ENIA), an annual census of manufacturing firms. The results from an instrumental variable estimator suggest that Chilean exporters indeed utilize a higher share of engineers over blue-collar workers.
format Journal Article
author Brambilla, Irene
Lederman, Daniel
Porto, Guido
author_facet Brambilla, Irene
Lederman, Daniel
Porto, Guido
author_sort Brambilla, Irene
title Exporters, Engineers, and Blue-collar Workers
title_short Exporters, Engineers, and Blue-collar Workers
title_full Exporters, Engineers, and Blue-collar Workers
title_fullStr Exporters, Engineers, and Blue-collar Workers
title_full_unstemmed Exporters, Engineers, and Blue-collar Workers
title_sort exporters, engineers, and blue-collar workers
publisher Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/838691565605297191/Exporters-Engineers-and-Blue-collar-Workers
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32238
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