Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers Using the Current Population Surveys
The authors link industry-level data on trade and offshoring with individual-level worker data from the Current Population Surveys. They find that occupational exposure to globalization is associated with larger wage effects than industry exposure....
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110803101557 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3512 |
| Summary: | The authors link industry-level data on
trade and offshoring with individual-level worker data from
the Current Population Surveys. They find that occupational
exposure to globalization is associated with larger wage
effects than industry exposure. This effect has been
overlooked because it operates between rather than within
sectors of the economy. The authors also find that
globalization is associated with a reallocation of workers
across sectors and occupations. They estimate wage losses of
2 to 4 percent among workers leaving manufacturing and 4 to
11 percent among workers who also switch occupations. These
effects are most pronounced for workers who perform routine tasks. |
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