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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Main Authors:	Ebenstein, Avraham, Harrison, Ann, McMillan, Margaret, Phillips, Shannon
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	AFFECTED WORKERS AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CYCLE CELL PHONE CELL PHONES COMMERCE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY COMPUTERS CONFIDENTIAL DATA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DECLINING WAGES DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPLACED WORKERS DOMESTIC WORKERS DOWNWARD PRESSURE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC RESEARCH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFICIENCY WAGES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT TRENDS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS EXOGENOUS SHOCK EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTS EXPOSURE FOREIGN COMPETITION FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN LABOR GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBALIZATION GROUP WORKERS HIGH WAGE HIGH WAGES HOURLY WAGE HOURLY WAGES HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INDUSTRY WAGE INSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL TRADE IP JOBS JOBS CREATION LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR STATISTICS LABOR SUPPLY LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRY MANAGERIAL SKILLS MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MATHEMATICS MISSING VALUES MORTALITY MOTIVATION OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY OCCUPATIONS OLDER WORKERS OPEN ACCESS OUTSOURCING POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE EFFECTS PRESENT EVIDENCE PREVIOUS RESULTS PREVIOUS STUDIES PREVIOUS WORK PRICE SERIES PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCT PRICE PRODUCT PRICES PRODUCTION WAGES PRODUCTION WORKERS PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL REAL WAGE REAL WAGES RENTS RESULT SALARIED WORKERS SERVICE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SKILL GROUPS SKILLED WORKERS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS TELEPHONE TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS TELEPHONES TIME PERIOD TIME PERIODS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL OUTPUT TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORMS UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS UNSKILLED LABOR UNSKILLED WORKERS VOLATILITY WAGE ADJUSTMENT WAGE DETERMINATION WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE EFFECTS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE IMPACT WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE LOSS WAGE LOSSES WAGE PREMIUM WAGE PREMIUMS WAGE RATE WAGE STRUCTURE WEB WORKER WORKERS YOUNGER WORKERS
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spelling	okr-10986-35122021-04-23T14:02:10Z Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers Using the Current Population Surveys Ebenstein, Avraham Harrison, Ann McMillan, Margaret Phillips, Shannon AFFECTED WORKERS AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CYCLE CELL PHONE CELL PHONES COMMERCE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY COMPUTERS CONFIDENTIAL DATA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DECLINING WAGES DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPLACED WORKERS DOMESTIC WORKERS DOWNWARD PRESSURE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC RESEARCH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFICIENCY WAGES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT TRENDS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS EXOGENOUS SHOCK EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTS EXPOSURE FOREIGN COMPETITION FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN LABOR GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBALIZATION GROUP WORKERS HIGH WAGE HIGH WAGES HOURLY WAGE HOURLY WAGES HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INDUSTRY WAGE INSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL TRADE IP JOBS JOBS CREATION LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR STATISTICS LABOR SUPPLY LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRY MANAGERIAL SKILLS MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MATHEMATICS MISSING VALUES MORTALITY MOTIVATION OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY OCCUPATIONS OLDER WORKERS OPEN ACCESS OUTSOURCING POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE EFFECTS PRESENT EVIDENCE PREVIOUS RESULTS PREVIOUS STUDIES PREVIOUS WORK PRICE SERIES PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCT PRICE PRODUCT PRICES PRODUCTION WAGES PRODUCTION WORKERS PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL REAL WAGE REAL WAGES RENTS RESULT SALARIED WORKERS SERVICE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SKILL GROUPS SKILLED WORKERS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS TELEPHONE TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS TELEPHONES TIME PERIOD TIME PERIODS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL OUTPUT TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORMS UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS UNSKILLED LABOR UNSKILLED WORKERS VOLATILITY WAGE ADJUSTMENT WAGE DETERMINATION WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE EFFECTS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE IMPACT WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE LOSS WAGE LOSSES WAGE PREMIUM WAGE PREMIUMS WAGE RATE WAGE STRUCTURE WEB WORKER WORKERS YOUNGER WORKERS 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. 2012-03-19T18:03:48Z 2012-03-19T18:03:48Z 2011-08-01 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 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5750 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper North America America United States
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topic	AFFECTED WORKERS AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CYCLE CELL PHONE CELL PHONES COMMERCE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY COMPUTERS CONFIDENTIAL DATA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DECLINING WAGES DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPLACED WORKERS DOMESTIC WORKERS DOWNWARD PRESSURE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC RESEARCH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFICIENCY WAGES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT TRENDS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS EXOGENOUS SHOCK EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTS EXPOSURE FOREIGN COMPETITION FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN LABOR GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBALIZATION GROUP WORKERS HIGH WAGE HIGH WAGES HOURLY WAGE HOURLY WAGES HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INDUSTRY WAGE INSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL TRADE IP JOBS JOBS CREATION LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR STATISTICS LABOR SUPPLY LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRY MANAGERIAL SKILLS MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MATHEMATICS MISSING VALUES MORTALITY MOTIVATION OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY OCCUPATIONS OLDER WORKERS OPEN ACCESS OUTSOURCING POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE EFFECTS PRESENT EVIDENCE PREVIOUS RESULTS PREVIOUS STUDIES PREVIOUS WORK PRICE SERIES PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCT PRICE PRODUCT PRICES PRODUCTION WAGES PRODUCTION WORKERS PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL REAL WAGE REAL WAGES RENTS RESULT SALARIED WORKERS SERVICE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SKILL GROUPS SKILLED WORKERS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS TELEPHONE TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS TELEPHONES TIME PERIOD TIME PERIODS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL OUTPUT TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORMS UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS UNSKILLED LABOR UNSKILLED WORKERS VOLATILITY WAGE ADJUSTMENT WAGE DETERMINATION WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE EFFECTS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE IMPACT WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE LOSS WAGE LOSSES WAGE PREMIUM WAGE PREMIUMS WAGE RATE WAGE STRUCTURE WEB WORKER WORKERS YOUNGER WORKERS
spellingShingle	AFFECTED WORKERS AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CYCLE CELL PHONE CELL PHONES COMMERCE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY COMPUTERS CONFIDENTIAL DATA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DECLINING WAGES DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPLACED WORKERS DOMESTIC WORKERS DOWNWARD PRESSURE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC RESEARCH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EFFICIENCY WAGES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT TRENDS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS EXOGENOUS SHOCK EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTS EXPOSURE FOREIGN COMPETITION FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN LABOR GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBALIZATION GROUP WORKERS HIGH WAGE HIGH WAGES HOURLY WAGE HOURLY WAGES HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INDUSTRY WAGE INSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL TRADE IP JOBS JOBS CREATION LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR STATISTICS LABOR SUPPLY LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRY MANAGERIAL SKILLS MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MATHEMATICS MISSING VALUES MORTALITY MOTIVATION OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY OCCUPATIONS OLDER WORKERS OPEN ACCESS OUTSOURCING POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE EFFECTS PRESENT EVIDENCE PREVIOUS RESULTS PREVIOUS STUDIES PREVIOUS WORK PRICE SERIES PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCT PRICE PRODUCT PRICES PRODUCTION WAGES PRODUCTION WORKERS PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL REAL WAGE REAL WAGES RENTS RESULT SALARIED WORKERS SERVICE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SKILL GROUPS SKILLED WORKERS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS TELEPHONE TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS TELEPHONES TIME PERIOD TIME PERIODS TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL OUTPUT TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORMS UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS UNSKILLED LABOR UNSKILLED WORKERS VOLATILITY WAGE ADJUSTMENT WAGE DETERMINATION WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE EFFECTS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE IMPACT WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE LOSS WAGE LOSSES WAGE PREMIUM WAGE PREMIUMS WAGE RATE WAGE STRUCTURE WEB WORKER WORKERS YOUNGER WORKERS Ebenstein, Avraham Harrison, Ann McMillan, Margaret Phillips, Shannon Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers Using the Current Population Surveys
geographic_facet	North America America United States
relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5750
description	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.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Ebenstein, Avraham Harrison, Ann McMillan, Margaret Phillips, Shannon
author_facet	Ebenstein, Avraham Harrison, Ann McMillan, Margaret Phillips, Shannon
author_sort	Ebenstein, Avraham
title	Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers Using the Current Population Surveys
title_short	Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers Using the Current Population Surveys
title_full	Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers Using the Current Population Surveys
title_fullStr	Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers Using the Current Population Surveys
title_full_unstemmed	Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers Using the Current Population Surveys
title_sort	estimating the impact of trade and offshoring on american workers using the current population surveys
publishDate	2012
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Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers Using the Current Population Surveys

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