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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