Trends in Tariff Reforms and Trends in Wage Inequality

The authors provide new evidence on the impacts of trade reforms on wages and wage inequality in developing countries. While most of the current literature on the topic achieves identification by comparing outcomes before and after one episode of trade liberalization across industries, they propose...

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Main Authors: Galiano, Sebastian, Porto, Guido G.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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GDP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6759743/trends-tariff-reforms-trends-wage-inequality
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spelling okr-10986-86842021-04-23T14:02:40Z Trends in Tariff Reforms and Trends in Wage Inequality Galiano, Sebastian Porto, Guido G. AGGREGATE SHOCKS ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFFS AVERAGE WAGES BUSINESS CYCLE CAPITAL GOODS CHANGES IN TRADE COLLEGE EDUCATION COMMERCIAL POLICY CUSTOMS DEBT DEBT CRISIS DEMAND CURVE DEREGULATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DUMPING EARNINGS REGRESSIONS ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMIC HISTORY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELASTICITY EMPLOYMENT LEVEL EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXCHANGE RATES EXTERNAL TARIFF FOREIGN COMPETITION FULL LIBERALIZATION GDP HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT OF TRADE IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION IMPACT OF TRADE REFORMS IMPORT PENETRATION IMPORT PRICE IMPORT TARIFF IMPORT TARIFFS IMPORT TAXES IMPORTS INCOME INEQUALITY INDUSTRIAL POLICIES INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS INDUSTRY WAGE INDUSTRY WAGES INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR DEMAND LABOR EARNING LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR RELATIONS LABOR SHARE LABOR SUPPLY LABOR SURVEYS LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE LOW TARIFFS NON-TARIFF BARRIERS OPENNESS POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE EFFECTS PRIMARY EDUCATION QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS REAL WAGES REDUCTION IN TARIFFS REGIONAL TRADE SEMISKILLED LABOR SEMISKILLED WORKERS SKILL PREMIUM SKILLED WAGE PREMIUM STATISTICAL DATA SUPPLY CURVE SUPPLY CURVES TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF CLASSIFICATION TARIFF CUTS TARIFF LEVELS TARIFF PROTECTION TARIFF RATE TARIFF REDUCTION TARIFF REFORM TARIFF REFORMS TARIFF SCHEDULES TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE BARRIERS TRADE DATA TRADE FORUM TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY REFORMS TRADE PROTECTION TRADE REFORM TRADE REFORMS UNEMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED LABOR UNSKILLED WORKER UNSKILLED WORKERS WAGE DATA WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE PREMIUMS WAGES WORKER The authors provide new evidence on the impacts of trade reforms on wages and wage inequality in developing countries. While most of the current literature on the topic achieves identification by comparing outcomes before and after one episode of trade liberalization across industries, they propose a stronger identifying strategy. The authors explore the recent historical record of policy changes adopted by Argentina: from significant protection in the early 1970s, to the first episode of liberalization during the late 1970s, back to a slowdown of reforms during the 1980s, to the second episode of liberalization in the 1990s. These swings in trade policy comprise broken trends in trade reforms that they can compare with observed trends in wages and wage inequality. After setting up unusual historical data sets of trends in tariffs, trends in wages, and trends in wage inequality, the evidence supports two well-known hypotheses: trade liberalization, other things being equal, (1) has reduced wages, and (2) has increased wage inequality. 2012-06-21T18:32:44Z 2012-06-21T18:32:44Z 2006-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6759743/trends-tariff-reforms-trends-wage-inequality http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8684 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3905 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Argentina
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topic AGGREGATE SHOCKS
ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
AVERAGE TARIFF
AVERAGE TARIFFS
AVERAGE WAGES
BUSINESS CYCLE
CAPITAL GOODS
CHANGES IN TRADE
COLLEGE EDUCATION
COMMERCIAL POLICY
CUSTOMS
DEBT
DEBT CRISIS
DEMAND CURVE
DEREGULATION
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DUMPING
EARNINGS REGRESSIONS
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMIC HISTORY
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ELASTICITY
EMPLOYMENT LEVEL
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EXCHANGE RATES
EXTERNAL TARIFF
FOREIGN COMPETITION
FULL LIBERALIZATION
GDP
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMPACT OF TRADE
IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION
IMPACT OF TRADE REFORMS
IMPORT PENETRATION
IMPORT PRICE
IMPORT TARIFF
IMPORT TARIFFS
IMPORT TAXES
IMPORTS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INDUSTRIAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS
INDUSTRY WAGE
INDUSTRY WAGES
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR EARNING
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR REGULATION
LABOR REGULATIONS
LABOR RELATIONS
LABOR SHARE
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOR SURVEYS
LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE
LOW TARIFFS
NON-TARIFF BARRIERS
OPENNESS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POSITIVE EFFECTS
PRIMARY EDUCATION
QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS
REAL WAGES
REDUCTION IN TARIFFS
REGIONAL TRADE
SEMISKILLED LABOR
SEMISKILLED WORKERS
SKILL PREMIUM
SKILLED WAGE PREMIUM
STATISTICAL DATA
SUPPLY CURVE
SUPPLY CURVES
TARIFF BARRIERS
TARIFF CLASSIFICATION
TARIFF CUTS
TARIFF LEVELS
TARIFF PROTECTION
TARIFF RATE
TARIFF REDUCTION
TARIFF REFORM
TARIFF REFORMS
TARIFF SCHEDULES
TRADE AGREEMENT
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE DATA
TRADE FORUM
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE POLICY REFORMS
TRADE PROTECTION
TRADE REFORM
TRADE REFORMS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNSKILLED LABOR
UNSKILLED WORKER
UNSKILLED WORKERS
WAGE DATA
WAGE INEQUALITY
WAGE PREMIUMS
WAGES
WORKER
spellingShingle AGGREGATE SHOCKS
ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
AVERAGE TARIFF
AVERAGE TARIFFS
AVERAGE WAGES
BUSINESS CYCLE
CAPITAL GOODS
CHANGES IN TRADE
COLLEGE EDUCATION
COMMERCIAL POLICY
CUSTOMS
DEBT
DEBT CRISIS
DEMAND CURVE
DEREGULATION
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DUMPING
EARNINGS REGRESSIONS
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMIC HISTORY
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ELASTICITY
EMPLOYMENT LEVEL
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EXCHANGE RATES
EXTERNAL TARIFF
FOREIGN COMPETITION
FULL LIBERALIZATION
GDP
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMPACT OF TRADE
IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION
IMPACT OF TRADE REFORMS
IMPORT PENETRATION
IMPORT PRICE
IMPORT TARIFF
IMPORT TARIFFS
IMPORT TAXES
IMPORTS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INDUSTRIAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS
INDUSTRY WAGE
INDUSTRY WAGES
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR EARNING
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR REGULATION
LABOR REGULATIONS
LABOR RELATIONS
LABOR SHARE
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOR SURVEYS
LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE
LOW TARIFFS
NON-TARIFF BARRIERS
OPENNESS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POSITIVE EFFECTS
PRIMARY EDUCATION
QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS
REAL WAGES
REDUCTION IN TARIFFS
REGIONAL TRADE
SEMISKILLED LABOR
SEMISKILLED WORKERS
SKILL PREMIUM
SKILLED WAGE PREMIUM
STATISTICAL DATA
SUPPLY CURVE
SUPPLY CURVES
TARIFF BARRIERS
TARIFF CLASSIFICATION
TARIFF CUTS
TARIFF LEVELS
TARIFF PROTECTION
TARIFF RATE
TARIFF REDUCTION
TARIFF REFORM
TARIFF REFORMS
TARIFF SCHEDULES
TRADE AGREEMENT
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE DATA
TRADE FORUM
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE POLICY REFORMS
TRADE PROTECTION
TRADE REFORM
TRADE REFORMS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNSKILLED LABOR
UNSKILLED WORKER
UNSKILLED WORKERS
WAGE DATA
WAGE INEQUALITY
WAGE PREMIUMS
WAGES
WORKER
Galiano, Sebastian
Porto, Guido G.
Trends in Tariff Reforms and Trends in Wage Inequality
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Argentina
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3905
description The authors provide new evidence on the impacts of trade reforms on wages and wage inequality in developing countries. While most of the current literature on the topic achieves identification by comparing outcomes before and after one episode of trade liberalization across industries, they propose a stronger identifying strategy. The authors explore the recent historical record of policy changes adopted by Argentina: from significant protection in the early 1970s, to the first episode of liberalization during the late 1970s, back to a slowdown of reforms during the 1980s, to the second episode of liberalization in the 1990s. These swings in trade policy comprise broken trends in trade reforms that they can compare with observed trends in wages and wage inequality. After setting up unusual historical data sets of trends in tariffs, trends in wages, and trends in wage inequality, the evidence supports two well-known hypotheses: trade liberalization, other things being equal, (1) has reduced wages, and (2) has increased wage inequality.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Galiano, Sebastian
Porto, Guido G.
author_facet Galiano, Sebastian
Porto, Guido G.
author_sort Galiano, Sebastian
title Trends in Tariff Reforms and Trends in Wage Inequality
title_short Trends in Tariff Reforms and Trends in Wage Inequality
title_full Trends in Tariff Reforms and Trends in Wage Inequality
title_fullStr Trends in Tariff Reforms and Trends in Wage Inequality
title_full_unstemmed Trends in Tariff Reforms and Trends in Wage Inequality
title_sort trends in tariff reforms and trends in wage inequality
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6759743/trends-tariff-reforms-trends-wage-inequality
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8684
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