Trade, Jobs, and Worker Welfare

• Tác giả: Erhan Artuc
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 331.88 Labor unions (Trade unions)
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2021
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 308923
• Chủ đề: 1. JOBS; 2. LABOR MOBILITY; 3. TRADE ADJUSTMENT; 4. TRADE SHOCK; 5. WORKER WELFARE

Tóm tắt

This paper examines the welfare effects of international trade on workers in a new dynamic general equilibrium discrete choice model of labor mobility, where the workers' choice set of jobs is endogenous. The analysis exploits differential exposure of sectors and regions to destination-specific demand shocks to estimate the impacts of exports on wages, employment, and labor mobility, using employer-employee panel data for Brazil. It then employs the same empirical strategy to estimate structural parameters and the different components of changes in model-implied worker welfare. Counterfactual simulations show that the endogenous number of job options significantly magnifies the welfare effects of trade shocks.