Does Tariff Liberalization Increase Wage Inequality? Some Empirical Evidence

• Tác giả: Lyn Squire
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 331.28 Compensation by industry and occupation
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 327464
• Chủ đề: 1. AVERAGE INCOME; 2. AVERAGE INCOMES; 3. AVERAGE TARIFF; 4. CAPITAL ACCOUNT; 5. CAPITAL FLOWS

Tóm tắt

The objective of the paper is to answer an often asked question: If tariff rates are reduced, what will happen to wage inequality? The authors consider two types of wage inequality: between occupations (skills premium) and between industries. They use two large databases of wage inequality that have recently become available and a large data set of average tariff rates covering the period between 1980 and 2000. The authors find that tariff reduction is associated with higher inter-occupational and inter-industry inequality in poorer countries (those below the world median income) and the reverse in richer countries. However, the results for inter-occupational inequality must be treated with caution.