Trade, Jobs, and Worker Welfare
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.
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| Format: | Working Paper biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021-04
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| Subjects: | TRADE SHOCK, LABOR MOBILITY, TRADE ADJUSTMENT, WORKER WELFARE, JOBS, LABOR MARKET, EMPLOYMENT, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/659891618336551751/Trade-Jobs-and-Worker-Welfare https://hdl.handle.net/10986/35449 |
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