Trade Liberalization and Regional Impacts on Residual Wage Inequality: Evidence from Brazil

The aim of this paper is to understand more about the role of trade liberalization on wage inequality, more precisely, on the residual wage inequality. Using the Brazil- ian trade openness, the large tari cuts that occurred between 1987 and 1995, it is empirically investigated whether di erent level...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Rey, Ignacio Crespo
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Brasil
Institución:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional do FGV (FGV Repositório Digital)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/10938
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10438/10938
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Liberalização comercial
Desigualdade residual dos salários
Impactos regionais
Comércio Internacional
Política comercial
Salários
Trade liberalization
Residual wage inequality
Regional impacts
Economia
Comércio internacional
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Sumario:The aim of this paper is to understand more about the role of trade liberalization on wage inequality, more precisely, on the residual wage inequality. Using the Brazil- ian trade openness, the large tari cuts that occurred between 1987 and 1995, it is empirically investigated whether di erent levels of exposure to trade across states contributed to the di erent inequality movements. Results indicate that states more exposed to trade liberalization experienced a relative increase in residual wage in- equality or, equivalently, a smaller decrease. These ndings enrich the discussion on the e ects of trade openness on inequality.