Wage inequality and trade liberalization : evidence from Argentina
Wage inequality has increased substantially in Argentina during the nineties. At the same time during this decade Argentina has gone through a rapid and deep process of trade liberalization. In this paper we try to associate both phenomena. In particular, we attempt to answer the following question:...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2000 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional do FGV (FGV Repositório Digital) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/13020 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10438/13020 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Wage inequality Trade liberalization Argentina Economia Salários - Argentina |
| Resumo: | Wage inequality has increased substantially in Argentina during the nineties. At the same time during this decade Argentina has gone through a rapid and deep process of trade liberalization. In this paper we try to associate both phenomena. In particular, we attempt to answer the following question: Did trade liberalization play any role in shaping the argentine wage structure during the period studied? Specifically, we test whether those sectors where import penetration deepened are also the sectors where, ceteris paribus, a higher increase in wage inequality has taken place. We fmd evidence that supports this hypothesis. |
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