ESTIMATING THE IMPACT OF TRADE AND OFFSHORING ON AMERICAN WORKERS USING THE CURRENT POPULATION SURVEYS

被引:178
作者
Ebenstein, Avraham [1 ]
Harrison, Ann [2 ,3 ]
McMillan, Margaret [3 ,4 ]
Phillips, Shannon [5 ]
机构
[1] Hebrew Univ Jerusalem, IL-91905 Jerusalem, Israel
[2] Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[3] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[4] Tufts Univ, Medford, MA 02155 USA
[5] Boston Coll, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167 USA
关键词
WAGE INEQUALITY; UNITED-STATES; MOBILITY; SKILL;
D O I
10.1162/REST_a_00400
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We link industry-level data on trade and offshoring with individual-level worker data from the Current Population Surveys from 1984 to 2002. We find that occupational exposure to globalization is associated with significant wage effects, while industry exposure has no significant impact. We present evidence that globalization has put downward pressure on worker wages through the reallocation of workers away from higher-wage manufacturing jobs into other sectors and other occupations. Using a panel of workers, we find that occupation switching due to trade led to real wage losses of 12 to 17 percentage points.
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页码:581 / 595
页数:15
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