Does tariff liberalization increase wage inequality? : some empirical evidence / Branko Milanovic, Lyn Squire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milanović, Branko.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Squire, Lyn.

Series:

Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ; working paper no. 11046.

World Bank e-Library.

NBER working paper series ; working paper 11046

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Does tariff liberalization increase wage inequality?

NBER working paper series vol. working paper 11046

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2005.

System Details:

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Summary:

"The objective of the paper is to answer an often-asked question : if tariff rates are reduced, what will happen to wage inequality ? We consider two types of wage inequality : between occupations (skills premium), and between industries. We use two large data bases of wage inequality that have become recently available and a large dataset of average tariff rates all covering the period between 1980 and 2000. We 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. The results for inter-occupational inequality though must be treated with caution"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Notes:

Print version record

January 2005.

Includes bibliographical references.

Publisher Number:

10.1596/1813-9450-3571