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Exporters, Engineers, and Blue-Collar Workers / Irene Brambilla.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Brambilla, Irene.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic Theory & Research.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Labor Markets.
- Labor Policies.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Local Subjects:
- Economic Theory & Research.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Labor Markets.
- Labor Policies.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (16 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2016.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This paper investigates differences in the composition of employment between exporting and non-exporting firms. In particular, it asks whether exporting firms hire more engineers relative to blue-collar workers than non-exporting firms. In a stylized partial-equilibrium model, firms produce goods of varying quality and exporters tend to produce higher quality goods, which are intensive in engineers relative to blue-collar workers. Firms are heterogeneous and more productive firms become exporters and have a higher demand for engineers. The paper provides causal evidence in support of these theories using the Chilean Encuesta Nacional Industrial Anual, an annual census of manufacturing firms. The results from an instrumental variable estimator suggest that Chilean exporters indeed utilize a higher share of engineers over blue-collar workers.
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