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

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ebenstein, Avraham; Harrison, Ann; McMillan, Margaret; Phillips, Shannon
• 署名单位: Hebrew University of Jerusalem; University of Pennsylvania; National Bureau of Economic Research; Tufts University; Boston College
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00400
• 发表日期: 2014-10
• 页码: 581-595
• 关键词: wage inequality; UNITED-STATES; mobility; skill

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.