Measured skill premia and input trade liberalization: Evidence from Chinese firms

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Chen, Bo; Yu, Miaojie; Yu, Zhihao
• 署名单位: Huazhong University of Science & Technology; Peking University; Carleton University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2017.08.005
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: 31-42
• 关键词: Skill premium; Input trade liberalization; Firm evidence

摘要

Using Chinese firm-level production data, this paper developed a Mincer (1974)-type approach to investigate the impact of input trade liberalization on firms' wage inequality between skilled and unskilled workers (or skill premium). When controlling for product-market tariffs in a firm's industry, we find robust evidence that reduced input tariffs in a firm's industry are associated with a higher skill premium at firms with more skilled workforces. This effect is more pronounced at ordinary (non-processing) firms. We also provide evidence that reduced input tariffs in a firm's industry are associated with higher value added and profits at firms with more skilled workforces. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.