Trade Liberalization and the Wage Skill Premium: Evidence from Indonesia

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Amiti, Mary; Cameron, Lisa
• 署名单位: Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - New York; Monash University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2012.01.009
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 277-287
• 关键词: wage inequality; Skill premium; import tariffs; intermediate inputs

摘要

In this paper, we analyze the effect of reducing import tariffs on intermediate inputs and final goods on the wage skill premium within firms in Indonesia - a country with a high share of unskilled workers. We present a new finding that reducing input tariffs reduces the wage skill premium within firms that import their intermediate inputs. However, we do not find significant effects from reducing tariffs on final goods on the wage skill premium within firms. (C) 2012 Elsevier BM. All rights reserved.