Administered protection for workers: an analysis of the trade adjustment assistance program

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Magee, C
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(00)00063-5
• 发表日期: 2001
• 页码: 105-125
• 关键词: trade adjustment assistance; TARIFFS; PROTECTION

摘要

One of the strongest justifications for the existence of the trade adjustment assistance (TAA) program is that it reduces workers' lobbying efforts against trade liberalization. This paper tests the proposition that the government uses TAA to compensate workers for lost tariff protection. Consistent with this argument, a decline in tariffs over the previous year raises workers' chances of receiving adjustment assistance in some specifications of the model. Equity and efficiency considerations also affect whether workers receive adjustment assistance. Workers from industries with high tariffs, high unemployment rates, and low wages are more likely to be approved for trade adjustment assistance. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.