The effects of exporting on wages: An evaluation using the 1999 Brazilian exchange rate devaluation

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Araujo, Bruno Cesar; Paz, Lourenco S.
• 署名单位: Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada (IPEA); Universidade de Sao Paulo; Syracuse University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.07.005
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 1-16
• 关键词: Brazil; Exchange rate devaluation; Skill upgrade; heterogeneous firms; wage inequality; wage premium

摘要

The impact of international trade on wages has received substantial attention in recent decades; but only recently the specific effects of exporting on wage inequality have been investigated in detail. This paper employs the unexpected 1999 Brazilian exchange rate devaluation to identify the effects of exporting on Brazilian manufacturing firm-level wages using employer-employee linked data. We find that this export shock increased the average wage gap between the high and low productivity firms. Most of this wage increase took the form of a larger wage premium, but increased sorting of workers also played a significant role. Further scrutiny at the occupation-firm level indicates that the wage increases of managerial white-collar occupations came solely from wage premium variations. Skilled blue-collar workers also exhibited wage gains, but these gains came in equal shares from increased wage premium and worker sorting; the remaining occupational categories saw no wage increase. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.