Skills, exports, and the wages of seven million Latin American workers.

Autor/inn/en	Brambilla, Irene; Dix-Carneiro, Rafael; Lederman, Daniel; Porto, Guido
Titel	Skills, exports, and the wages of seven million Latin American workers. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Fähigkeiten, Exporte und Löhne von sieben Millionen lateinamerikanischen Arbeitskräften.
Quelle	In: The World Bank economic review, 26 (2012) 1, S. 34-60 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0258-6770; 1564-698X
DOI	10.1093/wber/lhr020
Schlagwörter	Argentinien; Außenhandel; Brasilien; Chile; Costa Rica; Dominikanische Republik; El Salvador; Export; Guatemala; Honduras; Industrie; Kolumbien; Mexiko; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Struktur; Uruguay; Lateinamerika; Internationaler Vergleich; Ecuador; Einkommensunterschied; Branche; Lohnhöhe; Globalisierung; Bildungsertrag; Bildungsertrag; Einkommensunterschied; Außenhandel; Branche; Export; Globalisierung; Industrie; Lohnhöhe; Internationaler Vergleich; Struktur; Argentinien; Brasilien; Chile; Costa Rica; Dominikanische Republik; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Kolumbien; Lateinamerika; Mexiko; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Uruguay
Abstract	"The returns to schooling and the skill premium are key parameters in various fields and policy debates, including the literatures on globalization and inequality, international migration, and technological change. This paper explores the skill premium and its correlation with exports in Latin America, thus linking the skill premium to the emerging literature on the structure of trade and development. Using data on employment and wages for over seven million workers from sixteen Latin American economies, the authors estimate national and industry-specific returns to schooling and skill premiums and study some of their determinants. The evidence suggests that both country and industry characteristics are important in explaining returns to schooling and skill premiums. The analyses also suggest that the incidence of exports within industries, the average income per capita within countries, and the relative abundance of skilled workers are related to the underlying industry and country characteristics that explain these parameters. In particular, sectoral exports are positively correlated with the skill premium at the industry level, a result that supports recent trade models linking exports with wages and the demand for skills." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Sekundäranalyse; Querschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2000 bis 2007.
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2012/3