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abstract: 'We investigate the effects of the drastic tariff reductions of the 1980s
and 1990s in Colombia on the wage distribution. We identify three main
channels through which the wage distribution was affected: increasing
returns to college education, changes in industry wages that hurt
sectors with initially lower wages and a higher fraction of unskilled
workers, and shifts of the labor force towards the informal sector that
typically pays lower wages and offers no benefits. Our results suggest
that trade policy played a role in each of the above cases. The increase
in the skill premium was primarily driven by skilled-biased
technological change; however, our evidence suggests that this change
may have been in part motivated by the tariff reductions and the
increased foreign competition to which the trade reform exposed domestic
producers. With respect to industry wages, we find that wage premiums
decreased by more in sectors that experienced larger tariff cuts.
Finally, we find some evidence that the increase in the size of the
informal sector is related to increased foreign competition-sectors with
larger tariff cuts and more trade exposure, as measured by the size of
their imports, experience a greater increase in informality, though this
effect is concentrated in the years prior to the labor market reform.
Nevertheless, increasing returns to education, and changes in industry
premiums and informality alone cannot fully explain the increase in wage
inequality we observe over this period. This suggests that overall the
effect of the trade reforms on the wage distribution may have been
small. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Attanasio, O (Corresponding Author), UCL, Dept Econ, Torrington Pl,Gower
St,Rm 222,Drayton House, London WC1E 6BT, England.
UCL, Dept Econ, London WC1E 6BT, England.
Inst Fiscal Studies, London WC1E 6BT, England.
Dartmouth Coll, Dept Econ, Hanover, NH 03755 USA.'
author: Attanasio, O and Goldberg, PK and Pavcnik, N
author-email: 'o.Attanasio@ucl.ac.uk
Penny.Goldberg@yale.edu
Nina.Pavcnik@Dartmouth.edu'
author_list:
- family: Attanasio
given: O
- family: Goldberg
given: PK
- family: Pavcnik
given: N
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2003.07.001
eissn: 1872-6089
files: []
issn: 0304-3878
journal: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
keywords: trade reforms; wage inequality; Colombia
keywords-plus: 'PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; LIBERALIZATION; IMPACT; COMPETITION; PROTECTION;
MEXICO; LABOR; EMPLOYMENT; COSTS'
language: English
month: AUG
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '48'
pages: 331-366
papis_id: 73f14d7731b015d2a437435dba639546
ref: Attanasio2004tradereforms
times-cited: '205'
title: Trade reforms and wage inequality in Colombia
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000222045700003
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '47'
volume: '74'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2004'