TY - JOUR
T1 - Manufacturing wages and imports: Evidence from the NLSY
AU - Kosteas, Vasilios D
PY - 2008/5/1
Y1 - 2008/5/1
N2 - This paper analyses the effect of imports on US manufacturing wages using the NLSY79 data-set, estimating differential impacts on blue- and white-collar wages. I find that rising imports put downward pressure on wages between 1979 and 1988. This correlation holds for both white- and blue-collar workers, with a somewhat stronger impact on the latter group. Evidence suggests that imports from low-wage countries are responsible for the negative relationship between imports and wages, but only for blue-collar wages. A one-percentage-point increase in the low-wage import share is associated with a 2.8% decline in blue-collar wages. © 2008 The London School of Economics and Political Science.
AB - This paper analyses the effect of imports on US manufacturing wages using the NLSY79 data-set, estimating differential impacts on blue- and white-collar wages. I find that rising imports put downward pressure on wages between 1979 and 1988. This correlation holds for both white- and blue-collar workers, with a somewhat stronger impact on the latter group. Evidence suggests that imports from low-wage countries are responsible for the negative relationship between imports and wages, but only for blue-collar wages. A one-percentage-point increase in the low-wage import share is associated with a 2.8% decline in blue-collar wages. © 2008 The London School of Economics and Political Science.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00591.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2007.00591.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0013-0427
VL - 75
SP - 259
EP - 279
JO - Economica
JF - Economica
IS - 298
ER -