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Trade and Real Wages of the Rich and Poor: Evidence from Brazil and Mexico

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  • He, Zheli

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Trade liberalization affects real-wage inequality through two channels: the distribution of nominal wages across workers and, if the rich and the poor consume different bundles of goods, the distribution of price indices across consumers. I provide a unified framework incorporating both channels by allowing for nonhomothetic preferences and worker heterogeneity across jobs. I parametrize the model for 40 regions using sector-level trade and production data and find that China’s productivity growth decreases the relative nominal wage of the poor and the relative price index for the poor in Mexico and Brazil. On net, real-wage inequality falls in the two countries in the baseline case.

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  • He, Zheli, 2019. "Trade and Real Wages of the Rich and Poor: Evidence from Brazil and Mexico," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 9961, Inter-American Development Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:idb:brikps:9961
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002006
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    1. Dix-Carneiro, Rafael & Kovak, Brian K., 2023. "Globalization and Inequality in Latin America," IZA Discussion Papers 16363, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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    import competition; wage inequality;

    JEL classification:

    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • F61 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Microeconomic Impacts

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