Trade Liberalization and Regional Impacts on Residual Wage Inequality: Evidence from Brazil

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Rey, Ignacio Crespo
• Orientador(a): Pupato, Germán Pablo
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: eng
• Palavras-chave em Português: Liberalização comercial; Desigualdade residual dos salários; Impactos regionais; Comércio Internacional; Política comercial; Salários
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Trade liberalization; Residual wage inequality; Regional impacts
• Link de acesso: https://hdl.handle.net/10438/10938

The aim of this paper is to understand more about the role of trade liberalization on wage inequality, more precisely, on the residual wage inequality. Using the Brazil- ian trade openness, the large tari cuts that occurred between 1987 and 1995, it is empirically investigated whether di erent levels of exposure to trade across states contributed to the di erent inequality movements. Results indicate that states more exposed to trade liberalization experienced a relative increase in residual wage in- equality or, equivalently, a smaller decrease. These ndings enrich the discussion on the e ects of trade openness on inequality.