ラテンアメリカ・セミナー

ラテンアメリカ・セミナー

2020年3月11日(水)15:30 ~ 17:00

ラテンアメリカ・セミナー

神戸大学経済経営研究所ラテンアメリカ政治経済研究部会/科研若手研究(B)「ラテンアメリカにおけるバリューチェーン統合と生産性・分配に関する実証研究」 共催

日時 2020年3月11日(水)15:30 ~ 17:00
会場 経済経営研究所 会議室(新館2階)
対象 教員、院生、および同等の知識をお持ちの方
使用言語 日本語
15:30~17:00
論題
Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality: Evidence from Chile
報告者
村上 善道 (神戸大学経済経営研究所)
概要
This study analyzes the impacts of further tariff reductions resulting from the proliferation of regional trade agreements on wage inequality between skilled and unskilled workers in Chile in the 2000s. Thus, we use data on effective tariff rates instead of uniform most-favored-nation rates to measure trade liberalization. We match panel data on industry characteristics, including effective tariff rates, to pooled individual cross-section data from national household surveys at the industry level. We find that the reductions in effective tariffs on final goods increase industry wage premiums, thus suggesting that liberalization-induced productivity improvements lead to higher wages. However, considering the differential impacts on different skill groups, we find that the reductions significantly increase industry wage premiums only for skilled workers, thereby increasing wage inequality. Moreover, the impact is larger in skilled workers employed in large-sized firms. The results are robust to the inclusion of other industry characteristics, including input tariffs, the share of foreign-owned capital, and payments to foreign technology. The results are also robust to the inclusion of industry productivity, which is likely to affect the effective tariffs and industry wage premiums simultaneously, as well as control for the potential endogeneity of trade policy.
日本語