This article investigates whether the trade liberalization introduced in Brazil by the end of the 1980s affected the structure of employment and wage. We use data from the manufacturing sector from 1987 to 1998 and found evidences that the higher trade flow affected the inter-industry employment...

The aim of this paper is to present a review of the theoretical and empirical literature about the effects of trade liberalization on the labor markets of developing countries. We discuss models which seek to explain the empirical finding that openness has increased the wage inequality in...

The aim of this paper is to present a review of the theoretical and empirical literature about the effects of trade liberalization on the labor markets of developing countries. We discuss models which seek to explain the empirical finding that openness has increased the wage inequality in...

This paper formulates a positive association between total factor productivity and external effects of human capital. It interprets that exogenous technical changes - as a result from the removal of barriers for trade and technology diffusion and other policy or institutional reforms - enhance...

The investigation of wage determination and wage differentials in developing countries has concentrated on the effects of human capital and different sources of segmentation associated with institutional arrangements and structural characteristics on earnings. The author suggests that unmeasured...

The empirical literature on the impact of unions on wages has stressed two major conclusions. Firstly, unionised workers earn a wage premium when compared to comparable nonunionised workers. Secondly, the dispersion of wages within the union sector is lower than in the nonunion sector. We...

The aim of this paper is to present a review of the theoretical and empirical literature about the effects of trade liberalization on the labor markets of developing countries. We discuss models which seek to explain the empirical finding that openness has increased the wage inequality in...

This paper investigates the wage determination and wage differentials in Brazil for the 1980s and 1990s. We test several competitive models ant theories of segmentation explained by efficiency wages. We find that unmeasured abilities and efficiency wages play a role in explaining the wage...

This paper investigates the wage determination and wage differentials in Brazil for the 1980s and 1990s. We test several competitive models ant theories of segmentation explained by efficiency wages. We find that unmeasured abilities and efficiency wages play a role in explaining the wage...