Trade liberalization and industry wage structure: Evidence from Brazil

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 319-344

  Pavcnik, Nina ^a,b   Blom, Andreas ^c   Goldberg, Pinelopi ^b,d   Schady, Norbert ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SKILLED LABOR; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12844253151     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhh045     Document Type: Article

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