Management Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
10-2014
Publication Source
The Review of Economics and Statistics
Volume
96
Issue
4
Start Page
581
Last Page
595
DOI
10.1162/REST_a_00400
Abstract
We link industry-level data on trade and offshoring with individual-level worker data from the Current Population Surveys from 1984 to 2002. We find that occupational exposure to globalization is associated with significant wage effects, while industry exposure has no significant impact. We present evidence that globalization has put downward pressure on worker wages through the reallocation of workers away from higher-wage manufacturing jobs into other sectors and other occupations. Using a panel of workers, we find that occupation switching due to trade led to real wage losses of 12 to 17 percentage points.
Recommended Citation
Ebenstein, A., Harrison, A. E., McMillan, M. S., & Phillips, S. (2014). Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers Using the Current Population Surveys. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 96 (4), 581-595. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00400
Date Posted: 27 November 2017
This document has been peer reviewed.