Exporters, engineers, and blue-collarworkers

This article investigates differences in the composition of employment between exporting and nonexporting firms. In particular, it asks whether exporting firms hire more engineers relative to blue-collar workers than nonexporting firms. In a stylized partialequilibrium model, firms produce goods of...

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Autores principales: Brambilla, Irene, Lederman, Daniel, Porto, Guido Gustavo
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
Materias:
Ciencias Económicas
Política comercial
Negociaciones comerciales
Integración económica
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/87078
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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topic Ciencias Económicas
Política comercial
Negociaciones comerciales
Integración económica
spellingShingle Ciencias Económicas
Política comercial
Negociaciones comerciales
Integración económica
Brambilla, Irene
Lederman, Daniel
Porto, Guido Gustavo
Exporters, engineers, and blue-collarworkers
topic_facet Ciencias Económicas
Política comercial
Negociaciones comerciales
Integración económica
description This article investigates differences in the composition of employment between exporting and nonexporting firms. In particular, it asks whether exporting firms hire more engineers relative to blue-collar workers than nonexporting firms. In a stylized partialequilibrium model, firms produce goods of varying quality and exporters tend to produce higher quality goods, which are intensive in engineers relative to blue-collar workers. Firms are heterogeneous and more productive firms become exporters and have a higher demand for engineers. The article provides causal evidence in support of these theories using the Chilean Encuesta Nacional Industrial Anual (ENIA), an annual census of manufacturing firms. The results from an instrumental variable estimator suggest that Chilean exporters indeed utilize a higher share of engineers over blue-collar workers.
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Porto, Guido Gustavo
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