Estimating the impact of trade and offshoring on american workers using the current population surveys

Avraham Ebenstein; Ann Harrison; Margaret McMillan; Shannon Phillips

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Estimating the impact of trade and offshoring on american workers using the current population surveys

Avraham Ebenstein, Ann Harrison, Margaret McMillan, Shannon Phillips

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	World Scientific Studies in International Economics
Editors	Ann E Harrison, Keith E Maskus
Publisher	World Scientific
Pages	275-289
Number of pages	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811239472_0012
State	Published - 1 Jul 2022

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Name	World Scientific Studies in International Economics
Volume	81
ISSN (Print)	1793-3641

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Ebenstein, A., Harrison, A., McMillan, M., & Phillips, S. (2022). Estimating the impact of trade and offshoring on american workers using the current population surveys. In A. E. Harrison, & K. E. Maskus (Eds.), World Scientific Studies in International Economics (pp. 275-289). (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; Vol. 81). World Scientific. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811239472_0012

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Ebenstein, A, Harrison, A, McMillan, M & Phillips, S 2022, Estimating the impact of trade and offshoring on american workers using the current population surveys. in AE Harrison & KE Maskus (eds), World Scientific Studies in International Economics. World Scientific Studies in International Economics, vol. 81, World Scientific, pp. 275-289. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811239472_0012

Estimating the impact of trade and offshoring on american workers using the current population surveys. / Ebenstein, Avraham; Harrison, Ann; McMillan, Margaret et al.
World Scientific Studies in International Economics. ed. / Ann E Harrison; Keith E Maskus. World Scientific, 2022. p. 275-289 (World Scientific Studies in International Economics; Vol. 81).

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