Trade Liberalization and Regional Impacts on Residual Wage Inequality: Evidence from Brazil
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2013-06-12
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Pupato, Germán Pablo
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The aim of this paper is to understand more about the role of trade liberalization on wage inequality, more precisely, on the residual wage inequality. Using the Brazil- ian trade openness, the large tari cuts that occurred between 1987 and 1995, it is empirically investigated whether di erent levels of exposure to trade across states contributed to the di erent inequality movements. Results indicate that states more exposed to trade liberalization experienced a relative increase in residual wage in- equality or, equivalently, a smaller decrease. These ndings enrich the discussion on the e ects of trade openness on inequality.