TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of Chinese and non-Chinese import penetration on the inter-industry wage premium, and how such effects vary according to the unskilled-labor intensity of the industry and to the implementation of the Nova Matriz Economica policy in 2008.Design/methodology/approach The paper empirically examines the effects of the Chinese and non-Chinese import penetration on the wage premium using a linear instrumental variables model and data from Brazilian household surveys and censuses.Findings The estimates show the Chinese import penetration positively affecting the wage premium in unskilled-labor intensive. And the implementation of the new macroeconomic policy strengthened this effect.Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first paper to study the effects of Chinese and non-Chinese import penetration on the inter-industry wage premium.
VL  - 46
IS  - 5
SN  - 0144-3585
DO  - 10.1108/JES-12-2017-0382
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JES-12-2017-0382
AU  - Paz Lourenco S.
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Chinese imports’ impacts on Brazil’s inter-industry wage premium
T2  - Journal of Economic Studies
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 1052
EP  - 1064
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -