Exporters, engineers, and blue-collarworkers

Autores
Brambilla, Irene; Lederman, Daniel; Porto, Guido Gustavo
Año de publicación
2017
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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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Ciencias Económicas
Política comercial
Negociaciones comerciales
Integración económica
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Exporters, engineers, and blue-collarworkers
title Exporters, engineers, and blue-collarworkers
spellingShingle Exporters, engineers, and blue-collarworkers
Brambilla, Irene
Ciencias Económicas
Política comercial
Negociaciones comerciales
Integración económica
title_short Exporters, engineers, and blue-collarworkers
title_full Exporters, engineers, and blue-collarworkers
title_fullStr Exporters, engineers, and blue-collarworkers
title_full_unstemmed Exporters, engineers, and blue-collarworkers
title_sort Exporters, engineers, and blue-collarworkers
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Brambilla, Irene
Lederman, Daniel
Porto, Guido Gustavo
author Brambilla, Irene
author_facet Brambilla, Irene
Lederman, Daniel
Porto, Guido Gustavo
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Porto, Guido Gustavo
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
Política comercial
Negociaciones comerciales
Integración económica
topic Ciencias Económicas
Política comercial
Negociaciones comerciales
Integración económica
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Facultad de Ciencias Económicas
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