Trade and Labor Outcomes in Latin America's Rural Areas: A Cross-Household Surveys Approach

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This paper explores the potential link between trade and labor outcomes in rural areas in Latin America by estimating cross household-survey regression models with microdata from 60 Latin American household surveys and country aggregate data. We find a significant positive association between labor outcomes in rural areas and some measures of international trade, in particular exports, trade as a share of GDP, and the price of exports. International trade has been associated with higher wages and labor income in rural areas, in particular for those workers located in the bottom quantiles of the conditional wage distribution. Instead, our results suggest that all individuals in rural areas benefit about the same due to higher export prices. Results for urban areas are rarely statistically significant.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Documento de Trabajo ; No. 25

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; International Economic Order and Integration ; Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Agricultural Labor Markets
• Subject: trade ; wages ; labor ; rural ; Latin America

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Gasparini, Leonardo ; Gutiérrez, Federico ; Porto, Guido G.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (CEDLAS)
• (where): La Plata
• (when): 2005

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/189580
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET