Liberalized Trade and Worker-Firm Matching

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Recent theoretical analysis suggests that a reduction in the cost of exporting increases the degree of assortative matching between workers and firms in export-oriented industries. Changes that reduce the cost of imports have an ambiguous impact on matching. We combine detailed Swedish matched worker-firm data from 1995 – 2005 with tariff data to test these hypotheses. The data cover 94 sectors subject to international competition and includes all firms with at least 20 employees. Our findings strongly support the theoretical predictions.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IFN Working Paper ; No. 912

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; Demand and Supply of Labor: General
• Subject: Matching ; Globalization ; Firms ; Workers ; Multinational Enterprises ; International Trade

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Davidson, Carl ; Heyman, Fredrik ; Matusz, Steven ; Sjöholm, Fredrik ; Chun Zhu, Susan
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
• (where): Stockholm
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/81529
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