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Title: Occupation Switching Behavior and the Wage Impact of Trade-Related Displacement

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Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: This paper investigates the cross-occupation effect of offshorability on wage rates by examining the occupation switching behavior of workers previously employed in highly offshorable occupations. Worker-level analysis using the NLSY79 cohort data finds that the inflow of workers who were previously employed in highly offshorable occupations exerts significant downward pressure on wages in the receiving occupations regardless of the offshorability of the receiving occupations. General cross-occupation movement of workers does not generate downward wage pressure for workers in the receiving occupations, indicating that the negative wage effect we find is specific to the influx of workers from trade affected occupations.

Url: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309492958

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Authors: Kosteas, Vasilios D; Park, Jooyoun

Publisher: Cleveland State University

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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