Replication data for: Skill Dispersion and Trade Flows
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Matilde Bombardini; Giovanni Gallipoli; Germán Pupato
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Project Citation:
Bombardini, Matilde, Gallipoli, Giovanni, and Pupato, Germán. Replication data for: Skill Dispersion and Trade Flows. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2012. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112549V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Is skill dispersion a source of comparative advantage? In this paper we use microdata from the International Adult Literacy Survey to show that the effect of skill dispersion on trade flows is quantitatively similar to that of the aggregate endowment of human capital. In particular we investigate, and find support for, the hypothesis that countries with a more dispersed skill distribution specialize in industries characterized by lower complementarity of workers' skills. The result is robust to the introduction of controls for alternative sources of comparative advantage, as well as to alternative measures of industry-level skill complementarity. (JEL F14, F16, J24, J31)
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JEL Classification:
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F14 Empirical Studies of Trade
F16 Trade and Labor Market Interactions
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
F14 Empirical Studies of Trade
F16 Trade and Labor Market Interactions
J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
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