NDLI: Trading away what kind of jobs? Globalization, trade and tasks in the US economy

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Author	Kemeny, Thomas Rigby, David
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Economists and other social scientists are calling for a reassessment of the impact of international trade on labor markets in developed and developing countries. Classical models of globalization and trade, based upon the international exchange of finished goods, fail to capture the fragmentation of much commodity production and the geographical separation of individual production tasks. This fragmentation, captured in the growing volume of intra-industry trade, prompts investigation of the effects of trade within, rather than between, sectors of the economy. In this paper we examine the relationship between international trade and the task structure of US employment. We link disaggregate US trade data from 1972 to 2006, the NBER manufacturing database, the Decennial Census, and occupational and task data from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. Within-industry shifts in task characteristics are linked to import competition and technological change. Our results suggest that trade has played a major role in the growth in relative demand for nonroutine tasks, particularly those requiring high levels of interpersonal interaction.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	16
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	16102878
Journal	Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv
Volume Number	148
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	16102886
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2011-05-25
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Offshoring Task trade Labor markets Globalization International Economics Economics general
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Economics, Econometrics and Finance

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