Manufacturing Wages and Imports: Evidence from the NLSY

Vasilios Kosteas ()

Economica, 2008, vol. 75, issue 298, 259-279

Abstract: This paper analyses the effect of imports on US manufacturing wages using the NLSY79 data‐set, estimating differential impacts on blue‐ and white‐collar wages. I find that rising imports put downward pressure on wages between 1979 and 1988. This correlation holds for both white‐ and blue‐collar workers, with a somewhat stronger impact on the latter group. Evidence suggests that imports from low‐wage countries are responsible for the negative relationship between imports and wages, but only for blue‐collar wages. A one‐percentage‐point increase in the low‐wage import share is associated with a 2.8% decline in blue‐collar wages.

Date: 2008
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