Globalization and Wage Inequality in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector: A Time Series Analysis

Gilles Grenier and Tavakoli Akbar
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Tavakoli Akbar: Isfahan University of Technology

Global Economy Journal, 2006, vol. 6, issue 2, 27

Abstract: The deteriorating economic position of low-skilled workers relative to high-skilled workers appears to be one harmful effect of the economic globalization that took place during the 1980s and 1990s. In the present paper, we perform a time series investigation for Canada using as the dependent variable the relative wages of production and non-production workers in the manufacturing sector between 1970 and 2001. The independent variables include R&D, union density, immigration, imports from non-OECD countries, foreign direct investment, capital labor ratio, and number of workers in each group. The results show that the R&D expenditures and union density are two important variables in the explanation of the widening wage gap. The effects of immigration, imports, and FDI on wage inequality are found to be moderate.

Keywords: wage inequality; globalization; manufacturing; Canada (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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