Skill upgrading and exports

Antonio Accetturo, Matteo Bugamelli and Andrea Lamorgese

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 121, issue 3, 417-420

Abstract: This paper analyzes the effects of international trade on the relative demand for skilled workers in Italian local labor markets. We find that exports cause a sizable skill upgrading in the labor force by increasing the average level of education of the workforce and the share of white-collars workers.

Keywords: International trade; Labor demand; Schooling; Skill composition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 J23 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.09.029

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