Trade pattern's transition and wage gap: evidence from China's manufacturing

被引:2
作者
Feng, Xiaohua [1 ]
机构
[1] Hubei Univ, Sch Business, Dept Int Econ & Trade, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China
关键词
Inter-industry trade; intra-industry trade; price effect; trade pattern; wage gap;
D O I
10.1080/19186444.2016.1196860
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Since 1990s, the main trade pattern in China's manufacturing has changed from inter-industry trade to intra-industry trade along with a big expansion of wage gap between 27 sub-manufacturing in China. This paper shows how trade pattern shifting influences the wage gap by exploring the theory model of Feenstra and Hanson. The empirical analysis gets two major conclusions: (1) wherever the sub-manufacturing is mainly engaged in inter-industry trade or intra-industry trade, exports increase the wage gap while imports narrow it; (2) Commodity price fluctuation is the main mechanism through which trade patterns influence the wage gap in China which is indicated by the Stolper-Samuelson theorem.
引用
收藏
页码:124 / 130
页数:7
相关论文
共 13 条
[1]   Why do new technologies complement skills? Directed technical change and wage inequality [J].
Acemoglu, D .
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, 1998, 113 (04) :1055-1089
[2]   Exporters, skill upgrading, and the wage gap [J].
Bernard, AB ;
Jensen, JB .
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS, 1997, 42 (1-2) :3-31
[3]   Trade liberalization and wage inequality [J].
Beyer, H ;
Rojas, P ;
Vergara, R .
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, 1999, 59 (01) :103-123
[4]   Intraindustry trade and the skill premium: Theory and evidence [J].
Dinopoulos, Elias ;
Syropoulos, Constantinos ;
Xu, Bin ;
Yotov, Yoto V. .
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS, 2011, 84 (01) :15-25
[5]   Relative wages and trade-induced changes in technology [J].
Ekholm, K ;
Midelfart, KH .
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, 2005, 49 (06) :1637-1663
[6]   The impact of outsourcing and high-technology capital on wages: Estimates for the United States, 1979-1990 [J].
Feenstra, RC ;
Hanson, GH .
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, 1999, 114 (03) :907-940
[7]  
Fontagne L, 1997, TRADE PATTERNS INSID
[8]   Technology, trade and factor prices [J].
Krugman, PR .
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS, 2000, 50 (01) :51-71
[9]  
Leamer EE, 1998, IMPORTS, EXPORTS, AND THE AMERICAN WORKER, P141
[10]  
Leamer EE, 1996, AM ECON REV, V86, P309