New Evidence from Brazil on Trade Liberalization and Productivity Growth*

Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti; Rossi, José Luíz

doi:10.1111/1468-2354.t01-1-00114

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“…The trade data we use reports both bilateral import and export flows, whose ratio gives an indication of transport costs, as the former include "Costs, Insurance and Freight", whereas the latter are typically registered "Free On Board". 14 We also include some measure of panEuropean changes in trade policy, such as a binary variable capturing the advent of the Single Market in 1992 and the re-entry of the Lira in the European Monetary System in 12 The measure is the ratio of the imports weight (in tons) to their value. This approach follows Hummels (2001).…”

Section: Endogeneitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The dynamics of trade and competition

Chen

Imbs

Scott

2009

Journal of International Economics

144

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in Statement of purpose:The purpose of these working papers is to promote the circulation of research results (Research Series) and analytical studies (Documents Series) made within the National Bank of Belgium or presented by external economists in seminars, conferences and conventions organised by the Bank. The aim is therefore to provide a platform for discussion. The opinions expressed are strictly those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bank of Belgium. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bank of Belgium. AbstractWe present, extend and estimate a model of international trade with firm heterogeneity in the tradition of Melitz (2003) and Melitz and Ottaviano (2005). The model is constructed to yield testable implications for the dynamics of international prices, productivity levels and markups as functions of openness to trade at a sectoral level. The theory lends itself naturally to a difference in differences estimation, with international differences in trade openness at the sector level reflecting international differences in the competitive structure of markets. Predictions are derived for the effects of both domestic and foreign openness on each economy. Using disaggregated data for EU manufacturing over the period 1989-1999 we find evidence that trade openness exerts a competitive effect, with prices and markups falling and productivity rising. Consistent with theory however, these effects diminish and may even revert in the longer term as less competitive economies become attractive havens from which to export from. We provide evidence that this entry into less open economies induces pro-competitive effects overseas in response to domestic trade liberalization. JEL-code : E31, F12, F15, L16.

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Section: Endogeneitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The dynamics of trade and competition

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Scott

2009

Journal of International Economics

144

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“…De um lado, estão aqueles que acreditam que a abertura comercial representou um deslocamento do eixo dinâmico da indústria brasileira em direção ao exterior (Ferreira e Rossi, 2003;Muendler, 2002;e Schor, 2003) e uma mudança definitiva na trajetória de crescimento da produtividade.…”

Section: Evolução Da Produtividade Da Indústria No Brasilunclassified

“…A PIA apresenta um espectro de tamanho de empresas mais amplo do que a PIM-pf e uma atualização da composição setorial mais adequada. Este elemento é particularmente relevante uma vez que existe grande discussão sobre a influência das reformas institucionais da década de 90 sobre mudança estrutural (Reinhardt e Peres, 2000) e incremento da produtividade (Ferreira e Rossi, 2003). Dois argumentos costumam ser utilizados para explicar os efeitos da abertura comercial sobre a produtividade.…”

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“…Bonelli (2002), a partir de dados setoriais, não encontra evidência para comprovar a relação entre incremento da produtividade do trabalho e aumento do coeficiente de importação. Ferreira e Rossi (2003) encontram, utilizando micro-dados da PIA, que a redução de tarifas no período de 1988 a 1990 implicou em um ganho médio de cerca de 6% na produtividade total dos fatores. Muendler (2002) encontra correlação positiva entre o aumento da produtividade total dos fatores e dois outros elementos: o incremento da competição externa e o fechamento de empresas, ainda que o aumento no coeficiente de insumos -na mesma linha de Bonelli (2002) -não represente efeito positivo sobre a produtividade.…”

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Produtividade do trabalho e mudança estrutural nas indústrias brasileiras extrativa e de transformação, 1970-2001

Rocha

2007

Rev. Econ. Polit.

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Work productivity and structural change in Brazilian mining and manufacturing industries. Using an indicator of labor productivity, this paper aims to assess the contribution of structural changes in the Brazilian manufacturing and mining industries to productivity growth, during the 1970-2001 period. The conclusion is that: (i) there is no evidence to sustain that the Brazilian industry has definitely reversed the productivity growth rates slowdown trend; (ii) there is no clear evidence of a positive influence of the structural bonus; and (iii) job creation seems to be concentrated in low productivity growth sectors.Key-words: productivity; manufacturing and mining industries; structural change JEL: O12; O14; L60 INTRODUÇÃOO objetivo deste trabalho é mensurar a contribuição da mudança estrutural para o incremento da produtividade da indústria extrativa e de transformação no Brasil (doravante denominada puramente de indústria), no período de 1970 a 2001. A partir de indicadores setoriais da produtividade do trabalho, o artigo usa uma análise shift-share para avaliar a relação entre crescimento da produtividade e processos de transformação estrutural em distintas fases do desenvolvimento brasileiro que o período abrange.

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“…1 The mixed empirical evidence of the effect of unions on productivity covers a variety of industries including manufacturing, construction, and services in the United States and United Kingdom. A few papers, notably Ferreira and Rossi (2003) and Galiani and Sturzenegger (2008), have studied the effect of unions in Latin America. Our empirical approach, that uses data before and after a policy change, is similar to the one used in Ferreira and Rossi (2003).…”

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Industry-wide work rules and productivity: evidence from Argentine union contract data

Lamarche

2013

IZA J Labor Develop

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In the early 1990's, the Argentine government promoted a framework for productivity-based negotiations between firms and unions at low levels of organization. The policy weakened the industry-wide collective bargaining system, which sets working conditions for all firms in an industry. This paper employs newly developed quantile regression approaches to investigate the effect of union practices on productivity within the context of the reform. The findings show that (i) industry-wide practices on displacement of workers and training have a negative impact on productivity; (ii) work practices do not appear to restrict economic efficiency in the post-reform period; (iii) union practices on technology acquisition have an adverse effect on high-productivity growth industries. Productivity seems to improve in an economy promoting policies to weaken industry-wide collective bargaining.

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New Evidence from Brazil on Trade Liberalization and Productivity Growth*

Cited by 123 publications

References 27 publications

The dynamics of trade and competition

The dynamics of trade and competition

Produtividade do trabalho e mudança estrutural nas indústrias brasileiras extrativa e de transformação, 1970-2001

Industry-wide work rules and productivity: evidence from Argentine union contract data

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