Online exports and the skilled-unskilled wage gap

Article Article scientifique Article Online exports and the skilled-unskilled wage gap eng 2020-05-22 author Cruz Marcio 0000-0001-6306-8545 World Bank, Washington, D.C., United States of America.,UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil. author Milet Emmanuel University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. 826801 author Olarreaga Marcelo 0000-0002-1208-1544 University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,CEPR, Washington, D.C., United States of America. 28000 Recherche et enseignement GSEM (RESEM) 24 10.1371/journal.pone.0232396 32442175 1932-6203 PMC7244161 https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232396 The development of the Internet is often seen as a source of demand for skilled workers and therefore a potential driver of the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers. This paper focuses on the impact that international trade in online platforms has on the skilled-unskilled wage gap. Because online trade allows smaller firms with relatively more unskilled workers to access world markets, one can expect an expansion of online exports to reduce the wage gap. After correcting for potential endogeneity bias in a sample of 22 developing countries for which online trade and wage gap data can be matched, we find that a 1 percent increase in the share of online exports over GDP leads to a 0.01 percent decline in the skilled-unskilled wage gap. Dewey 330 Swiss National Science Foundation Trade and Labor Market Outcomes in Developing Countries 147718 CH 114 Institute of Economics and Econometrics S2 false PloS one 15 5 3bc6c5d7-9f31-4097-9416-2b2c93a03f79 Article (Published version) Public file-1.pdf 1273220 application/pdf CC BY-4.0 d8a2eeb12d7e6f8bd650af8de7bfd0ea79de9731b508774d888ce51a5c6229f8 openAccess Faculté d'économie et de management / Institute of Economics and Econometrics

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