Lourenço S Paz
Biographic Data
| ID | 6448058 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lourenço S Paz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lourenço S |
| FAMILY NAME | Paz |
| SIGNATURE | PAZ L S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Syracuse University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8953-6087 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Precarization or Protection? The Role of Trade and Labour Policies on Informality
Several episodes of market-oriented reforms in developing countries have been accompanied by a significant rise in work outside of the formal economy. This paper investigates whether the impact of trade on formal employment is mediated by the strength of labour regulations. We rely on data from the Brazilian Census that provides information on workers' demographics and employment, including job formality status. Our estimation strategy exploits q…
The Effects of Chinese Imports on Female Workers in the Brazilian Manufacturing Sector
This study uses the Becker’s (1957) taste-based discrimination model to analyse the effects of import penetration from China and from the Rest of the World (ROW) on the share of female workers and on the male-female wage gap in the manufacturing sector of Brazil. Using 2000-2012 data from the Brazilian Censuses and Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios, this paper finds no effect of the industry-level exports share on these outcomes. The Ch…
Inter-industry Productivity Spillovers
A major obstacle in the estimation of inter-industry (vertical) productivity spillovers is the need of an exogenous productivity shock. In this article, I propose the use of trade policy changes as a large productivity shock, since the literature has found evidence that trade liberalisations increase industry-level productivity. To do so, I develop a new empirical methodology using spatial econometrics, and apply it to the large economy-wide shoc…
The effects of exporting on wages
Inter-industry Productivity Spillovers
A major obstacle in the estimation of inter-industry (vertical) productivity spillovers is the need of an exogenous productivity shock. In this article, I propose the use of trade policy changes as a large productivity shock, since the literature has found evidence that trade liberalisations increase industry-level productivity. To do so, I develop a new empirical methodology using spatial econometrics, and apply it to the large economy-wide shoc…
The effects of exporting on wages
The Effects of Chinese Imports on Female Workers in the Brazilian Manufacturing Sector
This study uses the Becker’s (1957) taste-based discrimination model to analyse the effects of import penetration from China and from the Rest of the World (ROW) on the share of female workers and on the male-female wage gap in the manufacturing sector of Brazil. Using 2000-2012 data from the Brazilian Censuses and Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios, this paper finds no effect of the industry-level exports share on these outcomes. The Ch…
Precarization or Protection? The Role of Trade and Labour Policies on Informality
Several episodes of market-oriented reforms in developing countries have been accompanied by a significant rise in work outside of the formal economy. This paper investigates whether the impact of trade on formal employment is mediated by the strength of labour regulations. We rely on data from the Brazilian Census that provides information on workers' demographics and employment, including job formality status. Our estimation strategy exploits q…
Economics (4 works) · Global trade and economics (4 works) · Labour economics (3 works) · Market economy (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Efficiency wage (2 works) · Firm Innovation and Growth (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Productivity (2 works) · Wage (2 works)