Domeland, Dorte
Trade and Human Capital Accumulation Evidence From U.S. Immigrants / Domeland, Dorte [electronic resource] : Domeland, Dorte - Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2007 - 1 online resource (54 p.) - Policy research working papers. World Bank e-Library. .
This study provides empirical evidence that trade increases on-the-job human capital accumulation by estimating the effect of home country openness on estimated returns to home country experience of U.S. immigrants. The positive effect of trade on on-the-job human capital accumulation remains significant when controlling for GDP, educational attainment, and institutional quality. It is not the result of self-selection, heterogeneity in returns to experience, English-speaking origin, or cultural background. The effect persists when restricting the sample to non-OECD countries, thereby resolving the theoretical ambiguity of whether trade increases or decreases learning-by-doing. The role of trade in generating economic growth is therefore likely to be more important than generally considered.
10.1596/1813-9450-4144
Capital Accumulation
Comparative Advantage
Cost
Country Strategy and Performance
Debt Markets
Demand
Economic Growth
Economic Theory and Research
Economics
Education
Educational Sciences
Emerging Markets
Finance and Financial Sector Development
Financial Literacy
Free Trade
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Health, Nutrition and Population
Home Country
Human Capital
International Trade
Investment
Labor
Labor Markets
Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
Market
Political Economy
Population Policies
Poverty Reduction
Private Sector Development
Pro-Poor Growth
Production
Productivity
Resources
Social Protections and Labor
Supply
Trade and Human Capital Accumulation Evidence From U.S. Immigrants / Domeland, Dorte [electronic resource] : Domeland, Dorte - Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2007 - 1 online resource (54 p.) - Policy research working papers. World Bank e-Library. .
This study provides empirical evidence that trade increases on-the-job human capital accumulation by estimating the effect of home country openness on estimated returns to home country experience of U.S. immigrants. The positive effect of trade on on-the-job human capital accumulation remains significant when controlling for GDP, educational attainment, and institutional quality. It is not the result of self-selection, heterogeneity in returns to experience, English-speaking origin, or cultural background. The effect persists when restricting the sample to non-OECD countries, thereby resolving the theoretical ambiguity of whether trade increases or decreases learning-by-doing. The role of trade in generating economic growth is therefore likely to be more important than generally considered.
10.1596/1813-9450-4144
Capital Accumulation
Comparative Advantage
Cost
Country Strategy and Performance
Debt Markets
Demand
Economic Growth
Economic Theory and Research
Economics
Education
Educational Sciences
Emerging Markets
Finance and Financial Sector Development
Financial Literacy
Free Trade
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Health, Nutrition and Population
Home Country
Human Capital
International Trade
Investment
Labor
Labor Markets
Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
Market
Political Economy
Population Policies
Poverty Reduction
Private Sector Development
Pro-Poor Growth
Production
Productivity
Resources
Social Protections and Labor
Supply