Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/244548 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2/2019
Publisher: 
Örebro University School of Business, Örebro
Abstract: 
We perform a granular analysis of Swedish labor market dynamics, using matched employer employee and firm level trade data for Sweden over a 15-year period. The employment share in firms that are directly exposed to international trade has decreased, due to a shift in employment towards personal and public services. Analyzing the dynamics, we find that workers in firms that change export status are slightly less likely to obtain the same wage rise as their peers. However, workers that stay in the same job in trading firms are less affected by changes in export and offshoring volumes, with the exception of high-skilled workers in manufacturing firms who face a downward pressure on wages from services offshoring, but higher wages from services exports. Finally, we find that exports and offshoring of goods and services stimulate labor demand. While exports and offshoring of services increase relative demand for skilled workers, exports and offshoring of goods stimulate relative demand for middle and low skilled workers.
Subjects: 
Worker flows
Job flows
Trade
Wages
Labor Demand
JEL: 
E24
F16
F66
J63
P23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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