TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Baziki, Selva B.
AU  - Ginja, Rita
AU  - Milicevic, Teodora Borota
        TI  - Trade Competition, Technology and Labour Reallocation
        PY  - 2016/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 10034
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10034
        AB  - This paper provides new evidence on the reallocation of workers across firms and industries with different technologies in response to increased import competition from developing countries. Using employer-employee matched data for the Swedish manufacturing sector, we find increased assortative matching of workers in ICT (information and communication technologies) intensive industries, that is, high(low)-wage workers sort into high(low)-wage firms. Industries with low ICT intensity do not exhibit these sorting patterns. A labour market matching model explains the increased assortative matching in ICT intensive industries in response to stronger import competition through an increase in the relative demand for qualified workers.
        KW  - wage inequality
KW  - employment dynamics
KW  - assortative matching
KW  - import competition
KW  - technological change
        ER  -