Helpman, Elhanan; Itskhoki, Oleg; Redding, Stephen - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009
This paper develops a new framework for examining the distributional consequences of international trade that …. Larger firms pay higher wages and exporters pay higher wages than non-exporters. The opening of trade enhances wage … is larger in a trade equilibrium than in autarky, reductions of trade impediments can either raise or reduce wage …