This paper studies the impact of Argentina trade liberalization during the nineties on the industry wage premium … of greater wages. Since Argentina's tariff structure during this period protected relatively more sectors employing … higher proportions of skilled workers, nineties trade policy may have had an adverse effect on Argentina’s income …

policy changes adopted by Argentina: from significant protection in the early 1970s, to the first episode of liberalization … examine the structure of wages in Argentina and to explore how it is affected by tariff reforms. We find that i) trade …

-Samuelson logic is that trade affects relative factor rewards by changing relative prices. Since in Argentina non-skilled labor was … complete surprise. This paper gives some reasons for this unexpected result. In Argentina, trade liberalization meant mainly …