We juxtapose the effects of trade and technology on employment in U.S. local labor markets between 1990 and 2007. Labor … employment, particularly in manufacturing and among non-college workers. Labor markets susceptible to computerization due to … nonmanufacturing but no net employment decline. Trade impacts rise in the 2000s as imports accelerate, while the effect of technology …

We offer an integrated explanation and empirical analysis of the polarization of U.S. employment and wages between 1980 … service occupations (employment polarization), experienced earnings growth at the tails of the distribution (wage polarization …

race/ethnicity and gender into account. We contrast policy scenarios and show the potential impact that closing the gaps in … equalization of participation rates for individuals with similar characteristics. Closing gender gaps within ethno-racial groups …

-quarter of the contemporaneous aggregate decline in U.S. manufacturing employment. Transfer benefits payments for unemployment …

Previous research finds that the greater geographic mobility of foreign than native-born workers following economic …

employment options. We expect differences in the returns to education between these groups due to different levels of control …

employer, we analyze the effect of exposure to import competition on earnings and employment of U.S. workers over 1992 through … adjustment is highly uneven across workers according to their conditions of employment in the pre-shock period. …