-specific quotas following China’s entry into the World Trade Organization. Chinese import competition had two effects: first, it led … to increases in R&D, patenting, IT and TFP within firms; and second it reallocated employment between firms towards more … in employment, profits, prices and the skill share. By contrast, import competition from developed countries had no …

This paper examines the implications of labour force growth in one region for wages, employment, and production … factor-based trade models and models of two-way trade and returns to specialization. Sufficient conditions for positive trade … linkages between labour force growth in one region and real wage and employment erosion in another are derived. These …

appreciation of the Norwegian Krone in the early 2000s on Norwegian manufacturing firms which differ substantially in their trade … have been associated with employment cuts. Somewhat surprisingly, firm exits did not contribute significantly to aggregate …

implications for patterns of trade, migration, and the distribution of the gains from economic activity, both within and between … between population growth, trade policy and migration. This is illustrated with numerical examples emphasizing linkages … between changes in the terms of trade and migration patterns. The numerical analysis highlights issues not immediately evident …

labor market frictions and worker heterogeneity provides a framework for studying the impact of trade on unemployment and …

vacancies, firing costs, and unemployment benefits. We study the interaction of labor market rigidities and trade impediments in … shaping welfare, trade flows, productivity, and unemployment. We show that both countries gain from trade but that the …We study a two-country two-sector model of international trade in which one sector produces homogeneous products while …

This Economica Coase Lecture reviews research that has revolutionized the field of international trade and foreign …

In this paper we look at the effects of immigration and trade with Eastern Europe on unemployment in Austria. Using … unemployment spells as a result of increased immigration. Increased trade with Central and East European Countries (CEECs) seems to … from trade with the rest of the world, where export increases have an unemployment reducing effect. …

. It implies that the opening of trade may raise inequality and unemployment, but always raises welfare. Unilateral … country's trade partner. Unemployment benefits can alleviate the distortions in a country's labor market in some cases but not …This paper reviews a new framework for analyzing the interrelationship between inequality, unemployment, labor market …