We study the effect of globalization on the volatility of wages and worker welfare in a model in which risk is … trade hurts rich-country workers, while reducing the volatility of their wages; by contrast, offshoring benefits them, while … raising the volatility of their wages. We thus formalize, but also sharply circumscribe, a common critique of globalization …

This paper assesses the evidence regarding the effects of multinational production on wages and working conditions in … exploit workers by paying low wages and subjecting them to substandard conditions. We first address efforts of activist groups …-country wages. Available theories yield ambiguous predictions, leaving the effects to be examined empirically. We therefore, finally …

This study investigates the impact of union organization on the wages and labor practices of establishments newly …. There are two major findings. First. unionism had only a modest effect on wages in the newly organized plants, which … Current Population Survey and related data tapes. Second, in contrast co its modest impact on wages, new unionization …