This paper offers a medium-term perspective for analysing the trade openness.inequality relationship in Latin America … estimation of the association between trade openness and income distribution over the 30-year period. Our central conclusion in … this regard is that greater trade openness is associated with contemporaneous increases in inequality in the region. The …

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

of trade. Regression results suggest that import protection makes income distribution worse for countries in labour …

This paper examines the relationship between trade (exports), growth, and inequality, using a panel of 100 countries … over 30 years (1980 to 2010). As there is no clear theoretical relationship between trade (exports) and inequality, and as …

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

frictions, and foreign trade. This framework emphasizes firm heterogeneity and search and matching frictions in labor markets …. 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 …