After a decade in which wages and employment fell precipitously in low-skill occupations and expanded in high …-skill occupations, the shape of U.S. earnings and job growth sharply polarized in the 1990s. Employment shares and relative earnings … rose in both low and high-skill jobs, leading to a distinct U-shaped relationship between skill levels and employment and …

We analyze the effect of exposure to international trade on earnings and employment of U.S. workers from 1992 through … adjustment costs that are highly unevenly distributed across workers according to their skill levels and conditions of employment …