trade and wages across types of products. In particular, firms that increase their exports (imports) of high- (intermediate …The analysis of the effects of firm-level international trade on wages has so far focused on the role of exports, which … are also typically treated as a composite good. However, we show in this paper that firm-level imports can actually be a …

activities – exports, imports and two-way trade. It uses unique new representative data for manufacturing enterprises from … advantages of trading firms are eaten up by extra costs related to selling and buying on foreign markets. -- exports ; imports …

instrumenting for U.S. imports using changes in Chinese imports by other high-income countries. Rising imports cause higher …

both imports and exports, and iii) examine the impact of imports according to the country of origin. Looking at the export … side, we find (on the basis of the system GMM estimator) a positive effect of exports on industry wage premia. The results … of origin. However, the country of origin appears to matter quite a lot. Indeed, the detrimental effect of imports on …

exports (per worker) are strongly and causally related to income risk: Imports increase risk and exports decrease risk, and … capital. Accounting for entry-cohort effects and age effects, our findings suggest that within-industry changes in imports and …