-income countries could raise income inequality in Europe and the US, empirical estimates indicated only a modest contribution of trade … shows that growing import competition from China differentially reduced earnings and employment rates for workers in more … largest for lower-skilled individuals. We show that domestic manufacturing employment declined much more in countries that saw …

between firm employment and exports. Our results show that tariffs have fallen and trade, as a share of GDP has increased … that increasing in employment from exports has occurred mainly in male, capital-intensive sectors. Labor-abundant countries …

increase in their share of employment within the overall workforce. …

level of economic inequality, the institutional strength and law enforcement capacity of the state, and whether there are …

labor market outcomes, and (iii) the relationship between firm employment and exports. Our results show that trade policy … level analysis confirms these results by showing that increase in employment from exports has occurred mainly in male, labor …

small increases in unemployment risk and no wage effects on the individual level, despite a 30% increase in plant mortality …

This paper investigates the impact of import liberalization induced labor demand shocks on male and female employment … in China. Combining data from population and firm censuses between 1990 and 2005, we relate prefecture-level employment … import competition has kept more females in the workforce, reducing an otherwise growing gender employment gap in the long …

shock, implemented by a right-wing party, induced a contraction in manufacturing and formal employment in the more affected …

Are the wage gains from exports specific to exporting industries, or do they dissipate throughout the economy? In the …-female wage gap surrounding an exogenous policy change in the European Union that corresponded to a discrete increase in apparel … sector. The economy-wide male-female wage gap for less-educated workers in Bangladesh dropped by more than half with the …

small increases in unemployment risk and no wage effects on the individual level, despite a 30% increase in plant mortality …