question we propose a theory of the assignment of heterogeneous agents into hierarchical teams, where less skilled agents … globalization. Globalization leads to better matches for all southern workers but only for the best northern workers. As a result …, we show that globalization increases wage inequality in the South but not necessarily in the North. We also study how …

Globalization has been blamed for rising inequality in rich and poor countries. Yet the views of many protagonists in … empirical literature on the relationship between globalization and wage inequality. While the initial analysis that started in … cumulative effect has been modest, and that globalization does not explain the preponderance of the rise in wage inequality …

There is considerable debate over whether international trade has contributed to the declining economic fortunes of … and how these responses, in turn, are transmitted to the labor market. In previous work, we have argued that outsourcing … input purchases from the Census of Manufactures. We construct industry-by-industry estimates of outsourcing for the period …

We propose a theory that rising globalization and rising wage inequality are related because trade liberalization …. This mechanism works regardless of factor endowment differences, so we provide an explanation for why globalization and …

A salient feature of globalization in recent decades is the emergence of "global supply chains" in which different … (2011), CVW hereafter, we have developed a simple theory of trade with sequential production to shed light on how global … top of these chains. This suggests that the consequences of globalization on wage inequality may be very different in …