Fears of rising wage inequality and job loss loom large in current debates on free trade. Surprisingly, however, there … exists little academic research on how to compensate those who lose from free trade. This policy paper reviews the existing … theoretical literature on trade and compensation, and derives guidelines on how to design compensation schemes in practice. The …

trade liberalization on wage inequality. In the context of a dynamic trade model with costly labour mobility (Lechthaler and … Mileva, 2013), we show that the effect of trade liberalization on wage inequality depends on i) the time horizon considered …, ii) the degree of worker mobility, and iii) the degree of trade liberalization (partial/full). In the short-run, observed …

, namely on increasing international trade flows, and will review the evidence on the effect of trade on inequality. Second …

This paper focuses on self-selection into trade by exporting and importing firms, and on the presence of differential … heterogeneity and the connection between firm-level performance and international trade. They provide evidence on the remarkable …

unfair comparative advantage in trade by using child labour. The results indicate that multinationals are highly sensitive …

why they also serve to distort trade and can therefore be used for protectionist purposes, and why they have a powerful … natural impetus towards strengthening the spaghetti bowl effect in international trade. Secondly, we then examine the impact …

unfair comparative advantage in trade by using child labour. The results indicate that multinationals are highly sensitive …