Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Historical Background -- Part I. The Traditional Approach -- 2. The Rise of the College Wage Premium -- 3. Early Studies -- 4. Trade versus Technology -- 5. Offshoring -- Part II. Broadening the Canvas --...

This paper develops a new framework for examining the distributional consequences of international trade that incorporates firm and worker heterogeneity, search and matching frictions in the labor market, and screening of workers by firms. Larger firms pay higher wages and exporters pay higher...