The decline in unskilled workers’ real wagesduring the 1980s in the United States andthe increase in their unemployment … inEurope (due to the comparative inflexibilityof European labor markets vis-à-vis those in the UnitedStates)1 have prompted a …

lower structural rate of unemployment. We establish this fact using:(i) panel data from 20 OECD countries, (ii) cross … within-country trade. Our main findingis robust to various definitions of unemployment rates and openness measures … point. Moreover, we show that openness affectsunemployment mainly through its effect on TFP and that labor market …

Showcasing data from all areas of the ILC program and other sources, Charting International Labor Comparisons is a … gateway to explore how key labor market and other national economic measurements compare across countries. There are links to … previous editions of the Chartbook of International Labor Comparisons on this website too. …

relationship between trade, FDI and labor markets. We do so under thefollowing (not mutually exclusive) headings: (1) slicing …-up the value added chain and the turnto a task-based approach, (2) firm heterogeneity and labor markets, (3) complex … offshoring(integration) and sourcing strategies and (4) location of firms and labor markets. Second, weoverview existing …