trade surges in low wage products and technological change. It argues that if the observed wage inequality response to price …This paper focuses on the decomposition of increased wage inequality in OECD countries into the component factors of …

This paper explores the potential link between trade and labor outcomes in rural areas in Latin America by estimating …. We find a significant positive association between labor outcomes in rural areas and some measures of international trade …, in particular exports, trade as a share of GDP, and the price of exports. International trade has been associated with …

very small — only 0.13 percent of GDP by 2025. Taking into account the un-equalizing effect of trade on wages, this paper … the highest wages who are more protected from international competition. Rather, many top incomes will rise as a result of … potential gains of the TPP, and more than five times as large as the possible gains resulting from a much broader trade agenda. …

Our paper investigates the link between outsourcing and wages utilising a large household panel and combining it with … fragmentation has had a marked impact on wages. Distinguishing three skill categories we find evidence that outsourcing reduced the … definitions of outsourcing. Furthermore we find some evidence that high-skilled workers experienced increased wages due to …

The theoretical and empirical literature shows that union wages are more responsive to international import competition … than nonunion wages, thus reducing unions bargaining power. In this paper we track the influence of unions on wages in … Brazil before and after the trade liberalization in the beginning of the 1990s. We find that union bargaining power increased …

development of wages and employment across skill groups, there is considerable disagreement to explain these trends, in particular … to what extent skill- biased technical change and trade liberalization share a major responsibility. The conclusion of …

The aim of this paper is to analyze the impacts of openness on employment and wages, taking into consideration two … redistribution in favor of unskilled labor may occur after the trade liberalization. The second aspect is the impact on tradeables … education, it is possible to conclude that the demand for unskilled workers increased after trade liberalization in Brazil …

This paper explores the impact of trade liberalization on manufacturing employment and wages over a period 1993-2006, a … period coinciding with significant reduction in trade barriers and rising unemployment. Despite increasing import penetration … confirm that layoffs as a result of trade liberalization is not among the factors responsible for unemployment. On the other …

Although theory predicts that international trade will decrease the relative demand for skilled workers in relatively … the rapid increase in the returns to education experienced by China during the 1990s. Analyzing Chinese urban household … skilled workers, consistent with trade theory, the magnitude of the effect was modest and more than offset by institutional …

light on the impact of low wage country imports competition on the local degree of wage inequality. I find that local … exposed to Chinese competition did not experience a rise in the dispersion of hourly wages, with even a reduction of lower … estimate the impact of Chinese imports competition onto French local labor markets, with an emphasis on the spill-overs effects …