The extent to which a country can bene t from trade openness crucially depends on its ease of reallocating resources. However, we know little about the role of domestic frictions in shaping the e ects of trade policies. I address this question by analyzing the impact of tari reductions on the...

Previous research finds that the greater geographic mobility of foreign than native-born workers facilitates labor market adjustment to shifting regional economic conditions. We examine immigration's role in enabling U.S. commuting zones to respond to manufacturing job loss caused by import...

Over the last several decades, two of the most significant developments in the US labor market have been: (1) rising inequality, and (2) growth in both the size and the diversity of immigration flows. Because a large share of new immigrants arrive with very low levels of schooling, English...