-section distribution of average income per capita across countries is modelled both for the whole world, and then for the groups of open …

skill-intensive sectors, the entire volume of world trade matters for wage inequality. This implies that trade integration … falling relative price of skill-intensive goods can be reconciled with the fast growth of world trade and that the … results and a quantitative assessment of the skill bias of world trade …

of world trade matters for wage inequality. Therefore, trade integration, even among identical countries, is likely to … be reconciled with the fast growth of world trade and that the intersectoral mobility of capital exacerbates the effect … skill bias of world trade …

differences in countries' factor endowments and total factor productivity (the Solow residual). While the former can be relatively … interpretation for differences in total factor productivity across countries and quantitatively explore the role of trade barriers in …