decompose wages into firm and worker components. We find that the rise of market access and competitiveness of the East has a … explain changes in the firm wage premium. The rising dispersion in worker-specific wages can be attributed to increasing skill …-specific wages. Overall, trade explains up to 19% of the recent increase in wage inequality and slightly exceeds the technology …

This paper examines the relationship between the shadow economy and trade openness in Uganda, using autoregressive …

This article examines the overall effect of global value chains (GVCs) on labour market outcomes, namely wages and …-least-squares method. The results indicate that GVC position is negatively correlated both with wages and with employment, while the effect …

links on wages between workers from Western, Central–Eastern, and Southern Europe employed in manufacturing and non … pressure on wages in Europe. This effect mainly concerns workers from Western Europe employed in manufacturing and is driven by …, but the pressure of GVC imports on wages in Western Europe is not economically negligible, in particular when inputs are …

composition and wages. We contribute to empirical research on these issues in three ways. First, we provide novel evidence that is … firm characteristics, including size and capital intensity, exporters still pay higher wages and employ more skilled …

GVC involvement—tend to employ more workers, pay higher wages, and employ more skilled workers than firms that deal … internationalised firms tending to hire more workers and pay higher wages in developing economies as well. We also find a positive …