This paper analyzes the effects of trade and labor market liberalization on wages and worker productivity/effort in a … domestic unionized firm with firm-union bargaining over wages and effort. It is shown that both types of liberalization will …

2007 by exploiting industry shocks to import competition stemming from China's spectacular rise as a manufacturing exporter … worked in manufacturing industries that experienced high subsequent import growth garner lower cumulative earnings, face … manufacturing. Earnings losses are larger for individuals with low initial wages, low initial tenure, and low attachment to the …

2007 by exploiting industry shocks to import competition stemming from China’s spectacular rise as a manufacturing exporter … worked in manufacturing industries that experienced high subsequent import growth garner lower cumulative earnings, face … manufacturing. Earnings losses are larger for individuals with low initial wages, low initial tenure, and low attachment to the …

of unemployment and wages so generated and the actual, historical paths are attributed to the effects of import …A new methodology is developed to determine the extent to which import competition has been responsible for labor … sensitivity of employment to the domestic price of imports varies significantly across these nine sectors, whereas industry wages …