Neoclassical trade theory suggests that factor price convergence should follow increased commercial integration. Rising … commercial integration and foreign direct investment followed the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement between the United … States and Mexico. This paper evaluates the degree of wage convergence between Mexico and the United States between 1988 and …

Neoclassical trade theory suggests that factor price convergence should follow increased commercial integration. Rising … commercial integration and foreign direct investment followed the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement between the United … States and Mexico. This paper evaluates the degree of wage convergence between Mexico and the United States between 1988 and …

Research has shown a limited labor mobility response to trade shocks. However, existing studies of aggregate mobility … may miss important heterogeneity. This paper proposes a mechanism through which local labor markets adjust to trade shocks … China. An interquartile increase in Chinese import exposure decreases the immigrant population by 5.4 percent but has little …

evidence we do find is most likely due to factors unrelated to US-Mexico integration. While migration, trade, and FDI may … United States and Mexico over the last 25 years. This paper evaluates the degree of wage convergence between these countries … during the period 1988 and 2011. We match survey and census data from Mexico and the United States to estimate the change in …

2007 by exploiting industry shocks to import competition stemming from China’s spectacular rise as a manufacturing exporter …We analyze the effect of exposure to international trade on earnings and employment of U.S. workers from 1992 through … 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 …We analyze the effect of exposure to international trade on earnings and employment of U.S. workers from 1992 through … manufacturing. Earnings losses are larger for individuals with low initial wages, low initial tenure, and low attachment to the …

We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on U.S. local labor markets … unemployment, lower labor force participation, and reduced wages in local labor markets that house import-competing manufacturing … industries. In our main specification, import competition explains one-quarter of the contemporaneous aggregate decline in U …

more trade-exposed labor markets. -- trade flows ; import competition ; local labor markets ; China …We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on U.S. local labor markets … unemployment, lower labor force participation, and reduced wages in local labor markets that house import-competing manufacturing …

We empirically examine how import competition affects sentiment toward China in local communities in the United States … turning negative. Second, communities more exposed to import competition from China have experienced a greater deterioration … in sentiment. Third, the trade-induced U.S. sentiment toward China is broad-based, encompassing political, military, and …

We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on local U.S. labor markets … unemployment, lowers labor force participation, and reduces wages in local labor markets. Conservatively, it explains one …