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 …

From 1988 to 1995, when trade liberalization was implemented in Brazil, relative earnings of skilled workers decreased … trade liberalization, accounting for the observed relative earnings changes in Brazil. …

industry fixed effects, we find that workers in protected sectors receive lower wages. However, introducing industry fixed … of greater wages. Since Argentina's tariff structure during this period protected relatively more sectors employing …

employment and wages in the United Kingdom. It finds that firms can benefit from services trade, through increased employment …, production and productivity. On average, workers’ wages are also positively impacted by increased services trade. The findings … suggest that services imports enhance female wages more than those of males, thereby contributing to narrow the gender wage …