Suarez, Javier - In: International Journal of Manpower 19 (1998) 6, pp. 438-448
This study explores the impact of import competition on wages and employment at the industry level. We estimate reduced …‐form, industry‐level wage and employment equations. We find that, in a majority of industries, a toughening of import competition … tends to reduce employment and to have an adverse effect on workers’ wages, but the magnitude of this impact is relatively …