The domestic repercussions of trade liberalization have come under intense scrutiny in recent years. Trade … liberalization and other aspects of globalization have been blamed for income inequality in the United States and unemployment in … Europe. A key concern has been trade with low-wage developing countries. Although economists have studied the issue, no clear …

fragmentation has had a marked impact on wages. Distinguishing three skill categories we find evidence that outsourcing reduced the … fragmentation. …

of trade in parts and components. Products are more internationalized and less identified with any particular country … paper explores the implications of these developments in the context of a standard trade model. Component specialization in …

This paper re-examines the trade-based explanation of increased wage inequality in developed countries by focusing on …

fragmentation has had a marked impact on wages. Distinguishing three skill categories we find evidence that outsourcing reduced the … fragmentation. …