higher average wages; thus any relatively slower employment growth in this group of firms could lead to lower inequality …This paper examines the impact of trade on employment, wages, and other outcomes across countries and explores the … firm-level dataset to examine the impact of import competition on employment, wages, and firm performance, as well as the …

for women and men). We obtained no significant inequality effects after national trade reforms. We analyze the impact on … poverty and inequality of a 10% increase the broiler world price. In general terms, we find an increase in poverty of two … points and no effect on income inequality. …

processes are, per se, sufficient for poverty reduction and inequality abatement. Abundant work has analyzed the link between … tariff reduction, poverty levels and inequality in both developed and developing countries. Gains from trade are generally … trade, poverty and inequality by analyzing the impact of trade liberalization through two main transmission channels: prices …

wage inequality widened relatively more between unskilled and skilled workers. The reasons for the persistence of … unemployment are discussed, the impact of the increasing unemployment and growing inequality in wage distribution on income … by the Argentine economy in the 1990s as well as the widening wage gap between skilled and unskilled labor came as a …

empirically tests the effects of trade on wage inequality in a differentiated panel framework where countries are classified … pure 'trade'- effects, supporting the Heckscher-Ohlin predictions of the effects of trade on wage inequality once the …Since the expansion of world trade in the 1980s, measures of inequality have risen not only in developed countries, but …

We survey the recent literature studying the effects of globalization on inequality in Latin America. Our focus is on … dimensions of inequality, and developing new methodologies to capture the many facets of globalization's relationship to … inequality. After summarizing both design-based and quantitative work in this area, we propose directions for future work. Our …

native Colombian workers, the exodus had a larger negative effect on the lower tail of the wage distribution, implying … increases in income inequality and poverty. We link this result to a sizeable downgrading of (mostly unregistered) Venezuelan …

importance of 'trade-induced horizontal inequality,' i.e. inequality brought about by trade shocks that occurs among workers with … the same level of earnings prior to the shock. While this type of inequality does not affect the income distribution, it … horizontal inequality and changes in the income distribution induced by trade in a data-driven way, we develop a characterization …