The analysis of the effects of firm-level international trade on wages has so far focused on the role of exports, which … trade and wages across types of products. In particular, firms that increase their exports (imports) of high- (intermediate …

This paper analyzes the effects of trade and labor market liberalization on wages and worker productivity/effort in a … domestic unionized firm with firm-union bargaining over wages and effort. It is shown that both types of liberalization will …

also show that import penetration has a significant and negative impact on industry wage differentials whatever the country … wages is found to be significantly bigger when the latter come from low-income countries than from high-income countries …

wage premium. The results also show that import penetration from low–income countries has a significant and negative impact …

exports on the industry wage premium. The findings also show that import penetration from low-income countries has a …

evidence that is consistent with this prediction. Over a fifteen year period between 1995 and 2009, the rise in import …

We study the effects of import competition on industry locations patterns in a small open economy with two regions … is linked with firm-level innovation through an import competition effect that is increasing in the market share of … imported goods and the productivity differential of domestic firms with the rest of the world. We show that increased import …