, using micro-level data, analyzes the impact of trade reform on Mexican wages and employment. Industries that had greater … increased wage inequality. The decline in import license coverage appears to have reduced relative wages of workers in reformed … relative wages or relative employment …

This paper reviews the effects of trade liberalisation on wages in developing countries, and presents new evidence for … Brazil. Wages fell substantially in the traded sector after trade liberalisation, consistent with there being reduced rents … college education. Within the traded sector, the impact of increasing openness on wages was insignificant for those in the top …

This paper first reviews theoretical and empirical studies of the effects of trade liberalisation on wages in … liberalisation at the beginning of the 1990s. Conditional on education and work experience, we find that wages fell substantially in … greater competition. Conditional wages also fell, though by a smaller amount, in the non-traded sector, possibly reflecting …

technology, and trade on U.S. wages. A standard model of general equilibrium is presented that shows each effect tends to be … technology has the same rather than opposite effect on wages at both skill levels; (ii), a rise in the foreign share in world … innovation or U.S. patents decreases U.S. wages; (iii), an increase in the U.S. share in world innovation or U.S. patents raises …