This study uses newly available large-sample micro data to document that the wage increase associated with increasing worker experience is lower for poorer countries. By taking this fact into account when calculating aggregate human capital, we find that human capital can explain a substantially...

While neoclassical theory emphasizes the impact of trade on wage inequality between occupations and industries, more recent theories of firm heterogeneity point to the impact of trade on wage dispersion within occupations and industries. Using linked employer-employee data for Brazil, we show...