We analyze the effect of exposure to international trade on earnings and employment of U.S. workers from 1992 through … trade shocks. High-wage workers are better able to move across employers with minimal earnings losses, and are more likely …

We analyze the impact of trade-induced income shocks on the size of local government, and the provision of public … smooth local shocks, and the impact on the provision of public services is compounded when local income shocks are highly …

both imports and exports, and iii) examine the impact of imports according to the country of origin. Looking at the export …In the last decades, international trade has increased between industrialised countries and between high- and low …-wage countries. This important change has raised questions on how international trade affects the labour market. In this spirit, this …

trade and wages across types of products. In particular, firms that increase their exports (imports) of high- (intermediate …The analysis of the effects of firm-level international trade on wages has so far focused on the role of exports, which … are also typically treated as a composite good. However, we show in this paper that firm-level imports can actually be a …

extensive and intensive trade margins using state-level exports to foreign nations. Our theoretical analysis provides definitive …We adapt the heterogeneous firm trade models of Helpman, Melitz, and Rubinstein (2008) and Lawless (2010) to analyze … predictions for the effects of changes in fixed costs, variable costs, and foreign income on the extensive margin, while for the …

This paper proposes a new mechanism linking trade and wage inequality in developing countries - the quality … exports, upgrade quality, and raise wages relative to initially less-productive, lower-wage plants within each industry. Using …