Recent theoretical analysis suggests that a reduction in the cost of exporting increases the degree of assortative matching between workers and firms in export-oriented industries. Changes that reduce the cost of imports have an ambiguous impact on matching. We combine detailed Swedish matched...

Recent theoretical analysis suggests that a reduction in the cost of exporting increases the degree of assortative matching between workers and firms in export-oriented industries. Changes that reduce the cost of imports have an ambiguous impact on matching. We combine detailed Swedish matched...

INTERNATIONAL TRADE WITH EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT CARL DAVIDSON AND STEVEN J. MATUSZ PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON AND OXFORD CONTENTS PREFACE IX ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...