This paper estimates the adjustment costs of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on workers and compares these costs with the agreement's benefits. It also estimates the TPP's impact on the distribution of income across US households. Between 2017 and 2026, when most of the adjustment to the TPP...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Distinctions and Qualifications -- Plan of the Study -- Chapter 2 The Wage-Productivity Gap, 1981-2006 -- Measurement Adjustments -- Role of Wage Inequality -- Rise in Skills of Non-Blue-Collar Workers -- Profits and...

This paper estimates the adjustment costs of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on workers and compares these costs with the agreement's benefits. It also estimates the TPP's impact on the distribution of income across US households. Between 2017 and 2026, when most of the adjustment to the TPP...