The paper investigates the effects of the drastic tariff reductions of the 1980s and 1990s in Colombia on the wage distribution. It identifies three main channels through which the wage distribution was affected: increasing returns to college education, changes in industry wages that hurt...

This paper develops an approach to measuring the intensity of competition in international markets. The method measures the degree of "outside" competition faced by exporters located in one source country from firms located outside the source country. We use the elasticity of price and quantity...

This paper develops an approach to measuring the intensity of competition in international markets. The method measures the degree of 'outside' competition faced by exporters located in one source country from firms located outside the source country. We use the elasticity of price and quantity...