The authors study the impact of the 1988-94 trade liberalization in Brazil on wage distribution. They explore three main channels through which trade liberalization could have affected wage distribution: (1) increasing returns to skilled workers because of Hecksher-Ohlin adjustments to trade...

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...

Recent research has focused on the short- to medium-term implications of trade reforms for the labour market outcomes and poverty in poor economies. This article summarises the evidence on the short-term consequences of the Colombian trade reform initiated in 1985 for industry employment and...