This paper draws on cross-country census data to study how agricultural productivity gaps have evolved over the last four decades. We find little tendency for gaps to decline on average despite global decreases in agricultural employment shares. We analyze the dynamics of agricultural...

This paper studies how trade openness affects welfare through changes in workers’ skill acquisition. We first document that on-the-job training participation varies largely across sectors and that schooling investments are complementary to on-the-job learning. Thus, trade openness impacts...