The Impact of International Trade on Wages
416 pages
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54 line drawings, 85 tables
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6 x 9
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© 2000
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Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction—Robert C. Feenstra
I. Shifts in Labor Demand
1. And Now for Something Completely Different: An Alternative Model of Trade, Education, and Inequality
Paul Krugman
Comment: James E. Rauch and Magnus Lofstrom
2. Effort and Wages: A New Look at the Interindustry Wage Differentials
Edward E. Leamer and Christopher F. Thornberg
Comment: Alan V. Deardorff
3. Offshore Assembly from the United States: Production Characteristics of the 9802 Program
Robert C. Feenstra, Gordon H. Hanson, and Deborah L. Swenson
Comment: James A. Levinsohn
II. The Role of Product Prices
4. What Are the Results of Product-Price Studies and What Can We Learn from Their Differences?
Matthew J. Slaughter
Comment: Robert E. Baldwin
5. International Trade and American Wages in General Equilibrium, 1967-1995
James Harrigan
Comment: Jonathan Eaton
6. Does a Kick in the Pants Get You Going or Does It Just Hurt? The Impact of International Competition on Technological Change in U.S. Manufacturing
Robert Z. Lawrence
Comment: Alan B. Krueger
III. Variation in Wages across States and Industries
7. Understanding Increasing and Decreasing Wage Inequality
Andrew B. Bernard and J. Bradford Jensen
Comment: Lee G. Branstetter
8. Exchange Rates and Local Labor Markets
Linda Goldberg and Joseph Tracy
Comment: Andrew K. Rose
9. Trade Flows and Wage Premiums: Does Who or What Matter?
Mary E. Lovely and J. David Richardson
Comment: George J. Borjas
10. Trade and Job Loss in U.S. Manufacturing, 1979-1994
Lori G. Kletzer
Comment: Lisa M. Lynch
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
Introduction—Robert C. Feenstra
I. Shifts in Labor Demand
1. And Now for Something Completely Different: An Alternative Model of Trade, Education, and Inequality
Paul Krugman
Comment: James E. Rauch and Magnus Lofstrom
2. Effort and Wages: A New Look at the Interindustry Wage Differentials
Edward E. Leamer and Christopher F. Thornberg
Comment: Alan V. Deardorff
3. Offshore Assembly from the United States: Production Characteristics of the 9802 Program
Robert C. Feenstra, Gordon H. Hanson, and Deborah L. Swenson
Comment: James A. Levinsohn
II. The Role of Product Prices
4. What Are the Results of Product-Price Studies and What Can We Learn from Their Differences?
Matthew J. Slaughter
Comment: Robert E. Baldwin
5. International Trade and American Wages in General Equilibrium, 1967-1995
James Harrigan
Comment: Jonathan Eaton
6. Does a Kick in the Pants Get You Going or Does It Just Hurt? The Impact of International Competition on Technological Change in U.S. Manufacturing
Robert Z. Lawrence
Comment: Alan B. Krueger
III. Variation in Wages across States and Industries
7. Understanding Increasing and Decreasing Wage Inequality
Andrew B. Bernard and J. Bradford Jensen
Comment: Lee G. Branstetter
8. Exchange Rates and Local Labor Markets
Linda Goldberg and Joseph Tracy
Comment: Andrew K. Rose
9. Trade Flows and Wage Premiums: Does Who or What Matter?
Mary E. Lovely and J. David Richardson
Comment: George J. Borjas
10. Trade and Job Loss in U.S. Manufacturing, 1979-1994
Lori G. Kletzer
Comment: Lisa M. Lynch
Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index
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