The Impact of International Trade on Wages

by Robert C. Feenstra

Since the early 1980s, the U.S. economy has experienced a growing wage differential: high-skilled workers have claimed an increasing share of available income, while low-skilled workers have seen an absolute decline in real wages. How and why this disparity has arisen is a matter of ongoing debate among policymakers and economists. Two competing theories have emerged to explain this phenomenon, one focusing on international trade and labor market...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226239632
• ISBN13: 9780226239637
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"