Imports, Exports, and the American WorkerSusan M. Collins Brookings Institution Press, 2010. gada 1. dec. - 557 lappuses Will technological improvement and growth in the rest of the world cause a decline in American living standards? Can government policy in Japan and Western Europe limit the availability of high- wage jobs in America? Does expanding trade with Mexico and other developing countries with large numbers of inexpensive workers imply a continuing decline in wages for low-skilled American workers? These questions express a widespread concern about potential negative effects of import competition on domestic labor markets, but ignore potential gains to U.S. workers from exports abroad. Through U.S. exports, the rest of the world is an increasingly large indirect employer of U.S. workers, and through imports, foreign labor is an increasingly important potential substitute for U.S. workers. Bringing together the often diverse perspectives of international economists, labor economists, and policymakers, this volume analyzes how international trade affects the level and distribution of wages and employment in the United States, examines the need for government intervention, and evaluates policy options. In addition to the editor, the contributors are Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University and American Enterprise Institute; J. Bradford De Long, U.S. Department of the Treasury and University of California, Berkeley; I. M. Destler, University of Maryland and Institute for International Economics; Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University and London School of Economics; Louis Jacobson, WESTAT; Lori G. Kletzer, University of California, Santa Cruz; Edward Leamer, University of California, Los Angeles; Michael Piore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ana Revenga and Claudio Montenegro, The World Bank; Jeffrey D. Sachs and Howard Shatz, Harvard University. |
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Economic Integration and the American Worker An Overview | 3 |
METHODOLOGY AND EVIDENCE | 47 |
Trade and Wages A Malign Relationship? | 49 |
Comment by William Dickens | 77 |
Comment by Ronald W Jones | 83 |
General Discussion | 94 |
Will Globalization Dominate US Labor Market Outcomes? | 101 |
Comment by Dani Rodrik | 131 |
North American Integration and Factor Price Equalization Is There Evidence of Wage Convergence between Mexico and the United States? | 305 |
Comment by William R Cline | 334 |
Comment by James R Tybout | 339 |
General Discussion | 343 |
Trade Policy and Americas Standard of Living A Historical Perspective | 349 |
Comment by Barry Eichengreen | 376 |
Comment by Peter Temin | 380 |
General Discussion | 383 |
Comment by Adrian Wood | 134 |
General Discussion | 136 |
In Search of StolperSamuelson Linkages between International Trade and Lower Wages | 141 |
Comment by Steven J Davis | 203 |
Comment by Gene M Grossman | 206 |
General Discussion | 211 |
International Trade and Wage Inequality in the United States Some New Results | 215 |
Comment by Robert C Feenstra | 241 |
Comment by Robert Z Lawrence | 245 |
General Discussion | 251 |
BROADER PERSPECTIVES | 255 |
Trade and the Social Structure of Economic Activity | 257 |
Comment by Barry Bluestone | 287 |
Comment by Marina Whitman | 291 |
General Discussion | 298 |
Trade Politics and Labor Issues 195395 | 389 |
Comment by Jules Katz | 408 |
Comment by Sharyn OHalloran | 412 |
General Discussion | 420 |
International Trade and Job Displacement in US Manufacturing 19791991 | 423 |
Comment by Henry Farber | 457 |
Comment by Lawrence Mishel | 460 |
General Discussion | 467 |
Compensation Programs | 473 |
Comment by Gary Burtless | 524 |
Comment by J David Richardson | 529 |
General Discussion | 533 |
Conference Participants | 539 |
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