Is trade liberalization an important cause of increasing U.S. wage inequality? The interaction of theory and policy

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 488-506

  Davis, John B ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative advantage; Equity costs; Globalization; Institutions; Outsourcing; Trade liberalization; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039032909     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346769900000018     Document Type: Article

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