Making Sense of Anti-trade Sentiment: International Trade and the American Worker

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Nearly Two Centuries Have Passed since David Ricardo …....Pages 3-19
Public Opinion of International Trade: America and the World....Pages 21-36
A Shift in Comparative Advantage?....Pages 37-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-60
The Influences of Trade on Industry-level Wages and Employment....Pages 61-75
Value Share Import Competition and US Manufacturing Employment....Pages 77-87
The Employment Effects of Free Trade Agreements and Industry Trade Orientation....Pages 89-108
Import Competition and the Probability of Job Displacement....Pages 109-135
State and Regional Variation in the Probability of Trade-related Job Displacement....Pages 137-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-154
Does Intra-industry Trade Explain a Lack of Trade-related Labor Market Dynamics?....Pages 155-171
Displacement-related Earnings Losses: Evaluating Trade Adjustment Assistance and Wage Insurance....Pages 173-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-192
What May Explain Anti-trade Sentiment among the American Public....Pages 193-214
Identifying the Determinants of Pro- and Anti-trade Sentiment....Pages 215-232
Conclusions....Pages 233-235
Back Matter....Pages 237-258