Making Sense of Anti-trade Sentiment

International Trade and the American Worker
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-47652-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3503 g

Examining the extent to which trade adversely affects domestic workers, Making Sense of Anti-Trade Sentiment documents statistical relationships between exports and imports and domestic employment/wages.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

White, R.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Makroökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Binnenhandel
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Vertrieb

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND ANTI-TRADE SENTIMENT 1. Nearly Two Centuries Have Passed Since David Ricardo… 2. Public Opinion of International Trade: America and the World 3. A Shift in Comparative Advantage? PART II: IN SEARCH OF STOLPER-SAMUELSON(-LIKE) EFFECTS 4. The Influences of Trade on Industry-level Wages and Employment 5. Value Share Import Competition and U.S. Manufacturing Employment 6. The Employment Effects of Free Trade Agreements and Industry Trade-orientation 7. Import Competition and the Probability of Job Displacement 8. State and Regional Variation in the Probability of Trade-related Job Displacement PART III: THE SMOOTH ADJUSTMENT HYPOTHESIS AND POLICIES THAT ASSIST TRADE-DISPLACED WORKERS 9. Does Intra-industry Trade Explain a Lack of Trade-related Labor Market Dynamics 10. Displacement-related Earnings Losses: Evaluating Trade Adjustment Assistance and Wage Insurance PART IV: MAKING SENSE OF ANTI-TRADE SENTIMENT 11. What May Explain Anti-trade Sentiment Among the American Public 12. Identifying the Determinants of Pro- and Anti-trade Sentiment 13. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Roger White is Associate Professor of Economics at Whittier College, USA. His research largely focuses on international trade, labor, and migration. Roger has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and he is the author of three books.