Comments and Discussion [Union Wage Determination: Policy Implications and Outlook]

macroeconomics, wage determination, inflation, unions

Trade and Wages: Leveling Wages Down?

This book discusses the perceived widening wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers and how such a gap affects trade in the context of NAFTA. Woven into this presentation is the authors’ strong skepticism regarding the fear that freer trade has actually pushed down the wages of unskilled workers or that it will do so in the future.https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/books/1329/thumbnail.jp

Trade and Wages: Leveling Wages Down?

This book discusses the perceived widening wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers and how such a gap affects trade in the context of NAFTA. Woven into this presentation is the authors’ strong skepticism regarding the fear that freer trade has actually pushed down the wages of unskilled workers or that it will do so in the future.https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/books/1329/thumbnail.jp