Growing apart
Subtitle: the causes and consequences of global wage inequality
By: edited by Albert Fishlow, Karen Parker.
Contributors: Fishlow, Albert.; Parker, Karen.
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Wages -- United States; Wages -- Developing countries; Income distribution -- United States; Income distribution -- Developing countries; International trade
Description: "The principle of free trade is under attack in the United States. Yet, there is no consensus on the precise role of trade in affecting American incomes. Important questions remain. To what extent is trade responsible for growing income inequality in the United States (and elsewhere), and can policymakers alleviate the ill effects of free trade while still reaping the benefits of open markets?".

"This book joins the debate with a robust defense of the principle and practice of free trade in the United States."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The new inequality in the United States / Richard B. Freeman; title: The causes and consequences of changing income inequality / David G. Blanchflower and Matthew J. Slaughter; title: Foreign direct investment and good jobs/bad jobs: the impact of outward investment and inward investment on jobs and wages / Theodore H. Moran; title: Increasing wage dispersion in U.S. manufacturing: plant-level evidence on the role of trade and technology / J. Bradford Jensen and Kenneth R. Troske; title: The impact of immigration on the U.S. labor market / Steven A. Camarota and Mark Krikorian; title: What can we do? Remedies for reducing inequality / Lisa M. Lynch.