Forthcoming, Journal of Political Economy (2007)
Simon J. Evenett, Wolfgang Keller, Mahmoud El-gamal, Gordon Hanson, Elhanan Helpman, Dan Treßer
especially to an anonymous referee. We also thank Jim Rauch and Karl Aiginger for providing data used in this paper.
Dolado, Juan José [dolado], Boeri, Tito, Bertola, Giuseppe, Brücker, Herbert, Coricelli, Fabrizio, Fitzgerald, John, ...
The Wage Gap between Metropolitan and Non-metropolitan Areas,” mimeo (2002)
Bonggeun Kim, George Johnson, Gordon Hanson, Rebecca Blank
Abstract: In the literature on measured wage inequality, only one recent study, by Glaeser and Mare ′ (2001), has focused on the enormous wage gap between urban and non-urban workers in the United...
Does Border Enforcement Protect U.S. Workers From Illegal Immigration? (2001)
Hanson, Gordon, Robertson, Raymond, Spilimbergo, Antonio
In this paper, we examine the impact of enforcement of the U.S.-Mexico border on wages in U.S. and Mexican border regions. The U.S. Border Patrol polices U.S. boundaries, seeking to apprehend any...
Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1955.
The Value of Information in International Trade: Gains to Outsourcing through Hong Kong
Robert Feenstra, Gordon Hanson, Songhua Lin
In this paper, we estimate the benefits to countries that purchase goods from China by having access to intermediary services provided in Hong Kong. Traders in Hong Kong supply information on markets...
Who Gains from Trade Reform? Some Remaining Puzzles
This paper focuses on three unresolved issues with regard to the impact of trade reform. First, many studies linking trade reform to long run growth are surprisingly fragile. To illustrate the...
Global Production Sharing and Rising Inequality: A Survey of Trade and Wages
Robert Feenstra, Gordon Hanson
We argue that trade in intermediate inputs, or 'global production sharing,' is a potentially important explanation for the increase in the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers in the U.S....
Bergin, Paul, Feenstra, Robert, Hanson, Gordon
While outsourcing of production from the U.S. to Mexico has been hailed in Mexico as a valuable engine of growth, recently there have been misgivings regarding the fickleness and volatility of this...