Papers written by Author(s): 'David L. Rigby'
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Working PaperCheap Imports and the Loss of U.S. Manufacturing Jobs
January 2016
Working Paper Number:
CES-16-05
This paper examines the role of international trade, and specifically imports from low-wage countries, in determining patterns of job loss in U.S. manufacturing industries between 1992 and 2007. Motivated by intuitions from factor-proportions-inspired work on offshoring and heterogeneous firms in tr...View Full Paper PDF
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Working PaperTask Trade and the Wage Effects of Import Competition
January 2016
Working Paper Number:
CES-16-03
Do job characteristics modulate the relationship between import competition and the wages of workers who perform those jobs? This paper tests the claim that workers in occupations featuring highly routine tasks will be more vulnerable to low-wage country import competition. Using data from the US Ce...View Full Paper PDF
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Working PaperPlant Exit and U.S. Imports from Low-Wage Countries
January 2016
Working Paper Number:
CES-16-02
Over the past twenty years, imports to the U.S. from low-wage countries have increased dramatically. In this paper we examine how low-wage country import competition in the U.S. influences the probability of manufacturing establishment closure. Confidential data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census ar...View Full Paper PDF
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Working PaperImpacts of Trade on Wage Inequality in Los Angeles: Analysis Using Matched Employer-Employee Data
April 2006
Working Paper Number:
CES-06-12
Over the past twenty-five years, earnings inequality has risen dramatically in the US, reversing trends of the preceding half-century. Growing inequality is closely tied to globalization and trade through the arguments of Heckscher-Ohlin. However, with only few exceptions, empirical studies fail to ...View Full Paper PDF
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Working PaperIs There Really an Export Wage Premium? A Case Study of Los Angeles Using Matched Employee-Employer Data
February 2006
Working Paper Number:
CES-06-06
This paper investigates the effects of exporting on wages, specifically the claim that workers are paid higher wages if they are employed in manufacturing plants that export vis-'-vis plants that do not export. Past research on US plants has supported the existence of an export wage premium, though ...View Full Paper PDF
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