Why are American Workers getting Poorer? China, Trade and Offshoring (original) (raw)

Special thanks to David Autor, Robert Feenstra, Wayne Gray, and Lawrence Edwards for providing data critical to our analysis. Excellent research assistance was provided by Susan Schwartz. We also thank seminar participants at the University of Paris in preparation for the book, “The Factory - Free Economy”, edited by Lionel Fontagne and Ann Harrison, as well as seminar participants at the World Bank. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.