Examining the extent to which trade adversely affects domestic workers, Making Sense of Anti-Trade Sentiment documents statistical relationships between exports and imports and domestic employment/wages.

Roger White is Associate Professor of Economics at Whittier College, USA. His research largely focuses on international trade, labor, and migration. Roger has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and he is the author of three books.

PART I: WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND ANTI-TRADE SENTIMENT 1. Nearly Two Centuries Have Passed Since David Ricardo... 2. Public Opinion of International Trade: America and the World 3. A Shift in Comparative Advantage? PART II: IN SEARCH OF STOLPER-SAMUELSON(-LIKE) EFFECTS 4. The Influences of Trade on Industry-level Wages and Employment 5. Value Share Import Competition and U.S. Manufacturing Employment 6. The Employment Effects of Free Trade Agreements and Industry Trade-orientation 7. Import Competition and the Probability of Job Displacement 8. State and Regional Variation in the Probability of Trade-related Job Displacement PART III: THE SMOOTH ADJUSTMENT HYPOTHESIS AND POLICIES THAT ASSIST TRADE-DISPLACED WORKERS 9. Does Intra-industry Trade Explain a Lack of Trade-related Labor Market Dynamics 10. Displacement-related Earnings Losses: Evaluating Trade Adjustment Assistance and Wage Insurance PART IV: MAKING SENSE OF ANTI-TRADE SENTIMENT 11. What May Explain Anti-trade Sentiment Among the American Public 12. Identifying the Determinants of Pro- and Anti-trade Sentiment 13. Conclusions