NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES WHY ARE AMERICAN WORKERS GETTING POORER? CHINA, TRADE AND OFFSHORING

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. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications