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3 Knowing the Content: Does It Matter?
Pages 49-52

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... Answering this question depends on whether the measurement of the U.S. content of exports from and imports into the United States helps to answer the important underlying questions: How has international trade affected the demand for U.S.
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... Workers with similar skills to those of the non-parts widget workers are winners in the United States from offshoring widget parts to Mexico; low-skilled U.S. workers are unaffected.
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... economy to international market forces through trade and financial integration has coincided with significant changes in the employment and wage patterns of Americans and also with a widening external trade deficit. Are these merely coincidental or are they related in some important ways?
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... A simple calculation to answer the content question is not a metric for any of the potential drivers of wage disparities, labor volatility, or the other threats to the standard of living in the United States. CONCLUSION: Measuring the U.S.
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