TY - JOUR AB - Over the last decade there has been increased worldwide interest in “adjustment assistance” programmes that facilitate the rehabilitation of workers disadvantaged as a result of increased import competition. In particular, interest has been generated as a corollary of the multilateral movement towards freer international trade and the desire on the part of developed countries to offer preferential trading treatment to products from developing countries. Such international organisations as UNCTAD, GATT, ILO, and OECD have studied the adjustment problem and have recommended the adoption of national trade‐adjustment programmes[l]. VL - 5 IS - 2 SN - 0306-8293 DO - 10.1108/eb013821 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb013821 AU - Bale Malcolm D. PY - 1978 Y1 - 1978/01/01 TI - Worker Adjustment to Import Competition: The United States Experience T2 - International Journal of Social Economics PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 71 EP - 80 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -