Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Author's Note -- Acknowledgments -- Overview -- Ch 1. Some Basic Facts about the Service Sector and Service Trade -- Size and Growth of the Service Sector -- Services in More Detail -- Wages in the Service Sector -- The Service Sector and the Broader Economy -- Characteristics of Service Producers: A Closer Look -- International Comparisons -- A First Look at Trade in Services -- Summary -- Ch 2. A New Approach to Identifying Tradable Services -- New Methodology -- Classifying Industries and Occupations by Tradability -- Ch 3. Characteristics of Workers in Tradable Service Industries -- How Many Workers Are Employed in Tradable Services? -- Characteristics of Workers in Tradable Industries and Tradable Occupations -- Characteristics of Industry-Occupation Combinations -- Detailed Industry and Occupation Profiles -- Regression Results -- Ch 4. Comparative Advantage: Lessons from Manufacturing -- Comparative Advantage -- Factor Abundance, Factor Intensity, and Comparative Advantage -- A Key Assumption: The Long Run -- Comparative Advantage across Industries in Manufacturing -- Education, Skills, and Earnings in Manufacturing -- Comparative Advantage and US Manufacturing Imports -- Comparative Advantage and US Manufacturing Exports -- Comparative Advantage within Manufacturing Industries -- Conclusion -- Ch 5. Comparative Advantage: Prospects for the Service Sector -- Comparative Advantage across Sectors: US Trade Balances in Goods and Services -- Education, Skills, and Earnings in Services -- Comparative Advantage and Exports across Service Industries -- Comparative Advantage within Service Industries -- Comparative Advantage and US Service Imports -- Conclusion -- Ch 6. Impediments to Trade in Services -- How Prevalent Is Trade in Services? -- Impediments to Trade in Services -- Conclusion.

Ch 7. Labor Market Impact of Increased Service Trade -- Prospects for Employment Dislocation -- Labor Market Impact to Date: Aggregates -- Labor Market Impact to Date: Industries and Occupations -- Trade in Services and Job Displacement -- Conclusion -- Ch 8. Tradable Services across US Regions: Opportunities and Vulnerabilities -- Tradable Services across Regions -- Geographic Concentration of Low-Wage Tradable Services -- Ch 9. Conclusions and Policy Implications -- Some Observations on Service Trade-and Their Policy Implications -- The Need for Better Data on Services -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- References -- Index.