a prime contributor to the slump. We estimate that import competition from China, which surged after 2000, was a major … equilibrium channels-weak overall U.S. job growth. Our central estimates suggest job losses from rising Chinese import competition …

. Firms import intermediate inputs from home or foreign suppliers, but with higher costs in the latter case. Due to fixed … the model with newly-compiled monthly aggregate U.S. import data and industrial production data going back to 1962, and …

of trade shocks into national-level outcomes. Employment has fallen in U.S. industries more exposed to import competition …

2007 by exploiting industry shocks to import competition stemming from China’s spectacular rise as a manufacturing exporter … worked in manufacturing industries that experienced high subsequent import growth garner lower cumulative earnings, face … move out of manufacturing conditional on separation. These findings reveal that import shocks impose substantial labor …

, built from highly disaggregated US import data. Consistent with the model, financial development increases sales dispersion …

value of China's exports to the US responds negatively to real renminbi (RMB) appreciation, while import responds positively …

How does import protection affect export performance? In trade models with scale economies, import liberalization can …