examines the causal effect of plastic waste imports on air pollution by exploiting China’s experience of importing plastic …. To evaluate the impact of the import ban on air quality, we employ daily data on air pollution between 2015 and 2020. Our … recipient countries. As the largest recipient, China has permanently banned the imports of plastic waste since 2018. This paper …

both imports and exports, and iii) examine the impact of imports according to the country of origin. Looking at the export … also show that import penetration has a significant and negative impact on industry wage differentials whatever the country …

regions specialized in import-competing industries, both in manufacturing and beyond. Regions specialized in export … effect on employment relationships. -- international trade ; import competition ; export opportunities ; local labor markets …We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" - China and Eastern Europe …

clerical occupations, is largely uncorrelated with regional exposure to trade competition from China. While the impacts of …

China. Using precise measures of each worker's daily output linked to daily measures of pollution and meteorology, we find …We investigate the effect of pollution on worker productivity in the service sector by focusing on two call centers in … that higher levels of air pollution decrease worker productivity by reducing the number of calls that workers complete each …

more trade-exposed labor markets. -- trade flows ; import competition ; local labor markets ; China …We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on U.S. local labor markets …, exploiting cross-market variation in import exposure stemming from initial differences in industry specialization and …

to the divisive 2016 U.S. presidential election. Exploiting the exogenous component of rising import competition by China …Has rising import competition contributed to the polarization of U.S. politics? Analyzing multiple measures of …

competition due to the dismantling of import quotas as China entered the World Trade Organization to show, first, that rising …We employ employer-employee matched data from Denmark and utilize plausibly exogenous variation in the rise of import … import competition has led to reduced employment in mid-wage occupations compensated by an increased likelihood of employment …

those contributing to export by the largest margin. Business network effects seem particularly important in stimulating …