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This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import … face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the average productivity of survivors increases. These pro …-competitive effects of import penetration on the domestic industry disappear in the long run. The predictions for the short run are …
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We analyze whether regional labor markets are affected by expo- sure to import competition from China. We find negative … estimates suggest that import competition from China explains almost 10% of the reduction in the manufacturing employment share …
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We analyse the effects of imports on employment and earnings by distinguishing between import competition in final … occupations. An increase in import competition has larger negative effects than an increase in offshoring. Production workers …
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impacts of import competition on manufacturing employment, overall employment-population ratios, and income per capita in more … trade-exposed U.S. commuting zones are present out to 2019. Over the full study period, greater import competition implies a … holds lessons for other episodes of localized job loss. Import competition from China induced changes in income per capita …
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China. We employ a local labour market approach to construct a regional measure of exposure to import tariffs by exploiting …
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market effects of exposure to Chinese import competition over the 2000-2015 period. We relate changes in manufacturing …
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A growing body of research has contributed to understanding the labor market and political effects of globalization. This paper explores an overlooked aspect of trade-induced adjustments in the labor market: the institutional aspect. We take advantage of the two-tier collective bargaining...
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. The empirical strategy relies on variation in import competition across local labor markets based on their industrial …
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This paper investigates the impact of import liberalization induced labor demand shocks on male and female employment … import competition has kept more females in the workforce, reducing an otherwise growing gender employment gap in the long …
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-stealing' channel. In contrast to evidence for other countries, the direct effects of Chinese import competition are mostly non …
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