We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" – China and Eastern Europe …

emergence of China as an exporting powerhouse. While research in economics had long acknowledged that trade with lower … shows that growing import competition from China differentially reduced earnings and employment rates for workers in more … a large growth of net imports from China (such as the UK and the US), than in countries that maintained relatively …

We investigate the impacts of trade liberalization on household behaviors and outcomes in urban China, exploiting …

Coordination of macro-economic development and employment is an essential issue for China's social development, which …

China has witnessed rapid increases in the skill premium over the last few decades. In this paper, we study the short …-run effect of capital goods imports on skill premium in China. The surge in capital goods imports, which embody advanced … technology, can explain the rising demand for skills in China. We exploit regional variations in capital goods import exposure …