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Wage Structure Effects of International Trade : Evidence from a Small Open Economy

Du Caju, Philip - 2011

both imports and exports, and iii) examine the impact of imports according to the country of origin. Looking at the export … side, we find (on the basis of the system GMM estimator) a positive effect of exports on industry wage premia. The results … of origin. However, the country of origin appears to matter quite a lot. Indeed, the detrimental effect of imports on …

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Exports, Imports and Firm Survival : First Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises in Germany

Wagner, Joachim - 2011

This paper documents the relationship between firm survival and three types of international trade activities - exports …, imports and two-way trade. It uses unique new representative data for manufacturing enterprises from Germany, one of the … imports and two-way trading for firm survival in a highly developed country. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis …

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The China Syndrome : Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States

Autor, David H. - 2013

instrumenting for U.S. imports using changes in Chinese imports by other high-income countries. Rising imports cause higher …

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Exports, Imports and Wages : Evidence from Matched Firm-Worker-Product Panels

Martins, Pedro S. - 2009

trade and wages across types of products. In particular, firms that increase their exports (imports) of high- (intermediate …The analysis of the effects of firm-level international trade on wages has so far focused on the role of exports, which … are also typically treated as a composite good. However, we show in this paper that firm-level imports can actually be a …

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Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation : Evidence from U.S. Patents

Autor, David H. - 2019

Manufacturing accounts for more than three-quarters of U.S. corporate patents. The competitive shock to this sector emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U.S. patents matched to corporate owners, we quantify how...

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Trade Adjustment : Worker Level Evidence

Autor, David H. - 2014

We analyze the effect of exposure to international trade on earnings and employment of U.S. workers from 1992 through 2007 by exploiting industry shocks to import competition stemming from China's spectacular rise as a manufacturing exporter paired with longitudinal data on individual earnings...

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Importing Political Polarization? The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure

Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H.; … - 2021

Has rising import competition contributed to the polarization of U.S. politics? Analyzing multiple measures of political expression and results of congressional and presidential elections spanning the period 2000 through 2016, we find strong though not definitive evidence of an ideological...

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On the Persistence of the China Shock

Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - 2022

We evaluate the duration of the China trade shock and its impact on a wide range of outcomes over the period 2000 to 2019. The shock plateaued in 2010, enabling analysis of its effects for nearly a decade past its culmination. Adverse impacts of import competition on manufacturing employment,...

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The Rise of the East and the Far East : German Labor Markets and Trade Integration

Dauth, Wolfgang - 2012

We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" – China and Eastern Europe – in the period 1988-2008 on German local labor markets. Using detailed administrative data, we exploit the cross-regional variation in initial industry structures and use...

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Migration, Trade and Income

Ortega, Francesc - 2013

This paper explores the relationship between openness to trade, immigration, and income per person across countries. To address endogeneity concerns we extend the instrumental-variables strategy introduced by Frankel and Romer (1999). We build predictors of openness to immigration and to trade...

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