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 … unemployment, lower labor force participation, and reduced wages in local labor markets that house import-competing manufacturing …

-regional variation in initial industry structures and use trade flows of other high-income countries as instruments for regional import … regions specialized in import-competing industries, both in manufacturing and beyond. Regions specialized in export …

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 …

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 …

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 … to move out of manufacturing conditional on separation. These findings reveal that import shocks impose substantial labor …