This paper considers labor market adjustments following a large import shock in the German clothing industry caused by …

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 …

recent years due to Chinese import competition did not require strong English-speaking skills while many of the jobs in …, we find that a $1,000 increase in import exposure per worker in a local area led to an increase in the share of low …

services. Areas in the US with declining labor demand and incomes due to increasing import competition from China experience …

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, overall employment-population ratios, and income per capita in more …

also show that import penetration has a significant and negative impact on industry wage differentials whatever the country …

-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 …

technology, can explain the rising demand for skills in China. We exploit regional variations in capital goods import exposure … stemming from initial differences in import structure and instrument for the capital goods import growth using exchange rate …