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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 … 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
, 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 … between firm survival on the one hand and imports and two-way trading on the other hand, while exporting alone does not play a …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087894
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Exports, Imports and Wages : Evidence from Matched Firm-Worker-Product Panels
Martins, Pedro S. - 2009
are also typically treated as a composite good. However, we show in this paper that firm-level imports can actually be a … trade and wages across types of products. In particular, firms that increase their exports (imports) of high- (intermediate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153015
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861314
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046220
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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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Trade Shocks and the Provision of Local Public Goods
Feler, Leo - 2016
We analyze the impact of trade-induced income shocks on the size of local government, and the provision of public services. Areas in the US with declining labor demand and incomes due to increasing import competition from China experience relative declines in housing prices and business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982120
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Determinants of Trade Margins : Insights Using State Export Data
Coughlin, Cletus C. - 2015
We adapt the heterogeneous firm trade models of Helpman, Melitz, and Rubinstein (2008) and Lawless (2010) to analyze extensive and intensive trade margins using state-level exports to foreign nations. Our theoretical analysis provides definitive predictions for the effects of changes in fixed...
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