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

In 2005 China provided duty-free access to 190 items from 25 least developed sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Three … years later duty-free access was extended to 454 items from 31 SSA LDCs. We find no evidence that China's preferential …

This paper investigates the impact of import liberalization induced labor demand shocks on male and female employment … in China. Combining data from population and firm censuses between 1990 and 2005, we relate prefecture-level employment … import competition has kept more females in the workforce, reducing an otherwise growing gender employment gap in the long …

In 2005 China provided duty-free access to 190 items from 25 least developed sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Three … years later duty-free access was extended to 454 items from 31 SSA LDCs. We find no evidence that China's preferential …

shows that growing import competition from China differentially reduced earnings and employment rates for workers in more …, and a dissolution of traditional family structures. We argue that new import tariffs such as those imposed by the US in … emergence of China as an exporting powerhouse. While research in economics had long acknowledged that trade with lower …