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

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

This paper investigates the impact of import liberalization induced labor demand shocks on male and female employment … import competition has kept more females in the workforce, reducing an otherwise growing gender employment gap in the long …

This paper studies how a positive export shock - the sharp increase in garment-sector exports that began at the end of …-run, general-equilibrium neoclassical trade theory. As in other studies, we find that the export shock was localized both in terms … of sector and geography. Wages increased and informality decreased in sub-districts more exposed to the export shock …

shock, implemented by a right-wing party, induced a contraction in manufacturing and formal employment in the more affected …

shows that growing import competition from China differentially reduced earnings and employment rates for workers in more … balanced trade with China (such as Germany and Switzerland). Drawing on a new analysis for the UK, we further show that trade … regions with greater exposure to import competition also suffer from higher crime rates, a deterioration of health outcomes …