the industry and commuting-zone levels, and then estimates the impact of the `China shock' on each job-flow type. The … China shock is accounted for by either the increase in Chinese import penetration in the U.S., or by the U.S. policy change … that granted Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status to China. We find that the China shock affects U.S. employment …

Popular literature suggests a rapid narrowing of the technology gap between China and the U.S. based on large … (especially in sciences) in China in recent years. Little literature attempts to measure the technology gap directly using … the later reflect both differing factor endowments and technology parameters. This paper assesses changes in China …

subject to greater competition from China via a change in U.S. trade policy exhibit relative increases in turnout, the share …

market data. By estimating the effect of U.S.-China tariff announcements on aggregate returns and the differential returns of … firms exposed to China, we identify their effect on treated and untreated firms. We show theoretically and empirically that …

declines the most experience more severe employment losses along with larger increases in the value of imports from China and … the number of firms engaged in China-U.S. trade. These results are robust to other potential explanations of the …