We review theoretical and empirical work on the economic effects of the United States and China trade relations during … the last decades. We first discuss the origins of the China shock, its measurement, and present methods used to study its … economic effects on different outcomes. We then focus on the recent U.S.-China trade war. We discuss methods used to evaluate …

, increasing real incomes but amplifying the manufacturing employment dislocation - the China Shock - in the United States and … our theoretical results to China's 2001 WTO accession, we find that China's tariff reductions exceeded reciprocity norms …

.S. employment growth. We find that the increase in U.S. imports from China, which accelerated after 2000, was a major force behind … import competition from China over the period 1999 to 2011. The estimated employment effects are larger in magnitude at the …Even before the Great Recession, U.S. employment growth was unimpressive. Between 2000 and 2007, the economy gave back …

This study examines the impact of unions on wages and employment using data from Uruguay in a period where unions were …-specific bargaining (1992-1997). The relationship between wages and employment shifted significantly across these periods as evidenced by … changes. - Wages are exogenous to employment before 1985, but not afterwards. - The wage elasticity and the employment …

Africa. But employment in African manufacturing has grown rapidly over the past 20 years. These employment gains have been … accompanied by: (i) large increases in the number of small manufacturing firms; (ii) limited employment gains in large firms; and … (iii) robust labor productivity growth in Africa's large firms. Limited employment growth in Africa's large manufacturing …

-intensive production, a shorter workday, lower intensity of work, greater job flexibility, and more formalized employment relationship …-market status of older workers. On one hand, technical and organizational modifications improved the elderly workers' employment … prospect by raising labor productivity, diminishing hours of work, and formalizing employment relations. On the other hand …

In a series of earlier papers we have examined the impact of exchange rate movements on employment and output in the … impact of exchange rate movements on manufacturing employment, disaggregated geographically, using census divisions, regions …, states and SMSA's as the unit of analysis. Empirical estimates of employment changes are first presented for the four census …