Has rising import competition contributed to the polarization of U.S. politics? Analyzing outcomes from the 2002 and …. Exploiting the exogenous component of rising trade with China and classifying legislator ideologies by congressional voting … records, we find strong evidence that congressional districts exposed to larger increases in import penetration …

We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on local U.S. labor markets …, exploiting cross-market variation in import exposure stemming from initial differences in industry specialization while … instrumenting for imports using changes in Chinese imports by industry to other high-income countries. Rising exposure increases …

that the China trade shock holds lessons for other episodes of localized job loss. Import competition from China induced …Abstract We evaluate the duration of the China trade shock and its impact on a wide range of outcomes over the period …. Adverse impacts of import competition on manufacturing employment, overall employment-population ratios, and income per capita …

show that import competition is a major cause of job polarization. Import competition with China accounts for about 17% of …

This paper considers the effects of Chinese import competition on firm-level labor market outcomes in Portugal. We … Portuguese firms faced Chinese import competition, based on firm product mix and distribution of sales across countries. We find … examine direct competition in the Portuguese market and indirect competition Portugal's largest export markets in Western …

In the two decades straddling China's WTO accession, the China Shock, i.e. the rapid trade integration of China in the … about the extent of China Shock's repercussions in their district at the time when they voted on China's Normal Trade … U.S. House of Representatives on China's Normal Trade Relations status, we formally test what information politicians …

understood. In this paper, we explore the contribution of the swift rise of import competition from China to sluggish U … import competition from China over the period 1999 to 2011. The estimated employment effects are larger in magnitude at the ….S. employment growth. We find that the increase in U.S. imports from China, which accelerated after 2000, was a major force behind …

China's emergence as a great economic power has induced an epochal shift in patterns of world trade. Simultaneously, it … unemployment rates remaining elevated for at least a full decade after the China trade shock commences. Exposed workers experience … to import competition, as expected, but offsetting employment gains in other industries have yet to materialize. Better …

competition in U.S. industries. Lobbying expenditures increase as a consequence of import changes related to the China shock. The …