a prime contributor to the slump. We estimate that import competition from China, which surged after 2000, was a major … equilibrium channels-weak overall U.S. job growth. Our central estimates suggest job losses from rising Chinese import competition …

a prime contributor to the slump. We estimate that import competition from China, which surged after 2000, was a major … equilibrium channels - weak overall U.S. job growth. Our central estimates suggest job losses from rising Chinese import …

We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on U.S. local labor markets …, exploiting cross-market variation in import exposure stemming from initial differences in industry specialization and … unemployment, lower labor force participation, and reduced wages in local labor markets that house import-competing manufacturing …