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 … competition over 1999 through 2011 in the range of 2.0 to 2.4 million. …

clerical occupations, is largely uncorrelated with regional exposure to trade competition from China. While the impacts of …

We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on U.S. local labor markets … industries. In our main specification, import competition explains one-quarter of the contemporaneous aggregate decline in U … more trade-exposed labor markets. -- trade flows ; import competition ; local labor markets ; China …