This paper examines the relationship between increasing foreign competition and job displacement in U.S. manufacturing over the 1979-94 period. This was a period of increased trade flows, large swings in the value of the dollar, and falling trade barriers in developing countries. The period was...

The German economy exhibits rising service and declining manufacturing employment. But this decline is much sharper in import-competing than in export-oriented branches. We first document the individual-level job transitions behind those trends. They are not driven by manufacturing workers who...