using manufacturing survey data and customs transaction data. We find that Chinese import competition in El Salvador has a … of Chinese import competition in El Salvador reduces the employment of production workers by 2.27%. The negative impact …-percentage-point-increase in the measure of Chinese import competition in El Salvador reduces low-productivity firms TFP by 1 …

Chinese imports is large. Industry import competition from China accounts for 42% (20%) of the within firm increase in the … indicate that, both industry-level import competition and firm-level outsourcing to China reduce firm employment growth and …We use Belgian firm-level data over the period 1996-2007 to analyze the impact of imports from China and other low …

on the impact of Chinese import competition on productivity, skills, and performance of firms., We measure import …-up and skills upgrading. Of particular interest is the finding that the effects of import competition from China are stronger … their performance as a consequence of the higher Chinese import intensity, mainly through direct competition and the use of …

Chinese imports is large. Industry import competition from China accounts for 42% (20%) of the within firm increase in the … indicate that, both industry-level import competition and firm-level outsourcing to China reduce firm employment growth and …We use Belgian firm-level data over the period 1996-2007 to analyze the impact of imports from China and other low …

-level import competition and firm-level outsourcing. We find that imports from China are much more important than imports from … other low-wage countries. Industry-level import competition from China reduced firm employment and induced skill upgrading …. Import competition from China alone can explain around 30 percent of the total skill upgrading in Belgian manufacturing …