We examine how the rapid growth in imports of manufactured goods from China affected industry-level employment in Australia from 1991 to 2006. Our analysis incorporates both the direct effect from increased import competition, and indirect spill-over effects from input-output linkages. We...

Using Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data, after making appropriate adjustments, we estimate that employment in India’s unorganized or informal manufacturing fell by 2.5 to 7.5 per cent in 2020-21, reflecting the impact of COVID-19. In the previous eight years, the average rate of fall in...