We empirically examine how import competition affects sentiment toward China in local communities in the United States … using a news-based index for sentiment. Results are threefold. First, U.S. sentiment toward China peaked in 2007 before … turning negative. Second, communities more exposed to import competition from China have experienced a greater deterioration …

China. An interquartile increase in Chinese import exposure decreases the immigrant population by 5.4 percent but has little …

high levels of human capital. -- local multipliers ; local labor markets ; labor demand …

In the aftermath of a natural catastrophe, there is increased demand for skilled reconstruction labor, which leads to … significant increases in reconstruction labor wages and hence insured losses. Such inflation effects are known as "Demand Surge … determining economic capital. We propose an approach to quantifying the Demand Surge effect and present an econometric model for …

This paper examines whether effects of labor demand shocks on housing prices vary across time and space. Using data on …-share instrument. Results suggest that labor demand shocks have positive effects on housing prices. However, these effects appear to …