Acemoglu, Daron; Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, … - 2015
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 …Even before the Great Recession, U.S. employment growth was unimpressive. Between 2000 and 2007, the economy gave back …