Neoclassical trade theory suggests that factor price convergence should follow increased commercial integration. Rising …

We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on U.S. local labor markets …, exploiting cross-market variation in import exposure stemming from initial differences in industry specialization and … unemployment, lower labor force participation, and reduced wages in local labor markets that house import-competing manufacturing …

We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on U.S. local labor markets …, exploiting cross-market variation in import exposure stemming from initial differences in industry specialization and … unemployment, lower labor force participation, and reduced wages in local labor markets that house import-competing manufacturing …

We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on local U.S. labor markets …, exploiting cross-market variation in import exposure stemming from initial differences in industry specialization while …

Neoclassical trade theory suggests that factor price convergence should follow increased commercial integration. Rising …

2007 by exploiting industry shocks to import competition stemming from China's spectacular rise as a manufacturing exporter … worked in manufacturing industries that experienced high subsequent import growth garner lower cumulative earnings, face … to move out of manufacturing conditional on separation. These findings reveal that import shocks impose substantial labor …

2007 by exploiting industry shocks to import competition stemming from China’s spectacular rise as a manufacturing exporter … worked in manufacturing industries that experienced high subsequent import growth garner lower cumulative earnings, face … move out of manufacturing conditional on separation. These findings reveal that import shocks impose substantial labor …

to import competition, as expected, but offsetting employment gains in other industries have yet to materialize. Better …

-proportions-inspired work on offshoring and heterogeneous firms in trade, we build industry-level measures of import competition. Combining … Manufactures, and transaction-level trade data, we find that rising import competition from China and other developing economies …

We empirically examine how import competition affects sentiment toward China in local communities in the United States … turning negative. Second, communities more exposed to import competition from China have experienced a greater deterioration …