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Untangling trade and technology : evidence from local labor markets
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - 2013
We juxtapose the effects of trade and technology on employment in U.S. local labor markets between 1990 and 2007. Labor markets whose initial industry composition exposes them to rising Chinese import competition experience significant falls in employment, particularly in manufacturing and among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729339
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The surprisingly swift decline of U.S. manufacturing employment
Pierce, Justin R.; Schott, Peter K. - 2014
declines the most experience more severe employment losses along with larger increases in the value of imports from China and … the number of firms engaged in China-U.S. trade. These results are robust to other potential explanations of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229883
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The Surprisingly Swift Decline of U.S. Manufacturing Employment
Pierce, Justin R. - 2015
declines the most experience more severe employment losses along with larger increases in the value of imports from China and … the number of firms engaged in China-U.S. trade. These results are robust to other potential explanations of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013034253
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The Surprisingly Swift Decline of U.S. Manufacturing Employment
Pierce, Justin R.; Schott, Peter K. - 2021
declines the most experience more severe employment losses along with larger increases in the value of imports from China and … the number of firms engaged in China-U.S. trade. These results are robust to other potential explanations of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315642
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Trading Places : Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
from China. Although population headcounts of the foreign-born fell by more than those of the native-born in regions … exposed to the China trade shock, the overall contribution of immigration to labor market adjustment in this episode was small … industries that would later see increased import penetration from China. The foreign-born share of the working-age population in …
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Do Localised Lockdowns Cause Labour Market Externalities?
Guaitoli, Gabriele; Tochev, Todor - 2021
The business restrictions introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic greatly affected the labour market. However, quantifying their costs is not trivial as local policies affect neighbouring areas through spillovers. Exploiting the U.S. local variation in restrictions and commuting, we estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218389
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Intra-firm trade and employment in US manufacturing
Blanas, Sotiris - 2012 - This version: March 31st, 2012
This paper studies the impact of trade within US-headquartered multinational companies (MNCs) on labour demand for all employees, as well as, for those of high and low skill in US manufacturing for the period 1995 - 2005. We find strong evidence on the positive and negative effect of intra-firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534907
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Intra-Firm trade and employment in US manufacturing
Blanas, Sotiris - 2012
This paper studies the impact of trade within US-headquartered multinational companies (MNCs) on labour demand for all employees, as well as, for those of high and low skill in US manufacturing for the period 1995 - 2005. We find strong evidence on the positive and negative effect of intra-firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374359
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When Protectionism Kills Talent
Canayaz, Mehmet I.; Erel, Isil; Gurun, Umit G. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We examine the repercussions of protectionist policies implemented in the United States since 2018 on the composition of workforce and career choices within the semiconductor industry. We find that the shift towards protectionism, aimed at reviving domestic manufacturing and employment,...
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Local shocks and internal migration: the disparate effects of robots and Chinese imports in the US
Faber, Marius; Sarto, Andrés; Tabellini, Marco - 2021
Migration has long been considered one of the key mechanisms through which labor markets adjust to economic shocks. In this paper, we analyze the migration response of American workers to two of the most important shocks that hit US manufacturing since the late 1990s - Chinese import competition...
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