interest. For example, IV methods have been used to show that import exposure to low-wage countries has adversely affected … Western labor markets. Similarly, they have been used to show that import exposure has increased voter polarization. However … framework, we estimate that labor market adjustments explain most to all of the effect of import exposure on voting, thereby …

data for the period 1999 to 2010, I exploit the dismantling of import quotas on Chinese textile and clothing products in …' exposure to this trade shock. Results reveal negative and significant impact of the low-wage import shock on workers' future …

-level panel data matched with employer data for the period 1999 to 2010, I exploit the dismantling of import quotas on Chinese … low-wage import shock on workers' future earnings and employment trajectories, which stems mainly from shortened …. While the service sector is the main absorber of all types of workers displaced by the import shock, recovery from the shock …

This paper shows that import exposure affects voting behavior because it affects local labor markets. We develop a new … data from 1987-2009, we find that import exposure increases the support of nationalist parties and causes labor market … turmoil. The voting response to import exposure can entirely be explained by the labor market adjustments to import exposure …

interest. For example, IV methods have been used to show that import exposure to low-wage countries has adversely affected … Western labor markets. Similarly, they have been used to show that import exposure has increased voter polarization. However … framework, we estimate that labor market adjustments explain most to all of the effect of import exposure on voting, thereby …

exploit the dismantling of import quotas on Chinese products with China's accession to the WTO as a quasi-experiment and …