This paper investigates the relationship between growing import penetration and manufacturing employment growth in 12 … OECD countries between 1995 and 2011, accounting for various model specifications, different measures of import penetration …

of the Brazilian economy during 2000-2012 to assess the impacts of import competition on its manufacturing formal and … informal labor markets. In this period, import penetration grew by more than 20 percent in Brazil, and the share of the import … study finds that a greater industry-level Chinese and 'rest of the world' import penetration increases the likelihood of …

manufacturing workers during 2000–2012. In this period, import penetration in Brazil grew by 25 percent, and the Chinese share of it … skilled and unskilled workers were negatively affected by an increase in the Chinese import penetration of intermediate inputs …. For skilled workers, the ROW import penetration effect was negative for labor-intensive industries and positive for the …

Brazilian economy from 2000 to 2012 to assess the impacts of trade on its manufacturing sector. In this period, import … penetration increased by 25%, and at the same time, Chinas share of import penetration increased from 3% to 20%. Using household … survey data that encompasses both formal and informal workers, this papers estimates indicate that higher import penetration …