on the impact of Chinese import competition on productivity, skills, and performance of firms., We measure import …-up and skills upgrading. Of particular interest is the finding that the effects of import competition from China are stronger … productivity of laggard firms, employment, and intensity of skilled workers. Our findings indicate that African firms are improving …

on the impact of Chinese import competition on productivity, skills, and performance of firms., We measure import …-up and skills upgrading. Of particular interest is the finding that the effects of import competition from China are stronger … productivity of laggard firms, employment, and intensity of skilled workers. Our findings indicate that African firms are improving …

competition due to the dismantling of import quotas as China entered the World Trade Organization to show, first, that rising … import competition has led to reduced employment in mid-wage occupations compensated by an increased likelihood of employment …We employ employer-employee matched data from Denmark and utilize plausibly exogenous variation in the rise of import …

With China's 2001 WTO accession, trade costs between the US and China fell sharply, but the transport costs of Chinese …. Using a shift-share design for industry-level Chinese imports across 42 ports of entry, we show that US job losses from … competing imports occurred near the ports where they arrived. Once accounting for domestic transport costs, import competition …

communication technology (ICT) investment data in the employment share regression. We find that while import competition from China …This paper examines the hypothesis that manufacturing industries in Japan that have been exposed to import competition … from China experience greater skill upgrading by increasing demand for skilled workers. Using an industry panel dataset …

We analyze how local labor markets in Mexico adjusted in response to an increase in Chinese import competition between … 1998 and 2013. We exploit the spatial variation in import exposure arising from initial differences in industry …. The reduction in employment levels was accompanied by an increase in the population that exited the labor force. The …

We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" - China and Eastern Europe …-regional variation in initial industry structures and use trade flows of other high-income countries as instruments for regional import … regions specialized in import-competing industries, both in manufacturing and beyond. Regions specialized in export …

findings from the literature on how productivity, innovation, and employment were impacted by the Great Liberalizationa period … limits of trade policy in boosting employment and long-term productivity growth. Policymakers should manage their …This paper uses the sudden surge in Chinese competition faced by Brazil's manufacturers in the 2000s to revisit the …