In the past two decades, China's manufacturing exports have grown spectacularly, U.S. imports from China have surged …, but U.S. exports to China have increased only modestly. Using representative, longitudinal data on individual earnings by … employer, we analyze the effect of exposure to import competition on earnings and employment of U.S. workers over 1992 through …

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 … manufacturing. Earnings losses are larger for individuals with low initial wages, low initial tenure, and low attachment to the …

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 … manufacturing. Earnings losses are larger for individuals with low initial wages, low initial tenure, and low attachment to the …

In the past two decades, China's manufacturing exports have grown spectacularly, U.S. imports from China have surged …, but U.S. exports to China have increased only modestly. Using representative, longitudinal data on individual earnings by … employer, we analyze the effect of exposure to import competition on earnings and employment of U.S. workers over 1992 through …

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 … manufacturing. Earnings losses are larger for individuals with low initial wages, low initial tenure, and low attachment to the …

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 … manufacturing. Earnings losses are larger for individuals with low initial wages, low initial tenure, and low attachment to the …

-level panel data matched with employer data for the period 1999 to 2010, I exploit the dismantling of import quotas on Chinese … textile and clothing products in conjunction with China's accession to the WTO as a quasi-natural experiment and utilize … low-wage import shock on workers' future earnings and employment trajectories, which stems mainly from shortened …