higher import competition are highly heterogeneous. In particular, I focus on how consequences of imports from Chinese … same level of import competition, effects in terms of wages and growth of college-educated population growth are especially … educated areas. Instead, I find that import competition has net positive effects among more college-educated regions. Indeed …

by trade with China. I show that the effects of rising exposure to import competition are heterogeneous among regions …

(captured by the adoption of information and communication technologies, ICT) and import competition, due to increased exposure … adoption of ICT along with stronger Chinese import competition results in a significant skill upgrade within high-wage firms …. In contrast, in the absence of strong pressures in import competition, sorting occurs at the low end of the worker …

markets whose initial industry composition exposes them to rising Chinese import competition experience significant falls in …-processing tasks in non-manufacturing. -- technological change ; trade flows ; import competition ; skill demand ; job tasks ; local …