choice of the rural population in China in 1997–2005. We use the variation of export tariffs over time and the initial export … structure across prefectures in China to construct prefecture-specific tariff shocks. Different from previous studies that focus … effects of trade-induced shocks through initial migration networks. The empirical analysis finds that the reduction of export …

's Republic of China (PRC). Among them are the foundations laid in the pre-1978 era, especially in respect of land …-related institutional reforms and social sector investments. These factors successfully complemented the subsequent export and foreign …

We use Belgian firm level data over the period 1996-2007 to analyze the impact of imports from China and other low wage …-level import competition and firm-level outsourcing. We find that imports from China are much more important than imports from … other low-wage countries. Industry-level import competition from China reduced firm employment and induced skill upgrading …

We use Belgian firm-level data over the period 1996-2007 to analyze the impact of imports from China and other low … indicate that, both industry-level import competition and firm-level outsourcing to China reduce firm employment growth and …-level outsourcing of finished goods to China even increased firm's probability of survival. In terms of skill upgrading, the effect of …

We use Belgian firm-level data over the period 1996-2007 to analyze the impact of imports from China and other low … indicate that, both industry-level import competition and firm-level outsourcing to China reduce firm employment growth and …-level outsourcing of finished goods to China even increased firm's probability of survival. In terms of skill upgrading, the effect of …

he export participation of SMEs in the Swedish computer and business service industries has increased rapidly over the … last decade. Despite this, export participation rates-including those of micro enterprises-remained low at 13 per cent in … of micro enterprises, this study investigates the determinants of the export participation of Swedish SMEs in the …