estimates suggest that import competition from China explains almost 10% of the reduction in the manufacturing employment share …We analyze whether regional labor markets are affected by expo- sure to import competition from China. We find negative …

We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on U.S. local labor markets … more trade-exposed labor markets. -- trade flows ; import competition ; local labor markets ; China … unemployment, lower labor force participation, and reduced wages in local labor markets that house import-competing manufacturing …