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 …

Even before the Great Recession, U.S. employment growth was unimpressive. Between 2000 and 2007, the economy gave back … the considerable employment gains achieved during the 1990s, with a historic contraction in manufacturing employment being … a prime contributor to the slump. We estimate that import competition from China, which surged after 2000, was a major …

Even before the Great Recession, U.S. employment growth was unimpressive. Between 2000 and 2007, the economy gave back … the considerable employment gains achieved during the 1990s, with a historic contraction in manufacturing employment being … a prime contributor to the slump. We estimate that import competition from China, which surged after 2000, was a major …

This paper investigates the effect of innovation on employment growth at the firm level in South Africa. Innovation is …, the link between innovation and employment is more ambiguous. R&D targeted towards product innovation has been typically … associated with employment growth. Process innovations may have a positive effect, but also have the potential to reduce the …

This paper investigates the effect of robot adoption on employment adjustment in China. By using detailed Chinese firm …-level data and addressing endogeneity, we find that using industrial robots increases employment within firms, especially when … focusing on the employment of high-educated and high-skilled individuals. We further analyze the mechanisms underlying the …

effect ambiguous. This paper investigates the employment effects of service offshoring in a newly combined and exceptionally … service offshoring has increased firm employment. In line with the canonical trade in tasks model, the employment gains are …

, fertility and children's living circumstances during 1990-2014. On average, trade shocks differentially reduce employment and …

exposures to industry-level stocks of robots are derived from their initial industry-employment composition. Foreign automation … is found to decrease manufacturing employment through the channel of final goods exports, while it increases employment …