Semantic Scholar Open Access 2013 1340 sitasi

The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States

David H. Autor David Dorn Gordon H. Hanson

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We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between 1990 and 2007 on U.S. local labor markets, exploiting cross-market variation in import exposure stemming from initial differences in industry specialization and instrumenting for U.S. imports using changes in Chinese imports by other high-income countries. Rising imports cause higher unemployment, lower labor force participation, and reduced wages in local labor markets that house import-competing manufacturing industries. In our main specification, import competition explains one-quarter of the contemporaneous aggregate decline in U.S. manufacturing employment. Transfer benefits payments for unemployment, disability, retirement, and healthcare also rise sharply in more trade-exposed labor markets.

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Economics

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David H. Autor

David Dorn

Gordon H. Hanson

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Autor, D.H., Dorn, D., Hanson, G.H. (2013). The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States. https://doi.org/10.1257/AER.103.6.2121

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Tahun Terbit: 2013
Bahasa: en
Total Sitasi: 1340×
Sumber Database: Semantic Scholar
DOI: 10.1257/AER.103.6.2121
Akses: Open Access ✓