Replication data for: The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) David H. Autor; David Dorn; Gordon H. Hanson
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Project Citation:
Autor, David H., Dorn, David, and Hanson, Gordon H. Replication data for: The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112670V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We analyze the effect of rising Chinese import competition between
1990 and 2007 on US local labor markets, exploiting cross-
market
variation in import exposure stemming from initial differences in
industry specialization and instrumenting for US 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 US manufacturing employment. Transfer
benefits payments for unemployment, disability, retirement, and
healthcare also rise sharply in more trade-exposed labor markets.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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E24 Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
F14 Empirical Studies of Trade
F16 Trade and Labor Market Interactions
L60 Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General
O47 Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
R12 Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
E24 Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
F14 Empirical Studies of Trade
F16 Trade and Labor Market Interactions
L60 Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General
O47 Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
R12 Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
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