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Using disaggregated production data we show that the size of seasonal cycles changes significantly over the course of the business cycle. In particular, during periods of high economy-wide activity, some industries smooth seasonal fluctuations while others exaggerate them. We interpret this...
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This paper presents a structural model of production and inventory accumulation based on the hypothesis of cost minimization. It differs from previous attempts in several respects. First, it integrates the analysis of input inventories with output inventories, treating the two stocks separately....
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matched firm-level customs and manufacturing survey data, together with Input-Output tables for China, to examine how Chinese … production stages conducted in China over the 1992-2014 period, both in the aggregate and within firms over time. Firms span more …
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winners and losers; (ii) China's trade expansion seems not to be the main cause of the decline in U.S. manufacturing …We review theoretical and empirical work on the economic effects of the United States and China trade relations during … the last decades. We first discuss the origins of the China shock, its measurement, and present methods used to study its …
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the considerable gains in employment rates it had achieved during the 1990s, with major contractions in manufacturing … understood. In this paper, we explore the contribution of the swift rise of import competition from China to sluggish U ….S. employment growth. We find that the increase in U.S. imports from China, which accelerated after 2000, was a major force behind …
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manufacturing sector for Chinese enterprises for 2002 and 2007. These are then compared to available estimates for the same years … and industrial classification for the US. These comparisons clearly point in the direction of China having sharply lower …
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This paper studies dynamic labor demand by private and public manufacturing plants in China. It contributes along two …
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advantage of a unique opportunity to work with a Chinese high-tech manufacturing facility. Our study revolves around using …
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We present the first comprehensive set of firm-level total factor productivity estimates for China's manufacturing …
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In this paper, we examine the impact of China's growth on developing countries that specialize in manufacturing. Over … 2000-2005, manufacturing accounted for 32% of China's GDP and 89% of its merchandise exports, making it more specialized in … 10 countries studied. Thus, even for the developing countries most specialized in export manufacturing, China's expansion …
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