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Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - 2022

We evaluate the duration of the China trade shock and its impact on a wide range of outcomes over the period 2000 to … similar to those caused by the decline of employment in coal production since the 1980s, indicating that the China trade shock … quantitative trade models. Even using higher-end estimates of the consumer benefits of rising trade with China, a substantial …

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Sorting and Local Wage and Skill Distributions in France

Combes, Pierre-Philippe - 2012

This paper provides descriptive evidence about the distribution of wages and skills in denser and less dense employment areas in France. We confirm that on average, workers in denser areas are more skilled. There is also strong over-representation of workers with particularly high and low skills...

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Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Regional Inequality in China

Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Zhao, Min Qiang - 2021

We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth …

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Trade Shocks and the Provision of Local Public Goods

Feler, Leo - 2016

We analyze the impact of trade-induced income shocks on the size of local government, and the provision of public … services. Areas in the US with declining labor demand and incomes due to increasing import competition from China experience …

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Regional Variation of the Minimum Wages in China

Xing, Chunbing - 2015

This paper analyzes the regional variation of minimum wage in China. We first introduce the institutional background of … China's minimum wage policy, and then describe the regional variation of the minimum wages using detailed minimum wage data …

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Locational Choice and Spatial Wage Inequality

Schran, Felix - 2019

During the last few decades, aggregate wage growth has been very unevenly distributed across space in Germany. While wages in Southern German local labor markets rose by up to 28 log points, they increased only modestly or even declined in the north. Similar results apply to employment changes....

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Urban Wage Premia, Cost of Living, and Collective Bargaining

Belloc, Marianna - 2019

In this paper, we estimate nominal and real (in temporal and spatial terms) urban wage premia (UWP) in Italy, with its economy characterized by the interplay between collective wage bargaining and spatial heterogeneity in the cost of living. Our dataset for the 2005-2015 period includes, for...

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Inequality in Vietnamese Urban-Rural Living Standards, 1993-2006

Le, Huong - 2010

Using data from five waves of the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey, we find evidence of significant urban-rural expenditure inequality. Urban-rural inequality in Vietnam increased dramatically from 1993 to 1998, and peaked in 2002 before reducing slightly in 2004, and significantly in...

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Spatial Distribution of US Employment in an Urban Wage-Efficiency Setting

Giménez, José Ignacio - 2016

In this paper, we analyze the spatial distribution of US employment and earnings against an urban wage-efficiency background, where leisure and effort at work are complementary. Using data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) for the period 2003-2014, we analyze the spatial distribution of...

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The Regional Distribution of Public Employment : Theory and Evidence

Kessing, Sebastian - 2012

relaxing the equity-efficiency trade-off. The optimal pattern exhibits higher levels of public employment in low productivity …

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