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In this paper we investigate the causal effect of immigration on trade flows, using Italian panel data covering very …
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competition due to the dismantling of import quotas as China entered the World Trade Organization to show, first, that rising …-wage occupations due to trade compared to moving from mid- to low-wage occupations. Employing task content information of detailed …
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The home market effect (HME) is a distinguishing feature of the ?new? theory of international trade, but it is …
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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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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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respond to manufacturing job loss caused by import competition from China. Although foreign-born population headcounts fell by … a larger proportion than those of the native-born in trade-exposed regions, the contribution of immigration to labor … with high trade exposure was only three-fifths that in regions with low exposure. Immigration may do more to aid adjustment …
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The home market effect (HME) is a distinguishing feature of the “new” theory of international trade, but it is …
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The model of compensating differentials in regional labor markets was developed by Roback (1982). The model interprets regional differences in constant quality wages and rents as compensating firms and residents for inter-regional differences in amenities. The model assumes that the costs of...
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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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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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