sector and the large decline in employment rates and hours worked among prime-aged Americans since 2000. We use cross …-region variation to explore the link between declining manufacturing employment and labor market outcomes. We find that manufacturing … decline in a local area in the 2000s had large and persistent negative effects on local employment rates, hours worked and …

-in-differences. We find that a one per thousand increase in infections causes a 2 to 3 percent drop in local employment. Non … that at most half of the job losses in the US and UK can be attributed to lockdowns. We also find that employment losses … recoveries in employment unless COVID-19 infection rates fall …

We juxtapose the effects of trade and technology on employment in U.S. local labor markets between 1990 and 2007. Labor … employment, particularly in manufacturing and among non-college workers. Labor markets susceptible to computerization due to … nonmanufacturing but no net employment decline. Trade impacts rise in the 2000s as imports accelerate, while the effect of technology …

's Longitudinal Business Database, we document that firms redistribute the employment impacts of local demand shocks across regions … sharp drop in consumer demand, leading to large employment losses in the non-tradable sector. Consistent with firms …-level employment with respect to house prices in other counties in which the firm has establishments. At the same time, establishments …

local employment and payroll in nontradable industries and in total, while having no effect on employment in tradable …