in response to increased import competition from developing countries. Using employer-employee matched data for the … ICT intensive industries in response to stronger import competition through an increase in the relative demand for …

(captured by the adoption of information and communication technologies, ICT) and import competition, due to increased exposure … adoption of ICT along with stronger Chinese import competition results in a significant skill upgrade within high-wage firms …. In contrast, in the absence of strong pressures in import competition, sorting occurs at the low end of the worker …