Survival of the Best Fit: Competition from Low Wage Countries and the (Uneven) Growth of Us Manufacturing Plants

A. Bernard, J. Jensen, Peter K. Schott
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We examine the relationship between import competition from low wage countries and the reallocation of US manufacturing from 1977 to 1997. Both employment and output growth are slower for plants that face higher levels of low wage import competition in their industry. As a result, US manufacturing is reallocated over time towards industries that are more capital and skill intensive. Differential growth is driven by a combination of increased plant failure rates and slower growth of surviving plants. Within industries, low wage import competition has the strongest effects on the least capital and skill intensive plants. Surviving plants that switch industries move into more capital and skill intensive sectors when they face low wage competition.
《优胜劣汰:来自低工资国家的竞争与美国制造业的(不平衡)增长》
本文研究了1977年至1997年间来自低工资国家的进口竞争与美国制造业再配置之间的关系。对于面临行业内低工资进口竞争水平较高的工厂来说,就业和产出增长都较慢。其结果是,随着时间的推移,美国制造业被重新分配到资本和技能密集度更高的行业。差异生长是由植物失败率增加和存活植物生长缓慢共同驱动的。在工业内部,低工资的进口竞争对资本和技能密集程度最低的工厂影响最大。幸存下来的工厂在面临低工资竞争时,会转向资本和技能密集型行业。
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