The effect of import competition across occupations

IF 3.8 1区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS
Sergi Basco , Maxime Liégey , Martí Mestieri , Gabriel Smagghue
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Abstract

We empirically examine the effect of import competition on worker earnings across occupations. To guide our analysis, we develop a stylized model that emphasizes industries using occupations in different intensities. We show that an occupational exposure index summarizes the overall exposure of an occupation to industry-level trade shocks. Proxying these industry-level trade shocks with rising Chinese competition and using nationally representative matched employer–employee French panel data from 1993 through 2015, we obtain evidence consistent with the predictions of the model. We find that workers initially employed in occupations highly exposed to Chinese competition – as measured by our occupational exposure index – experience larger declines in earnings. The magnitude of our estimates implies that the effect of rising Chinese competition on workers’ earnings due to differences in workers’ occupations is of comparable magnitude to the effect of workers’ sector of employment. This finding suggests that accounting for the distributional effects of trade across occupations is quantitatively important.
跨行业进口竞争的影响
我们实证检验了进口竞争对不同职业工人收入的影响。为了指导我们的分析,我们开发了一个程式化的模型,该模型强调使用不同强度职业的行业。我们表明,职业暴露指数总结了职业对行业层面贸易冲击的总体暴露。将这些行业层面的贸易冲击与中国竞争的加剧进行比较,并使用具有全国代表性的匹配法国1993年至2015年的雇主-雇员面板数据,我们获得了与模型预测一致的证据。我们发现,最初从事高度暴露于中国竞争的职业的工人——用我们的职业暴露指数来衡量——收入下降幅度更大。我们估计的幅度意味着,由于工人职业的差异,中国竞争对工人收入的影响与工人就业部门的影响相当。这一发现表明,在数量上解释跨职业贸易的分配效应是很重要的。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of International Economics is intended to serve as the primary outlet for theoretical and empirical research in all areas of international economics. These include, but are not limited to the following: trade patterns, commercial policy; international institutions; exchange rates; open economy macroeconomics; international finance; international factor mobility. The Journal especially encourages the submission of articles which are empirical in nature, or deal with issues of open economy macroeconomics and international finance. Theoretical work submitted to the Journal should be original in its motivation or modelling structure. Empirical analysis should be based on a theoretical framework, and should be capable of replication.
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