Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labour Markets

被引:279
作者
Autor, David H.
Dorn, David
Hanson, Gordon H.
机构
[1] MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[2] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] Univ Zurich, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland
[4] CEPR, London, England
[5] UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
UNITED-STATES; DEMAND; IMPACT; LIBERALIZATION; POLARIZATION; COMPETITION; INEQUALITY; WORKERS; GROWTH; SHOCKS;
D O I
10.1111/ecoj.12245
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We juxtapose the effects of trade and technology on employment in US local labour markets between 1980 and 2007. Labour markets whose initial industry composition exposes them to rising Chinese import competition experience significant falls in employment, particularly in manufacturing and among non-college workers. Labour markets susceptible to computerisation due to specialisation in routine task-intensive activities instead experience occupational polarisation within manufacturing and non-manufacturing but do not experience a net employment decline. Trade impacts rise in the 2000s as imports accelerate, while the effect of technology appears to shift from automation of production activities in manufacturing towards computerisation of information-processing tasks in non-manufacturing.
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页码:621 / 646
页数:26
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