The China Syndrome¶
Autor, D. H., Dorn, D., & Hanson, G. H. (2013). The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States. American Economic Review, 103(6), 2121-2168.
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Primes¶
- Comparative Advantage
- However, this ignores transition costs: workers displaced from import-competing sectors may face prolonged unemployment, retraining costs, and permanently reduced lifetime earnings.
This sourceShows that rising Chinese import competition caused persistent local-labor-market employment declines, wage losses, and rising transfer payments; supports the prime's T6 adjustment-cost / transition-pain claim.
- However, this ignores transition costs: workers displaced from import-competing sectors may face prolonged unemployment, retraining costs, and permanently reduced lifetime earnings.
- Gains from Trade
- T1: Aggregate Welfare vs Distributional Losers. (As Autor, Dorn, and Hanson (2013) document empirically, aggregate gains coexist with localized labor-market losses requiring adjustment assistance.)
This sourceEmpirically shows trade exposure causes persistent local employment declines, wage losses, and rising transfer payments; directly supports the T1 claim that aggregate gains coexist with localized labor-market losses requiring adjustment assistance.
- T1: Aggregate Welfare vs Distributional Losers. (As Autor, Dorn, and Hanson (2013) document empirically, aggregate gains coexist with localized labor-market losses requiring adjustment assistance.)
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