2013 UntanglingTradeandTechnologyEvi

• (David et al., 2013) ⇒ David H. Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon H Hanson. (2013). “Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labor Markets." ational Bureau of Economic Research, w18938. doi:10.3386/w18938

Subject Headings: Technological Unemployment, Local Labor Market.

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• http://economics.mit.edu/files/8763.
• http://www.nber.org/papers/w18938

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• http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%222013%22+Untangling+Trade+and+Technology%3A+Evidence+from+Local+Labor+Markets

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Author Keywords

• Technological Change; Trade Flows; Import Competition; Skill Demand; Job Tasks

Abstract

We juxtapose the effects of trade and technology on employment in U.S. local labor markets between 1990 and 2007. Labor 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. Labor markets susceptible to computerization due to specialization in routine task-intensive activities experience significant occupational polarization within manufacturing and nonmanufacturing but no 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 computerization of information-processing tasks in non manufacturing.

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	Author	volume	Date Value	title	type	journal	titleUrl	doi	note	year
2013 UntanglingTradeandTechnologyEvi	David H. Autor David Dorn Gordon H Hanson			Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labor Markets				10.3386/w18938		2013