dc.contributor.author | Balsvik, Ragnhild | |
dc.contributor.author | Jensen, Sissel | |
dc.contributor.author | Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-27T10:41:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-27T10:41:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-06 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0804-6824 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/196942 | |
dc.description.abstract | We analyze whether regional labor markets are affected by exposure to import competition from China. We find negative employment effects for low-skilled workers,
and observe that low-skilled workers tend to be pushed into unemployment or leave the labor force altogether. We find no evidence of wage effects. We partly expect this in a Nordic welfare state
where firms are flexible at the employment margin, while centralized wage bargaining provides less
flexibility at the wage margin. Our estimates suggest that import competition from China explains
almost 10% of the reduction in the manufacturing em- ployment share from 1996 to 2007 which is half
of the effect found by
Autor, Dorn and Hanson (2013) for the US. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | Norwegian School of Economics. Department of Economics | nb_NO |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Discussion paper;25/2014 | |
dc.subject | VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Økonomi: 210::Samfunnsøkonomi: 212 | nb_NO |
dc.subject | import competition | nb_NO |
dc.subject | local labor markets | nb_NO |
dc.subject | Norway | nb_NO |
dc.title | Made in China, sold in Norway : local labor market effects of an import shock | nb_NO |
dc.type | Working paper | nb_NO |
dc.subject.jel | F16 | |
dc.subject.jel | H53 | |
dc.subject.jel | J23 | |
dc.subject.jel | J31 | |