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Title: The Effects of Import Competition on Unionization

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Publication Year: 2020

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Abstract: We study direct and indirect effects of Chinese import competition on union membership in the United States, 1990-2014. Competition with Chinese manufacturing induced a slight decline in unionization within manufacturing. The magnitude is small partly because manufacturers in non-union, Right-to-Work states saw more direct competition with low-quality Chinese imports. Outside of manufacturing, however, import competition causes a large increase in union membership as less-educated women (in-cluding spouses and children of affected workers) shift away from retail and towards jobs in healthcare and education where unions are stronger. Due to these responses, we calculate that Chinese imports prevented 26% of the union density decline that would have otherwise occurred.

Url: http://johnahlquist.net/files/AhlquistDowneyFall2020.pdf

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Authors: Ahlquist, John S; Downey, Mitch

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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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