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Title: Import Competition and Internal Migration

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2019

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ISSN: 15309142

DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_00751

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Abstract: We examine the U.S. internal migration response to increased import competition following the granting of Permanent Normal Trade Relations to China in 2001. Using a variety of data sets and empirical approaches, we find that local labor markets most exposed to the policy change experienced a relative reduction in population growth over the following decade. The majority of the effect occurs at a lag of seven to ten years and is most pronounced among young individuals and low-education groups. Such population adjustments should influence the interpretation of evidence in the growing literature on import competition and local labor markets.

Url: https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/rest_a_00751

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Authors: Greenland, Andrew; Lopresti, John; McHenry, Peter

Periodical (Full): Review of Economics and Statistics

Issue: 1

Volume: 101

Pages: 44-59

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other

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