Working Paper

Foreign Competition and Domestic Jobs : Evidence from the U.S. Trade Adjustment Assistance

Abstract: Using data on the certified petitions for U.S. Trade Adjustment Assistance, I document that international trade unevenly affects reallocation and employment across U.S. states. Job gains are precisely lower in the places that shed more jobs due to trade. One extra trade-displaced worker is associated with the net employment falling by two extra workers relative to other locations. These unequal outcomes are in part due to the lack of worker mobility across locations.

https://doi.org/10.17016/2573-2129.18

Bibliographic Information

Provider: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)

Part of Series: IFDP Notes

Publication Date: 2016-03-31

Number: 2016-03-31

Order Number: 2016-03-31