Chinese Import Competition, Crime, and Government Transfers in US

Che, Yi; Xu, Xun; Zhang, Yan

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2888357

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“…Che et al. (2018) focused on the effects on crime. However, to our knowledge, none of these studies distinguish between the imports of final goods and those of intermediate inputs.…”

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The China syndrome: A cross‐country evidence

Kiyota

Maruyama

Taniguchi³

2021

World Economy

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While in many advanced countries the increasing import competition from China on employment is a major concern for policymakers and the general public, its impact of Chinese import competition could be different across countries, depending upon the volume and the composition of the products. This paper examines the impact of the China shock on employment in six advanced countries. We find that the import penetration of final goods from China has negative effects on manufacturing employment in these countries, whereas the import penetration of intermediate inputs from and the exports to China could have positive effects. Moreover, such positive effects could offset or even outweigh the negative effects in some countries. These results together suggest that a careful interpretation is needed when evaluating the external validity of the China shock that is obtained in one country.

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“…Che et al. (2018) focused on the effects on crime. However, to our knowledge, none of these studies distinguish between the imports of final goods and those of intermediate inputs.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The China syndrome: A cross‐country evidence

Kiyota

Maruyama

Taniguchi³

2021

World Economy

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“…Moreover, Autor et al (2018) find that import shocks reduce marriage rates and fertility and raise the fraction of births to teen mothers while increasing the fraction of children living in poverty. Che and Xu (2015) find an increase in property and violent crime as a result of Chinese import competition. Recent work also finds that trade shocks have had significant effects on the mobilization of voters: Dippel, Gold, and Heblich (2015) examine the effects of Chinese trade integration on voting in Germany, finding that only the vote shares of extreme‐right wing parties increase in the face of import competition.…”

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Trade Liberalization and Racial Animus

Ortega

Fruscia

Louise

2020

Contemporary Economic Policy

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Since the year 2000, the number of recorded hate groups in the United States has increased by more than 50 %. Some argue that the strain caused by unemployment or other socioeconomic stressors can play a critical role in the prevalence of extremist groups and crimes. We examine whether a change in U.S. policy to normalize trade relations with China, which fueled a surge in import competition that led to higher levels of unemployment, affected the presence of hate crimes. Using a difference‐in‐differences model and an event‐study framework, we find that areas most exposed to import competition experienced an increase in the number of anti‐Black hate crimes. We also find a qualitatively similar effect on the number of active hate groups in response to import competition. This result holds pre‐ and post‐the Great Recession and is consistent across levels of aggregation. The results are consistent and robust to various controls and specifications. (JEL F13, F16, Z13)

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“…On one hand, to the extent that workers the declines in income and employment as temporary, they might perceive a drop in the opportunity cost of having children and the birth rate might rise. On the 45 Che et al (2015) examine the link between Chinese imports and U.S. crime across commuting zones.…”

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Trade Liberalization and Mortality: Evidence from U.S. Counties

Pierce

Schott

2016

FEDS

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We investigate the impact of a large economic shock on mortality. We nd that counties more exposed to a plausibly exogenous trade liberalization exhibit higher rates of suicide and related causes of death, concentrated among whites, especially white males. These trends are consistent with our nding that more-exposed counties experience relative declines in manufacturing employment, a sector in which whites and males are disproportionately employed. We also examine other causes of death that might be related to labor market disruption and nd both positive and negative relationships. More-exposed counties, for example, exhibit lower rates of fatal heart attacks.

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Chinese Import Competition, Crime, and Government Transfers in US

Cited by 5 publications

References 61 publications

The China syndrome: A cross‐country evidence

The China syndrome: A cross‐country evidence

Trade Liberalization and Racial Animus

Trade Liberalization and Mortality: Evidence from U.S. Counties

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