David Versus Goliath: The Impact of Chinese Competition on Developing Countries

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Does rising import competition harm local firm productivity in less advanced economies? Evidence from the Vietnam's manufacturing sector

“…There is no evidence of a positive effect on productivity from many robust estimates even our sample included only survival firms. 10 Our finding is consistent with Federico (2014), who find no positive effect of import penetration from low-wage countries on firm employment, the wage bill and outputs in Italy's manufacturing firms those with low tech advancement, and Alvarez and Claro (2008) who find no positive effect of rising import penetration on firm productivity in Chilean manufacturing firms. Unlike most research on Downloaded by [FU Berlin] at 06:31 02 July 2015 developed countries, in Vietnam as well as in Chile capital and skilled labours are scarce, which impedes or makes it costly for product upgrading.…”

“…The rising imports from China lead to higher unemployment, increasing retirement and unemployment benefits, and also trigger declines in wages, employment and household earnings. Alvarez and Claro (2008) provide probably some of the first evidence from a developing country, namely Chile. Like Vietnam, Chilean manufacturing firms face more intense competition from China as they produce similar products and are presumably low-productivity and low-skilled labour intensive plants.…”

“…Edwards and Jenkins 2013;Autor, Dorn, and Hanson 2013;Bugamelli, Fabiani, and Sette 2010;Vogel and Wagner 2010;Alvarez and Claro 2008;Aghion, Rediing et al 2005;Van Biesebroeck 2003). Aghion, Redding et al (2005) suggested that technologically advanced firms are more likely to respond to the threat of entry by importing firms by investing in new technologies and production process.…”

Popular Economy in Santiago de Chile: State of Affairs and Challenges

“…caused many of these small workshops to close down because they could not compete with these imports; their members, therefore, had to disperse and individually look for other sources of income 5 . This is supported by empirical evidence: in their analysis of the impact of increased Chinese imports on the Chilean manufacturing sector, Álvarez and Claro (2009) found that the former negatively affect employment growth as well as the chances of survival of manufacturing plants while firms have limited ability to escape these imports. In another article, Álvarez and Opazo (2011) highlight a significant decrease www.iap-socent.be in relative wages in sectors-and especially small firms-exposed to higher Chinese-import penetration.…”

The impact of China's imports on European Union industrial employment

“…The rapid ascent of China in the last decade as the global manufacturing nation ‘giant’ intensified this situation even further. An increase in Chinese exports is a worldwide phenomenon that generates important questions regarding its impact on the rest of the world, especially in labour‐intensive industries where China is believed to concentrate its comparative advantage (Álvarez and Claro, ). The integration of low‐wage countries into the world trading system has been among the most important economic developments of recent decades (Federico, ).…”