Labor Market Adjustment to Import Competition: Long-Run Evidence from Establishment Data

Do Credit Supply Shocks Affect Employment in Middle-Income Countries?

“…We group municipalities into labor markets following the procedure implemented by Blyde et al (2019). The algorithm used by Blyde et al(2019) construct local labor market based on commuting zones, and operates as follows: first, it identifies 599 urban municipalities in the data that receive immigrants as "central", and classifies each of them as a separate labor market; second, it follows an iterative procedure adding the rest of the municipalities to each of these markets based on geographic distance and on whether residents of the municipality commute to the "central" one for work purposes. The remaining 190 municipalities that were not assigned to any central municipality after the iterative process were defined as separate, individual labor markets.…”

“…Not surprisingly, the labor markets in our restricted sample have a higher population, a larger fraction of the population aged between 15 and 64 years old, higher education levels, and relatively higher access to public services, such as running water, sewerage and electricity. Our final sample includes 60 percent of all labor markets as defined by Blyde et al (2019)…”

“…Notes: Authors' classification of local labor markets following Blyde et al(2019). Municipalities are assigned to different markets according to commuting data.…”

“…Authors' estimation based on the 2010 census information aggregated at the local labor markets identified byBlyde et al (2019), and our estimates of the credit supply shocks. The table shows the descriptive statistics for local labor markets above and below the median credit supply shock in our sample, as well as their statistical difference.…”

Effect of Increasing Import Competition from China on the Local Labor Market: Evidence from Sweden

“…The rapid growth of trade between low-and high-income economies raises concerns about its impact on domestic labor markets in high-income countries [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. The increase in China's trade with other countries has dramatically changed world trade patterns over the past few decades, leading policymakers to rethink domestic labor market adjustments and their implications.…”