| 来源类型 | Discussion paper
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| 规范类型 | 论文
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| 来源ID | DP8188
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| DP8188 Import competition from and outsourcing to China: a curse or blessing for firms? |
| Giordano Mion; Linke Zhu
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| 发表日期 | 2011-01-10
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| 出版年 | 2011
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | We use Belgian manufacturing firm-level data over the period 1996-2007 to analyze the impact of imports from different origins on firm growth, exit, and skill upgrading. For this purpose we use both industry-level and firm-level imports by country of origin and distinguish between firm-level outsourcing of final versus intermediate goods. Results indicate that China is different from both other low-wage and OECD countries. Industry-level import competition and firm-level outsourcing to China reduce firm employment growth and induce skill upgrading. In contrast, industry-level imports have no effect on Belgian firm survival, while firm-level outsourcing of finished goods to China even increased firm's probability of survival. In terms of skill upgrading, the effect of Chinese imports is large. Import competition from China accounts for 42% (20%) of the within firm increase in the share of skilled workers (non-production workers) in Belgian manufacturing over the period of our analysis, but these effects, as well as the employment reducing effect, remain mainly in low-tech industries. Firm-level outsourcing to China further accounts for a small but significant increase in the share of non-production workers. This change in employment structure is in line with predictions of recent model of trade-induced technological change and offshoring. |
| 主题 | International Trade and Regional Economics
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| 关键词 | Import competition
Outsourcing
China
Skill upgrading
Technological change
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| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp8188
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| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/537025
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Giordano Mion,Linke Zhu. DP8188 Import competition from and outsourcing to China: a curse or blessing for firms?. 2011.
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