Trade and displacement in manufacturing (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, Apr. 1995

Trade and displacement in manufacturing

John T. Addison
Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina

Douglas A. Fox
Assistant Professor of Economics, Pennsylvania State University

Christopher J. Ruhm
Professor of Economics, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, and Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research

Trade sensitivity is linked to job loss, but does not affect the duration of unemployment or the probability of the loss of health insurance; it is only weakly associated with subsequent earnings. This article examines the relationship between the trade sensitivity of a worker's industry and the probabilities and consequences of job displacement, using data from a supplement to the Current Population Survey.

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