Title

Imports, Exports, and Jobs: What Does Trade Mean for Employment and Job Loss?

Year

2002

Abstract

Kletzer adds to our understanding of the magnitude of the costs and benefits of free trade. She presents a focused examination of the relationship between changes in international trade, employment, and job displacement for a sample of U.S. manufacturing industries. The link between international trade and domestic jobs is also explored through studies of both net and gross employment job change.

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Understanding the Links between Increasing
  3. Foreign Competition and Domestic Employment and Job Loss
  4. Evidence from Earlier Studies
  5. Inside Manufacturing
  6. Modeling Labor Market Responses to Changes in Trade and Import Competition
  7. Measuring the Link between Changes in Industry Employment and Changes in Trade Flows
  8. Job Displacement and Foreign Competition
  9. Conclusions and Policy Implication

ISBN

9780880992473 (pbk.) ; 9780880992480 (cloth)

Subject Areas

EMPLOYMENT and COMPENSATION; Job security; Dislocated workers; Job stability; GLOBAL ISSUES; Globalization; Outsourcing; Trade issues