The Intergenerational Effects of Import Competition

The influx of Chinese imports in the early 2000s led to declines in manufacturing jobs, labor force participation, wages, marriage rates, and fertility. While the economic effects of these trade-induced disruptions on labor markets are well documented, less is known about their intergenerational impacts on households. Economists Hani Mansour, Andrea Velasquez, and Pamela Medina Quispe will examine the effects of increased Chinese import competition on children who experienced economic shocks in trade-exposed households. They will analyze data from the Census Household Composition Key file, the Census, the American Community Survey, the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Job-level and Employer-level Files, and the UN COMTRADE Database for their study.