Import competition and the great US employment sag of the 2000s

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 34, Issue S1, 2016, Pages S141-S198

  Acemoglu, Daron ^a   Autor, David ^a   Dorn, David ^b   Hanson, Gordon H ^c   Price, Brendan ^d  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84951853960     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/682384     Document Type: Article

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