International trade and local labor markets: Do foreign and domestic shocks affect regions differently?

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 375-409

  Partridge, Mark D ^a   Rickman, Dan S ^b   Olfert, M Rose ^c   Tan, Ying ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d ZHONGNAN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND LAW   (China)

Author keywords

International trade impacts; Regional growth; US counties

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TRADE FLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85021205243     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbw006     Document Type: Article

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