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All-Around Trade Liberalization and Firm-Level Employment: Theory and Evidence from China

In: Input Trade Liberalization in China

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  • Antonio Rodrigue-Lopez

    (University of California)

  • Miaojie Yu

    (Peking University
    Liaoning University)

Abstract

Chinese firms faced an all-around trade liberalization process during the early 2000s: lower barriers from other countries on Chinese goods, and lower Chinese barriers on other countries’ goods and inputs. This paper disentangles the effects of each type of trade liberalization on Chinese firm-level employment. We find that reductions in Chinese and foreign final-good tariffs are associated with job destruction in low and mid-low productivity firms and job creation in high-productivity firms. Chinese final-good trade liberalization produces the largest firm-level employment responses, whereas the employment effects of Chinese input-trade liberalization are limited to job destruction in the least productive firms.

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  • Antonio Rodrigue-Lopez & Miaojie Yu, 2023. "All-Around Trade Liberalization and Firm-Level Employment: Theory and Evidence from China," Contributions to Economics, in: Input Trade Liberalization in China, pages 231-283, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:conchp:978-981-99-7599-0_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-7599-0_10
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