Occupations and Import Competition: Evidence from Denmark

I argue that the winners and losers from trade are decided primarily by occupation. In addition to fixed adjustment costs, workers build up specific human capital over time that is destroyed when they must change occupations. I show that ignoring human capital biases estimates of adjustment costs up...

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Published in:The American economic review 2019-12, Vol.109 (12), p.4260-4301
Main Author: Traiberman, Sharon
Format: Article
Language:English
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