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Racial and Ethnic Inequality and the China Shock

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  • Lisa B. Kahn
  • Lindsay Oldenski
  • Geunyong Park

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Minority workers generally have worse economic outcomes than whites, and are disproportionately impacted by many negative shocks. However, we show that Black-white employment gaps narrowed as a result of China’s WTO accession because Black workers live in areas that are less exposed to imports from China and transition to non-manufacturing employment at higher rates. Hispanic populations, however, are more exposed than whites because of their industry mix and experience larger employment losses for a given level of exposure. The China shock widened Hispanic-white gaps, though this effect was short lived. The lasting negative effects were driven primarily by white workers.

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  • Lisa B. Kahn & Lindsay Oldenski & Geunyong Park, 2022. "Racial and Ethnic Inequality and the China Shock," NBER Working Papers 30646, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:30646
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    1. Ioannis Kospentaris & Leslie S. Stratton, 2022. "The Evolution of Labor Market Disparities between Hispanic and non-Hispanic Men: 1970-2019," Working Papers 2203, VCU School of Business, Department of Economics.

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    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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