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Competition from China: how does it affect local employment and wages?
[Concurrence chinoise : quels effets sur emploi et salaires locaux ?]

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  • Clément Malgouyres

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This blog post summarises a study covering the 1995-2007 period focusing on the local effects of Chinese import competition on the French labour market: the competition displaced jobs in the manufacturing sector; it also placed downward pressure on average hourly wages, and modified the wage distribution, with limited impacts on the lowest wages, probably as a result of the lower limit set by the statutory minimum wage. Ce billet résume une étude sur la période 1995-2007 n’intégrant que les effets locaux de la concurrence chinoise sur le marché du travail en France : celle-ci a exercé une pression à la baisse sur l’emploi manufacturier et le salaire horaire moyen; elle a aussi modifié la distribution des salaires, avec toutefois des effets limités sur les salaires les plus bas, probablement en raison du plancher que représente le SMIC.

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  • Clément Malgouyres, 2017. "Competition from China: how does it affect local employment and wages? [Concurrence chinoise : quels effets sur emploi et salaires locaux ?]," Eco Notepad (in progress) 26, Banque de France.
    • Handle: RePEc:bfr:econot:26
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