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Import Competition and Workplace Safety in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector

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  • Tat-Kei Lai

    (LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Yi Lu

    (THU - Tsinghua University [Beijing])

  • Travis Ng

    (CUHK - The Chinese University of Hong Kong [Hong Kong])

Abstract

Relating workplace injury and illness rates to import competition in the U.S. manufacturing sector, we identify two main empirical patterns. First, industries facing more intense import competition have lower workplace injury and illness rates. Second, jobs within industries facing more intense import competition are composed of a higher proportion of safe jobs and lower proportion of dangerous jobs compared with industries facing less intense import competition.

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  • Tat-Kei Lai & Yi Lu & Travis Ng, 2022. "Import Competition and Workplace Safety in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector," Post-Print hal-03971950, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03971950
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2022.08.033
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    • F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
    • F61 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Microeconomic Impacts
    • J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy

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