Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/231462 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
WIFO Working Papers No. 622
Publisher: 
Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Vienna
Abstract: 
This research studies the effect of import competition from China for the period after the financial crisis 2008-09 until 2014. It draws on a unique dataset containing employment information for 248 regions in the EU. The uncovered coefficients are statistically not significant, indicating that Chinese imports were not an important driver of deindustrialisation in Europe in the period analysed. The estimates are imprecise, however. An analysis of the economic importance of the results leads to the conclusion that Chinese import competition was not a primary driving force of European manufacturing employment. Possible explanations for the lack of significant results are discussed.
Subjects: 
Trade
Employment
China
EU
Regions
JEL: 
F16
J13
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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