Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/37438 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2010: Ökonomie der Familie - Session: Empirical Models of Trade Policy No. G5-V2
Publisher: 
Verein für Socialpolitik, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
This paper provides evidence on the labor market adjustments following a large import shock on both the individual and the firm level. We exploit a quasi-experimental shock in the German clothing industry caused by the phasing out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement. Using the German shoe industry as a control group and administrative data, we study adjustments on the individual and firm level using difference-in-differences. Our results suggest relatively small increases in unemployment risk and no wage effects on the individual level, despite a 30% increase in plant mortality. Part of the different effects found for plants and individuals can be attributed to the reallocation of workers into other industries and occupations.
Subjects: 
Labor market adjustment
import shock
Multi-Fibre Arrangement
JEL: 
F13
F16
J30
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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