The Health Toll of Import Competition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9706851 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jérôme Adda (0000-0002-7035-1565, Bocconi University, corresponding author), Yarine Fawaz (0000-0002-7170-6153, CEMFI) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 130 |
| Issue | 630 |
| Pages | 1501-1540 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ej/ueaa058 |
| OpenAlex | W3006135975 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 52 |
This paper assesses the effect of import competition on the labour market and health outcomes of US workers. We first show that import shocks affect employment and income, but only in areas where jobs are more intense in routine tasks. Exploiting over 40 million individual observations on health and mortality, we find that import had a detrimental effect on physical and mental health that is concentrated in those areas and exhibits strong persistence. It decreased healthcare utilisation and increased hospitalisation for a large set of conditions, more difficult to treat. The mortality hazard of workers in manufacturing increased by up to 6% per billion-dollar import increase
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |