Protectionist Pressures, Imports, and Employment in the United States / Anne O. Krueger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krueger, Anne O.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w0461.

NBER working paper series no. w0461

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign trade and employment.

Labor supply.

Unemployed--United States.

Unemployed.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1980.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1980.

Summary:

This paper assesses the theoretical and empirical basis for American labor union leaders' contention that imports have been a big source of job loss in the United States. It is shown, first, that identification of job losses "due to imports" is exceptionally difficult because economic growth affects adversely the industries believed affected by imports. Then, an accounting framework is employed to assess possible empirical orders of magnitude. The results are fairly conclusive in indicating that factors other than import competition have been primary in leading to structural shifts in employment.

Notes:

Print version record

March 1980.