The Geography of Trade and Technology Shocks in the United States / David H. Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Autor, David H.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Dorn, David.

Hanson, Gordon H.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w18940.

NBER working paper series no. w18940

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2013.

Summary:

This paper explores the geographic overlap of trade and technology shocks across local labor markets in the United States. Regional exposure to technological change, as measured by specialization in routine task-intensive production and clerical occupations, is largely uncorrelated with regional exposure to trade competition from China. While the impacts of technology are present throughout the United States, the impacts of trade tend to be more geographically concentrated, owing in part to the spatial agglomeration of labor-intensive manufacturing. Our findings suggest that it should be possible to separately identify the impacts of recent changes in trade and technology on U.S. regional economies.

Notes:

Print version record

April 2013.