Job Creation, Job Destruction, and International Competition: A Literature Review

摘要: This paper is a chapter in our forthcoming monograph, Job Creation, Destruction, and International Competition (W.E. Upjohn Institute, 2003), expands on the ideas advanced Klein, Schuh, Triest (2003). The provides an extensive review of literature that studies connection between international factors, such as real exchange rates trade agreements, domestic labor market. Until recently, has focused effects factors net employment at aggregate levels or selected import-competing industries. In long run, largely unaffected by whereas these have important allocative short both within detailed Thus, it appropriate to study components - gross job creation destruction when measuring impact markets. Examining worker turnover associated with changes raises questions about accuracy prior estimates adjustment costs because flows are order magnitude larger than flows.