Protectionist Pressures, Imports, and Employment in the United States

Anne O. Krueger

No 461, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: 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.

Date: 1980-03
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Published as Krueger, Anne O. "Protectionist Pressures, Imports, and Employment in the United States." Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 82, No. 2, (1980).
Published as Krueger, Anne O. "Protectionist Pressures, Imports, and Employment in the United States." Unemployment: Macro and Micro-Economics Explanations, editedby Lars Matthiessen and Steiner Strom. London: Macmillan, 1981.

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