Stalled Racial Progress and Japanese Trade in the 1970s and 1980s

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Batistich, Mary Kate; Bond, Timothy N.
• 署名单位: University of Notre Dame; Purdue University System; Purdue University
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6527
• DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdad009
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 2792-2821
• 关键词: labor-market; UNITED-STATES; import competition; economic progress; relative earnings; skill content; black-men; EMPLOYMENT; white; US

摘要

We assess the impact of a rapid rise in Japanese import competition on the growth in racial earnings and employment gaps during the 1970s and 80s. Using commuting zone level variation in exposure, we find Japanese competition led to a decrease in manufacturing employment and labour force participation for blacks. This was driven by a shift in demand for skill in manufacturing. The difference in effects between the 10th percentile most and least exposed commuting zone was equivalent to 36-46% of the relative rise in black non-labour force participation, and 78-96% of the relative decline in black median male earnings.