Adjusting to Globalization in Germany

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We study the impact of trade exposure in the job biographies, measured with daily accuracy, of 2.4 million workers in Germany. To profit from export opportunities, workers adjust through increased employer switching. Highly skilled workers benefit the most, consistent with an increase in skill demand. The incidence of import shocks falls mostly on low-skilled workers, as they are not able to adjust as well as medium- and high-skilled workers. Imports also destroy rents by workers at high-wage plants who separate from their original firm. We connect our results to the growing theoretical literature on the labor market effects of trade.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 11299

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
• Subject: work biographies ; individual labor market responses ; international trade ; worker mobility ; Germany

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Dauth, Wolfgang ; Findeisen, Sebastian ; Suedekum, Jens
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2018

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/177103
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