Job Loss from Imports: Measuring the Costs

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Offshoring in the New Global Political Economy (2005, unknown): “In an extensive study of workers displaced by imports, Kletzer (2001) concluded that (p. 2) ‘the earnings losses following job dislocation are large and persist over time’.”
Political Contestation in Global Production Networks (2008, background): “By the latter 1990s, there was increasing media concern about the economic impact of offshore sourcing of high ‘value added’ products and services and associated skilled employment (Kletzer, 2001; Levy, 2005).”
Non-tariff barriers, integration and the transatlantic economy (2015, background): “For example, Jacobson et al. (1993a,b) estimate that an average displaced worker loses $80,000 in lifetime earnings and Kletzer (2001) estimates that the average displaced worker suffers a 13% pay cut as a result of trade displacement.28 We have already noted that research on IIT suggests that…”
Costly Jobs: Trade-related Layoffs, Government Compensation, and Voting in U.S. Elections (2011, background): “2 See Public Citizen, “Election 2006: No to Staying the Course on Trade,” Global Trade Watch, November 8, 2006, www.citizen.org/ documents/Election2006.pdf (accessed October 24, 2010). trend that further intensified during the 2008 elections, when the number of paid campaign ads concerned with trade”