Replication data for Competing with the dragon: Employment effects of Chinese trade competition in 17 sectors across 18 OECD countries

China’s rapid rise on the global economic stage has substantial and unequal employment effects in advanced industrialised democracies given China’s large volume of low-wage labour. Thus far, these effects have not been analysed in the comparative political economy literature. Building on pooled time-series data, we analyse the effects of Chinese trade competition across 17 sectors in 18 countries. We devote attention to a new channel, increased competition from China in foreign export markets. Our empirical findings reveal overall employment declines in sectors more exposed to Chinese imports. Furthermore, our results suggest that employment effects are not equally shared across skill levels, as the share of hours worked worsen for low-skilled workers.

鉴于中国拥有大规模低薪劳动力群体，其在全球经济舞台的快速崛起，对发达工业民主国家造成了显著且不均衡的就业效应。迄今为止，比较政治经济学（comparative political economy）领域的相关学术文献尚未对这类就业效应展开系统性分析。本研究基于混合时间序列数据（pooled time-series data），针对18个国家的17个行业，分析中国贸易竞争所产生的就业效应。我们重点关注了一个全新的传导渠道：中国在海外出口市场引发的竞争加剧。实证研究结果显示，受中国进口商品冲击程度更高的行业，整体就业规模出现下滑。此外，研究结果还表明，就业效应在不同技能层级的劳动者群体中分配不均，低技能劳动者的工时占比出现下滑，其就业境况相对恶化。