讲座主题：Gender Inequality in the US Manufacturing Sector: Evidence from Chinese Import Competition

　　主讲人：喻婵 美国德克萨斯奥斯汀分校

　　讲座时间：6月6日(周四) 下午16:00-17:00

　　讲座地点：B430

　　主办单位：betway必威世界经济系，主持人：郭汝飞

　　讲座提要：In this paper, I analyze the effect of import competition from China on gender inequality in the US manufacturing sector. I find that gender inequality in employment increases under the impact of China's rise and is felt most strongly by workers over 40 without a college education. A $1000 increase in import exposure per worker leads to a 0.424 percentage point relative decline in manufacturing employment for low-skilled older women compared to low-skilled older men.

　　Differing from previous studies, I find that the main cause of the rising gender inequality in the manufacturing sector is related to the gender difference in work experience rather than discrimination or industry composition. By developing a gender-age specific model, I find that worker's industry composition cannot fully explain the impact of Chinese import competition on gender inequality because the manufacturing employment gap still exists among low-skilled older workers after controlling for the gender difference in industry composition. In addition, the gender inequality is mainly from areas with large gender gaps in job tenure, suggesting that work experience might explain the gender inequality among older workers.

　　主讲人简介：喻婵，女，1991年出生，2009年毕业于betway必威，获印刷工程和金融学学士学位。2015年获美国伊利诺伊大学香槟分校经济学硕士，现为美国德克萨斯奥斯汀分校经济学博士候选人。研究领域劳动经济学，健康经济学，具体研究中美贸易对区域经济影响。