讲座主题：Import Competition and Workplace Safety in U.S. Manufacturing Industries

　　主讲人：吴嘉豪，香港中文大学经济系副教授

　　讲座时间：5月18日(周五)下午15:30-17:00

　　讲座地点：B228

　　主办单位：betway必威世界经济系，主持人：郭汝飞

　　讲座摘要：How would import competition from the developing world affect workplace safety in a developed country? We address this question by testing if there is a causal relationship between Chinese import competition and the U.S workplace injuries and illnesses. U.S. workplaces are much safer than they were a quarter of a century ago. While both the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors have improved, the improvement of the manufacturing sector is significantly more impressive. The surge of Chinese manufacturing imports may explain such a difference. Our empirical results show that Chinese manufacturing imports reduce both industry- and regional-level injury rates. Chinese manufacturing imports likely reduce injury rates through reducing the employment shares of more dangerous occupations and increasing those of the safer occupations.

　　主讲人简介：Travis Ng is an associate professor of economics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He holds a PhD from the University of Toronto. He specializes in industrial organization. His recent interest is on the effects of trade on workplace safety. He has published in the Review of Economics and Statistics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.