Table 7
Employment and wages of jobs displaced and gained by China trade, by race and ethnicity, 2001–2011
| U.S. imports from China | U.S. exports to China | Nontraded industries | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs displaced by imports (thousands) | Share | Weighted average weekly wages | Jobs supported by exports (thousands) | Share | Weighted average weekly wages | All employees (thousands) | Share | Weighted average weekly wages | |
| White | 2,141.6 | 65.3% | $1,111.40 | 358.2 | 66.6% | $959.09 | 73,341.4 | 67.9% | $843.92 |
| Minority groups | 1,138.6 | 34.7% | $852.83 | 179.8 | 33.4% | $701.21 | 34,706.1 | 32.1% | $679.63 |
| Black | 281.1 | 8.6% | $732.48 | 44.1 | 8.2% | $697.50 | 12,280.9 | 11.4% | $654.16 |
| Hispanic | 500.5 | 15.3% | $649.95 | 100.3 | 18.6% | $581.66 | 15,315.6 | 14.2% | $612.74 |
| Asian | 309.5 | 9.4% | $1,263.68 | 26.9 | 5.0% | $1,114.61 | 5,008.5 | 4.6% | $935.88 |
| Other | 47.5 | 1.4% | $1,026.05 | 8.5 | 1.6% | $821.96 | 2,101.0 | 1.9% | $705.20 |
| Total | 3,280.2 | 100.0% | $1,021.65 | 538.0 | 100.0% | $872.90 | 108,047.5 | 100.0% | $791.15 |
Note: The white, black, Asian, and "other" race categories exclude Hispanics; the Hispanic ethnic designation includes individuals of any race. Average wages by race and ethnicity are from a 3-year pooled sample of workers by industry from 2009–2011.
Source: Author's analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata, and Scott (2012)
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