Workers initially displaced by the China shock largely did not move up or out; 20 years later, many remain in relatively low-paid manufacturing or other low-paid work, while it is their children who never entered manufacturing—showing labor markets adjust across cohorts rather than mid-career.

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David Autor

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the workers who were initially in those locations actually have not moved on

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A Threat Bigger than China | MIT Economist David AutorReid Hoffman
Created: 6/18/2026, 2:32:24 PM

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