David Dorn
@profdaviddorn.bsky.social
Professor of Economics, University of Zurich @uzh-econ.bsky.social www.ddorn.net
According to research by UBS Foundation Professor @profdaviddorn.bsky.social and co-authors, import tariffs had no significant positive effects on employment or income in connection with Trump's first term. www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_even... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @econ.uzh.ch
2/ At 9️⃣ in EG's top 2025 stories: @davidautor.bsky.social @profdaviddorn.bsky.social & Gordon Hanson discuss how the early 2000s' China trade shock "reshaped political behavior, as declining job prospects and foregone mobility fueled a bitter electoral response." equitablegrowth.org/how-the-chin...
How the China trade shock impacted U.S. manufacturing workers and labor markets, and the consequences for U.S. politics
How the China trade shock of the early 2000s shaped the evolution of trade-exposed local labor markets in the United States.
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The original article in Newsweek on declining job growth in blue-collar sectors: www.newsweek.com/blue-collar-...
Blue-collar jobs are collapsing under Trump
Hiring across construction, manufacturing and other blue-collar professions has continued to slide in 2025.
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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭@econ.uzh.ch · 8mo ago🇺🇸 Although it’s difficult to determine the direct effects of the new U.S. tariffs on employment, @profdaviddorn.bsky.social expresses doubts that they would have "generated any sustained gains" in jobs. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
@profdaviddorn.bsky.social über die Entwickung der KI: "Bei neu auftauchenden Problemen braucht es menschliche Fähigkeiten, um neue Situationen zu bewerten, abzuwägen und Entscheidungen zu treffen - das kann ein System nicht, das nur auf Vergangenem basiert." @blick.ch www.blick.ch/wirtschaft/k...
KI und Arbeitsmarkt: Experte über Risiken und Chancen (B+)
Programmiererin oder doch lieber Pflegefachfrau? KI krempelt die Arbeitswelt um – und verunsichert Jugendliche bei der Berufswahl. Ökonom David Dorn erklärt, warum die Zukunft weniger düster ist als b...
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“I’m convinced that AI will not lead to mass unemployment. Some occupations may lose relevance, but new fields will emerge, just as in earlier technological revolutions.” @profdaviddorn.bsky.social via Tages-Anzeiger www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ai-bedrohung... #EconomicsinSociety #UZH #shareUBS
Does technological progress bring the world closer together or pull it further apart? Prof. Gordon Hanson (Harvard University) will delve into this question in our next URPP Equality of Opportunity public lecture. Register here 👉 www.urpp-equality.uzh.ch/en/registrat...
A great thanks to @florianscheuer.bsky.social, Ernst Fehr and other colleagues at UZH who worked tirelessly to make these outstanding hires possible 👏
Florian Scheuer@florianscheuer.bsky.social · 10mo agoI am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics. 🧵 1/7
"Ronald Reagan wanted the government to stay out of the economy. Under Donald Trump, the opposite is happening." – @profdaviddorn.bsky.social www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_even... This interview by @meierpress.bsky.social & Lorenz Honegger was originally published in @nzz.ch. #EconomicsForSociety
In their piece for the #EGEssaySeries, @davidautor.bsky.social, @profdaviddorn.bsky.social, and Gordon Hanson break down the China trade shock of the early 2000s, its impacts on manufacturing and the labor market, and how it has shaped U.S. politics. Learn more ⬇️ equitablegrowth.org/how-the-chin...
@profdaviddorn.bsky.social explores how globalization and automation have shaped labor markets, revealing the lasting impact of trade shocks, especially in regions exposed to Chinese imports. www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_even... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @econ.uzh.ch
Trade with China in 2000s led to job losses in U.S. manufacturing, but local economies rebounded with growth in non-manufacturing sectors. Our research feature looks at new work from David Autor, @profdaviddorn.bsky.social, Gordon Hanson, and Maggie Jones: bit.ly/4muNB5N
Old jobs, new jobs: How the labor landscape has changed two decades after trade with China opened | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Employment levels recovered in the most affected U.S. labor markets, but the composition of the labor force has changed
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"The China trade shock accounts for approximately one-quarter of the decline in manufacturing jobs between 2000 and 2007." @davidautor.bsky.social @profdaviddorn.bsky.social and Gordon Hanson explore how the China trade shock affected U.S. politics #EssaySeries 🔗 equitablegrowth.org/how-the-chin...
How the China trade shock impacted U.S. manufacturing workers and labor markets, and the consequences for U.S. politics
How the China trade shock of the early 2000s shaped the evolution of trade-exposed local labor markets in the United States.
equitablegrowth.org
Recent research by @profdaviddorn.bsky.social and co-authors finds that self-reported skills on LinkedIn reveal more about earnings and gender gaps than traditional measures of human capital like education or work experience. www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_even... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS
What your professional skills on LinkedIn reveal about human capital and inequality
### A new working paper by UBS Foundation Professor David Dorn and co-authors finds that self-reported skills on LinkedIn reveal more about earnings and gender gaps than traditional measures of human ...
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Join my outstanding research team in Zurich as a #predoc research associate in fall 2025 or start of 2026! We conduct empirical analyses of labor markets, globalization, technology and politics. More info and link to application: 🔗https://ddorn.net
Co-director @davidautor.bsky.social explains key findings from his recent NBER working paper, co-authored with our research affiliate @profdaviddorn.bsky.social, Gordon Hanson, Maggie Jones, and Bradley Setzler. Read the paper: shapingwork.mit.edu/research/pla... #EconSky
We study the skills that US college graduates list on their LinkedIn profiles, and document a gender skill gap that is related to mothers’ lower labor supply and slower accumulation of skills following parenthood.
Ludger Woessmann@woessmann.bsky.social · last yr.🆕🔥 "Multidimensional Skills on LinkedIn Profiles: Measuring Human Capital and the Gender Skill Gap" w/ @profdaviddorn.bsky.social, Florian Schoner, Moritz Seebacher & Lisa Simon 🔗 www.ifo.de/sites/defaul... 🚀Skills from 9M LinkedIn profiles explain important labor-market patterns! 1/🧵
📢 @profdaviddorn.bsky.social ’s research on the China Shock is making waves! Featured in @nytimes.com & more news outlets, the study (with @davidautor.bsky.social & Gordon Hanson) shows how China’s rise disrupted U.S. labor markets. 🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/mr3rtsxx #UZHeconomics #TradeShock
🇺🇸 US regions that were strongly exposed to 🇨🇳 Chinese import competition in the 2000s eventually recover in terms of job levels but many former manufacturing workers struggle to find a way back to employment. #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @profdaviddorn.bsky.social @maggierjones.bsky.social
NBER@nber.org · last yr.Analyzing the distinct adjustment paths of US labor markets (places) and US workers (people) to increased Chinese import competition during the 2000s, from David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Maggie R. Jones, and Bradley Setzler https://www.nber.org/papers/w33424
In their forthcoming Handbook of Labor Economics chapter, our co-director David Autor, affiliate @profdaviddorn.bsky.social, and co-authors document the uneven adjustment process of people and places exposed to the China trade shock. Read the paper: shapingwork.mit.edu/research/pla... #EconSky
Trump’s Tariffs – Help for the Heartland? In 2018, tariffs were meant to bring jobs back—but did they? And how did China’s retaliatory tariffs affect the economy? @profdaviddorn.bsky.social @econ.uzh.ch discusses it with @talknormal.co.uk in this VoxTalks cepr.org/multimedia/t... #EconSky #PolicySky
🎙️ Listen to @profdaviddorn.bsky.social's keynote speech at the @cepr.org Paris Symposium 2024: "𝘕𝘰 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘴". 👉 cepr.org/multimedia/t...
«Letztlich lässt sich Inflation meist nur rückgängig machen, wenn ein sehr hoher volkswirtschaftlicher Preis bezahlt wird.», so @profdaviddorn.bsky.social, Professor an unserem Department. www.watson.ch/internationa...
Trump will die Inflation rückgängig machen – doch der Preis für tiefe Preise ist hoch
Donald Trump hat angekündigt, die Preise in den USA drastisch zu senken. Wirtschaftsprofessoren erklären, wie unpopulär und gefährlich das sein könnte.
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Few economists have studied the consequences of globalization as extensively as @profdaviddorn.bsky.social. The expert on the US economy explains what will help the country in the current situation - and what will not. ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_even... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS
UBS Center | Economics. For Society
### Few economists have studied the consequences of globalization as extensively as David Dorn. The expert on the US economy explains what will help the country in the current situation - and what wil...
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Der Ökonom David Dorn erläutert im Interview die negativen Folgen von Trumps Zollpolitik und plädiert für deren Abschaffung. Trump sollte wirtschaftspolitische Experimente aufgeben und sich anderen Aktivitäten widmen – etwa Golfspielen 🏌️⛳ 😅 Beitrag von @simonschmid.pro - @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social
Danke für das Gespräch, David Dorn! (fehlt nur noch der Bsky-Account ;-)
Economics. For Society.@ubscenter.uzh.ch · 2y ago«Herr Präsident, verzichten Sie auf die Zölle, die Sie angekündigt haben» – UBS Foundation Professor David Dorn via @simonschmid.pro / Tagesanzeiger www.tagesanzeiger.ch/usa-oekonom-... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @uzh-ch.bsky.social
