Chong Xiang

Journal Articles

• Xiang, C., Hummels, D. & Munch, J. (2018). "Offshoring and Labor Markets." Journal of Economic Literature vol. 56(3) 981-1028.
• Hummels, David, Jorgensen, Rasmus, Munch, Jakob R., and Xiang, Chong (2014). "The wage and employment effects of outsourcing: evidence from Danish matched worker-firm data." American Economic Review vol. 104 (6), 1597-1629.
• Xiang, C. (2014). "Product Cycles in U.S. Imports Data." Review of Economics and Statistics vol. 96(5) 999-1004.
• Hanson, Gordon, and Xiang, Chong (2013). "Exporting Christianity: Governance and Doctrine in the Globalization of Protestant Denominations." Journal of International Economics vol. 91 (2), 301-320.
• Xiang, C., Hummels, D., Munch, J. & Skipper, L. (2012). "Offshoring, Displacement, and Training: Evidence from Danish Matched Worker-Firm Data." American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings
• Gordon Hanson and Chong Xiang (2011). "Testing the Melitz Model of Trade: An Application to U.S. Motion Picture Exports." Journal of International Economics vol. 83 14-26.
• Xiang, C. (2011). "A Review of Carl Davidson and Steven J. Matusz’ International Trade with Equilibrium Unemployment." Journal of Economic Literature
• YoChul Choi, David Hummels and Chong Xiang (2009). "Explaining Import Variety and Quality: the Role of the Income Distribution." Journal of International Economics vol. 77 (2), 265-275.
• Georg Schaur, Chong Xiang and Anya Savikhin (2008). "Factor Uses and the Pattern of Specialization." Review of International Economics vol. 16 (2), 368-382.
• Chong Xiang (2007). "Diversification Cones, Trade Costs and Factor Market Linkages." Journal of International Economics vol. 71 (2), 448-466.
• Chong Xiang (2007). "New Goods and the Skill Premium." Journal of International Economics vol. 71 (1), 133-147.
• Xiang, C. (2005). "New Goods and the Relative Demand for Skilled Labor." Review of Economics and Statistics 285-298.
• Xiang, C. & Hanson, G. H. (2004). "The Home Market Effect and Bilateral Trade Patterns." American Economic Review vol. 94 (4), 1108-1129.
• Xiang, C. (2001). "The Sufficiency of the ‘Lens Condition’ for Factor Price Equalization in the Case of Two Factors." Journal of International Economics vol. 53 (2), 463-474.

Book Chapters

• Xiang, Chong (2009). "Comment on Deng and Harrigan, China's Local Comparative Advantage." University of Chicago Press
• Gordon Hanson and Chong Xiang (2008). "International Trade in Motion Picture Services." University of Chicago Press
• Xiang, C. (2002). "Comment on Taiji Furusawa "Preferential Trade Arrangements Versus Open Regionalism: A Theoretical Analysis of APEC." University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor.
• Xiang, C., Deardorff, A., Hymans, S., & Stern, R. (2001). "Forecasting US Trade in Services." University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor.

Conference Paper (refereed)

• Hummels, David, Munch, Jakob M., and Xiang, Chong (2014). "Education and Labor Market Policies in an Offshoring Global Economy." Nordic Economic Policy Review
• Hummels, David, Munch, Jakob R., Skipper Lars, and Xiang, Chong (2012). "Offshoring, Displacement, and Training: Evidence from Danish Matched Worker-Firm Data." American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings

Book Review

• Chong Xiang (2011). "A Review of Carl Davidson and Steven J. Matusz’ International Trade with Equilibrium Unemployment." Journal of Economic Literature

Research In Progress

• Hummels, David, Munch, Jakob R., and Xiang, Chong "No Pain, No Gain: The Effects of Exports on Job Injury and Sickness."

Working Papers

• Hummels, D. L., Munch, J., & Xiang, C. (2022). "No Pain, No Gain: Work Demand, Work Effort, and Worker Health." Review of Economics and Statistics (Conditionally Accepted)
• Hummels, David, Munch, Jakob M., and Xiang, Chong (2014). "Offshoring and Labor Markets (under revision, Journal of Economic Literature)."

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  New Study Shows Worker Health Declines as Sales Surge

  Two Daniels School economists examine the consequences of higher workloads on employee health in their paper “No Pain, No Gain: Work Demand, Work Effort, and Worker Health.” Purdue’s David Hummels and Chong Xiang find striking impacts on the health of workers when companies’ sales increase rapidly.

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• Measuring countries' educational systems

  Economics professor Chong Xiang highlights his research on measuring countries' educational systems

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  Killer Jobs

  It may seem obvious to those who suffer the most, but a working paper issued by the National Bureau of Economic Research by Krannert economics professors Chong Xiang and David Hummels provides confirmation: Employees under prolonged workplace pressures face serious consequences to their health.

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  Krannert economists link higher work demand to potentially serious health risks

  Employees under prolonged workplace pressures face serious consequences to their health, according to a working paper issued by the National Bureau for Economic Research coauthored by Krannert professors David Hummels and Chong Xiang.

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  How do Large Increases in Sales Effect Worker Health?

  Daniels School researchers show that increases in sales subsequently lead to a higher likelihood of workers purchasing anti-depressants and heart-disease medication.

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