Research on the Effects of Trade Openness on Employment in China

This paper uses provincial panel data of 1995-2013, and adopts static fixed effect panel data model from two angles of the time comparative and regional comparative analysis of our country's trade openness contribution to employment growth. The results show that the employment effects of foreign trade, after the WTO accession, is greater than before, and there is a significant difference in the employment effects on the three regions of the eastern, the central and the western. The negative role of employment growth caused by imports was ranked as eastern, central and western. The positive role of employment growth caused by exports in the western is greater than in the central. Accordingly, the article puts forward some policy recommendations.