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Has Expanding Trade with China Impacted Gender Disparities in California Education?

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In 2018, more females graduated than males in every single county, as shown by the choropleth in figure 1. We test this hypothesis using measures from Autor, Dorn, and Hanson who quantified each commuting zone’s economic exposure to imports from China during the period from 2000-2007. labor markets with manufacturing industries.