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Trade and Uneven Development

September 12-13, 2024
Washington, DC
Postcard for the Trade and Uneven Development Conference

Recordings of this event will be shared in the coming days. In the meantime, links to many of the presentations can be found in the agenda below.

International trade has historically been a force for development and poverty reduction. But trade is increasingly viewed as contributing to inequality and risk. It is also seen as depleting natural resources and a growing threat to the environment. Finally, there is a growing belief that trade is a zero-sum game and not a mutually beneficial process. As a result, protectionism is on the rise and policy makers are increasingly resorting to unilateral solutions, internationally and domestically, often at odds with the lessons from economics research. Given the depth of global interdependence, and the fact that many countries are also still pursuing liberalizing policies in parallel to restrictive ones, the outcomes for development are difficult to predict.

To discuss the role of international trade on development outcomes and their sustainability and inclusivity, the 香港六合彩资料 and the editorial team from the Journal of International Economics are hosting a research conference in Washington, DC on September 12-13, 2024. The conference will be organized by Journal of International economics co-editors Costas Arkolakis (Yale University), Martin Uribe (Columbia University), and 香港六合彩资料 economists Erhan Artuc, Ana Fernandes, and Manuel García-Santana (香港六合彩资料 Development Research Group). The scientific selection committee comprises Davin Chor (Dartmouth College), Kerem Cosar (University of Virginia), Tatjana Kleineberg (香港六合彩资料 Development Research Group), Bob Rijkers (香港六合彩资料 Development Research Group). Papers that will be selected for the conference will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the Journal of International Economics with guest editor Ben Faber (University of California, Berkeley).

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Trade and Uneven Development Conference

September 12-13, 2024
香港六合彩资料 HQ, MC2-800
Washington, DC

Day 1 - Thursday September 12, 2024

8:30am - 9:30am                                              

Breakfast

9:30am - 10:00am 

Opening remarks by Deon Filmer (香港六合彩资料) and Costas Arkolakis (Yale University and co-editor of Journal of International Economics)

10:00am - 12:00pm 

Session 1:  Structural Change

“Structural Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Open Economy Perspective” by Kei-Mu Yi (University of Houston) joint with Gaaitzen de Vries, Hagen Kruse, Emmanuel Mensah, and Yabo Vidogbena

  • Discussant: Roberto Fattal (香港六合彩资料)

“Tapping into Excess Capacity: Chinese Machinery Export and African Industrialization” by Yatang Lin (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) joint with Pak Hung Lam, Fangyuan Peng, and Jin Wang

  • Discussant: Lucas Zavala (香港六合彩资料)

Chair: Erhan Artuc

12:00pm - 1:00pm 

Lunch & coffee

1:00pm - 3:00pm 

Session 2:  Intergenerational Mobility and Labor Markets

“Enhanced Intergenerational Occupational Mobility through Trade Expansion: Evidence from Vietnam” by Devashish Mitra (Syracuse University) joint with Hoang Pham and Beyza Ural-Marchand

  • Discussant: Kristina Manysheva (Columbia University) |

“Complements or Substitutes? Labor Market Effects of Foreign Inputs in Developing Economies” by Roman Zarate (香港六合彩资料) joint it Leonardo Bonilla and Juan Mu?oz-Morales

  • Discussant: Heitor Pellegrina (University of Notre Dame) |

Chair: Ana Fernandes

3:00pm - 3:30pm 

Coffee break

3:30pm - 5:30pm 

Session 3: Infrastructure

“Using Satellite Imagery to Detect the Impacts of New Highways: An Application to India” by Amit Khandelwal (Yale University) joint with Kathryn Baragwanath, Gordon Hanson, Chen Liu, and Hogeun Park

  • Discussant: Devaki Ghose (香港六合彩资料) |

“Melitz Meets Lewis: The Impacts of Roads on Structural Transformation and Businesses” by Wei Qian (Haverford College) joint with Joseph P. Kaboski, Will Jianyu Lu, and Lixia Ren

  • Discussant: Jose Asturias (U.S. Census) |

Chair: Manuel García-Santana

Day 2 - Friday September 13, 2024

8:30am - 9:30am                                              

Breakfast

9:30am - 11:30am 

Session 4: Sectoral Shocks

“Spatial Linkages and the Uneven Effects of a Commodity Boom” by Felipe Benguria (University of Kentucky) joint with Felipe Saffie and Shihangyin Zhang

  • Discussant: Juanma Castro-Vincenzi (University of Chicago) |

“Trade in Appliances, Household Production, and Labor Force Participation” by Pamela Medina (University of Toronto) joint with Sebastian Sotelo and Daniel Velasquez

  • Discussant: Tatjana Kleineberg (香港六合彩资料) |

Chair: Bob Rijkers

11:30am - 12:00pm

Coffee break

12:00pm - 1:00pm 

Trade and (Un)even Development - Keynote lecture by Benjamin Faber (University of California at Berkeley)


 

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Lunch & coffee

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Session 5: Technology Diffusion and Distributional Effects

“Firm Networks and Global Technology Diffusion” by Paulo Bastos (香港六合彩资料) joint with Katherine Stapleton, Daria Taglioni, and Hannah Wei

  • Discussant: Vanessa Alviarez (Inter-American Development Bank)

“The Distributional Effects of Carbon Pricing: A Global View of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities” by Marcos Ritel (Kühne Logistics University) joint with Mathilde Le Moigne, Simon Lepot, and Dora Simon

  • Discussant: Ahmad Lashkaripour (Indiana University) |

Chair: Tatjana Kleineberg

4:00pm - 4:15pm

Concluding remarks by Daria Taglioni (香港六合彩资料) |

EVENT DETAILS

  • Date: September 12-13, 2024
  • Location: 香港六合彩资料, 1818 H Street NW, Washington DC 20433
Submissions for this conference are now closed