Integrated and unequal? The effects of trade on inequality in developing countries Does trade increase inequality? The answer is nuanced and context-specific, but the solution for policymakers is not protectionism. Trade Pinelopi Goldberg Nina Pavcnik Published 30.04.18
Lowering barriers to trade: Impact on Vietnam Cuts in tariffs on Vietnamese imports led to a reallocation of workers from the informal to the formal sector and increased labour productivity Trade Brian McCaig Nina Pavcnik Published 23.03.18
Does Fair Trade work? Fair Trade coffee produced in Costa Rica benefits the producers and skilled workers, but not the unskilled workers Trade Raluca Dragusanu Nathan Nunn Published 09.02.18
Opinion: The case for tradable growth Nick Lea, Deputy Chief Economist of DfID, makes a strong case for why tradable growth is essential for developing countries Trade Nick Lea Published 13.11.17
Trade and inequality: From theory to estimation Starting from a closed economy, trade liberalisation increases wage inequality; as costs fall further, wage inequality peaks and also starts to fall Trade Elhanan Helpman Oleg Itskhoki Marc Muendler Stephen Redding Published 09.10.17
How high intra-national trade costs limit the gains of globalisation High trade costs and mark-ups on transportation within African countries reduce the surplus and market access of remote consumers Trade Dave Donaldson David Atkin Published 22.09.17
The evolving impact of trade liberalisation on wages and employment in Brazil The Brazilian economy did not adjust to trade liberalisation as economists would expect. This column explains these results and their implications Trade Rafael Dix-Carneiro Brian Kovak Published 15.09.17
The economics of protectionism: Trade and wage inequality Eric Verhoogen explains the relationship between trade liberalisation and wage inequality in developing countries. Trade Eric Verhoogen Published 24.08.17
The value of face-to-face: Search and contracting problems in Nigerian trade The costs paid by traders traveling to source goods reveal that information problems pose almost as much of a barrier to trade as shipping and regulatory costs combined Trade Meredith Startz Published 31.07.17
