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September 24, 2024
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Globalization, Unfolded
… simple” T‑shirt is anything but. Globalization, Unfolded - T-Shirt Group Pic Front Defending Globalization - logo - vertical Featured Project Defending Globalization Unfortunately, the most common anti‐globalization narratives are not just inaccurate; they ignore the fundamental humanity of globalization and …
By Scott Lincicome
February 1, 2010
Policy Analysis

No. 659
Globalization: Curse or Cure? Policies to Harness Global Economic Integration to Solve Our Economic Challenge
Globalization holds tremendous promise to improve human welfare but can also cause conflicts and crises as witnessed during 2007-09. How will competition for resources, employment, and growth shape economic policies among developed nations as they attempt to maintain productivity …
By Jagadeesh Gokhale
August 22, 2002
Policy Analysis

No. 447
The Globalization of Human Well-Being
Controversy over globalization has focused mainly on whether it exacerbates income inequality between the rich and the poor. But, as opponents of globalization frequently note, human well‐being is not synonymous with wealth. The central issue, therefore, is not whether …
By Indur M. Goklany
November 2, 2018
Free Trade Bulletin

No. 72
The “Protectionist Moment” That Wasn’t: American Views on Trade and Globalization
The United States’ recent implementation of protectionist tariff and trade policies has not been driven by intense public demands for such policies. In fact, recent public opinion polling uniformly reveals that, first, foreign trade and globalization are generally popular, and …
By Scott Lincicome
July 15, 2015
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 30
Retail Globalization and Household Welfare: Evidence from Mexico
Aradical transformation is occurring in the way households in developing countries source their consumption. A key driver of this socalled “supermarket revolution” has been the arrival of global retail chains, and this globalization has led to heated policy debates. Those …
By David Atkin, Benjamin Faber, and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro
June 20, 2000
Trade Briefing Paper

No. 10
WTO Report Card III:
Globalization and Developing Countries
… globalization has made it possible for more people to lift themselves out of grinding poverty more quickly than was ever possible before. Globalization has improved and will continue to measurably improve the lives of millions of people around the world.
By Aaron Lukas
September 15, 2020
Pandemics and Policy

The Pandemic Does Not Justify Protectionism or Deglobalization
… richer by allowing us to specialize and that restrictions on trade, investment, and migration make us poorer; and recognize that globalization was not the product of a policy decision that can be reversed but the culmination of millions of decisions …
By Daniel J. Ikenson and Simon Lester
June 28, 2023
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 338
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Skilled Immigration, Task Allocation, and the Innovation of Firms
By Anna Maria Mayda, Gianluca Orefice, and Gianluca Santoni
June 7, 2023
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 335
The Regressive Nature of the U.S. Tariff Code: Origins and Implications
Our findings are emblematic of a more fundamental feature of U.S. tariff policy: tariffs set to meet policy objectives of the past have persisted through vast changes in the economic landscape and, despite their historical origins, are still affecting consumers today.
By Lydia Cox
May 24, 2023
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 333
The Vagaries of the Sea: Evidence on the Real Effects of Money from Maritime Disasters in the Spanish Empire
The Columbian voyage of 1492 marked the beginning of three centuries in which vast amounts of monetary silver were shipped from America to Spain.
By Adam Brzezinski, Yao Chen, Felix Ward, & Nuno Palma
May 17, 2023
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 332
Local Labor Market Effects of the 2002 Bush Steel Tariffs
We analyze the impact of the Bush steel tariffs on employment in local U.S. labor markets in steel-consuming industries and the steel-producing industry.
By James Lake and Ding Liu
February 8, 2023
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 319
The Long-Run Effects of Immigration: Evidence across a Barrier to Refugee Settlement
Our analysis focuses on the municipality level with a narrow bandwidth around the border between the 1945–1949 French and U.S. occupation zones in southwest Germany.
By Antonio Ciccone and Jan Nimczik
October 19, 2022
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 307
Immigrant Labor and the Institutionalization of the U.S.-Born Elderly
Our work highlights the important role that immigrants play in the market for elder care.
By Kristin F. Butcher, Kelsey Moran, and Tara Watson
May 11, 2022
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 294
Policy Experimentation in China: The Political Economy of Policy Learning
This project aims to describe and understand China’s policy experimentation since the 1980s.
By Shaoda Wang and David Y. Yang
December 15, 2021
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 280
Getting Schooled: The Role of Universities in Attracting Immigrant Entrepreneurs
From a policy perspective, our results emphasize the importance of immigrant entrepreneurs as founders of startups with high growth potential.
By Natee Amornsiripanitch, Paul A. Gompers, George Hu, & Kaushik Vasudevan