While theoretical models suggest that trade is likely to increase productivity and income levels, the empirical … evidence is rather mixed. For some countries, trade has a strong impact on growth, whereas for other countries there is no or … even a negative linkage. We examine one likely prerequisite for a welfare increasing impact of trade, that is, the role of …

unfair comparative advantage in trade by using child labour. The results indicate that multinationals are highly sensitive …

The paper empirically explores the international linkages between gender inequality and trade flows of a sample of 92 …

gender inequality with comparative advantage (trade) and foreign direct investment flows. It discusses different forms and …

Open regionalism and trade cooperation between the world’s two largest developing countries, the People’s Republic … of China (PRC) and India, can foster outward-oriented development and intra-regional trade based on comparative advantage … and available factor endowments. In view of the recent wave of worldwide subregional and bilateral trade cooperation, and …

When will reducing trade barriers against a low wage country cause innovation to increase in high wage regions like the … producing old goods. Trade liberalization with a low wage country reduces the profitability of old goods and so the opportunity … offers a new mechanism for positive welfare effects of trade liberalization over and above the standard benefits of …

significant even after we control for changes in the product composition of trade flows. We also find that the decline in trade w …

Since changes in trade openness are typically confounded with other factors, it has been difficult to identify the … labor market consequences of increased international trade. The advent of the United States Interstate Highway System … provides a unique policy experiment, which I use to identify the effect of reducing trade barriers on the relative demand for …