We build on the trade literature to learn about the long-run impact of economic shocks on child health. We find that regions more exposed to a negative (trade-induced) economic shock also experienced a faster increase in child disability relatively to less exposed regions. This impact occurred...

Trade elasticity is a crucial parameter in evaluating the welfare impacts of trade liberalization. We estimate trade elasticities at the product level (6-digit of the Harmonized System comprising more than 5,000 product categories) by exploiting the variation in bilateral applied tariffs for...