Most empirical policy work requires the aggregation of policies. Trade policy aggregation exemplifies the aggregation … problem poignantly, with thousands of highly dispersed trade barriers. This paper provides methods of policy aggregation that … are consistent with two common objectives of empirical work. One is to preserve real income. The other is to preserve the …

This paper studies empirically the relationship between trade policy and individual income risk faced by workers. The … analysis proceeds in three steps. First, longitudinal data on workers are used to estimate time-varying individual income risk … parameters in various manufacturing sectors. The estimated income risk parameters and data on trade barriers are then used to …

-group income distributions. The study presents five simulations for which the major findings are: (1) the Doha scenario has … powerful poverty-reducing tool given their greater importance in the income of the poor …

-group income distributions. The study presents five simulations for which the major findings are: (1) the Doha scenario has … powerful poverty-reducing tool given their greater importance in the income of the poor …