China's emergence as a great economic power has induced an epochal shift in patterns of
world trade. Simultaneously, it has challenged much of the received empirical wisdom about …

Rising income inequality has recently come centre‐stage as a core societal concern for rich
countries. The diagnosis of the forces driving inequality upwards and their relative …

The winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve
the thorniest social and political problems of our day. Figuring out how to deal with today's …

We answer three core questions about the hypothesized role of newly emerging job
categories (“new work”) in counterbalancing the erosive effect of task-displacing automation …

Even before the Great Recession, US employment growth was unimpressive. Between 2000
and 2007, the economy gave back the considerable employment gains achieved during the …

This paper investigates the effect of economic sanctions on employment. We exploit the
imposition of a series of unexpected and unprecedented international economic sanctions …

In the context of the debate on the future of Europe, this book makes the case for a new
approach to structural transformation, growth and cohesion in the EU. It explores both the …

This paper analyzes the effect of China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001
on structural transformation at the local level, exploiting cross-sectional variation in tariff …

This article reviews various issues linked to the rise in inequality observed in a number of
countries, particularly developed countries, over the past quarter century. Various sources of …

We study the migration behavior of displaced workers and find that job displacement
increases regional mobility. We find, however, that noneconomic factors, such as family ties …