This chapter reviews a recent body of theoretical and empirical work that studies the
normative and positive aspects of trade policy. We start by presenting reduced-form …

In recent years, there has been an astonishing proliferation of empirical work on child labor.
An Econlit search of keywords “child lab* r” reveals a total of 6 peer reviewed journal articles …

Green finance policy (GFP) driving the green transformation of high-polluting enterprises
(HPEs) has become a powerful measure for various countries to rectify environmental …

China's goal of ecological civilization construction simultaneously faces the dual strategic
tasks of pollution control and carbon reduction (PCCR). In addition to carbon reduction, does …

We study the evolution of trade liberalization's effects on Brazilian local labor markets.
Regions facing larger tariff cuts experienced prolonged declines in formal sector …

We use both longitudinal administrative data and cross-sectional household survey data to
study the margins of labor market adjustment following Brazil's early 1990s trade …

This paper assesses the current state of evidence on how international trade shapes
inequality and poverty through its influence on earnings and employment opportunities …

Higher wages are generally thought to increase human capital production, particularly in the
developing world. We introduce a simple model of human capital production in which …

The last two decades have witnessed a shift in the focus of international trade research from
trade policy to other forms of trade frictions (eg, transportation, information and …

A growing body of research examines the regional effects of trade liberalization using a
weighted average of trade policy changes across industries. This paper develops a specific …