IZA Discussion Papers

published in: Paolo Buonanno, Paolo Vanin, and Juan Vargas (eds). A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime, Elgar Modern Guides, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022, 184-204

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14953

Trade, Human Capital, and Income Risk

Liuchun Deng, Pravin Krishna, Mine Zeynep Senses, Jens Stegmaier

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14918

Trade-Offs? The Impact of WTO Accession on Intimate Partner Violence in Cambodia

Bilge Erten, Pinar Keskin

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 106 (2), 322–333.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14914

Trade and Inequality in Europe and the US

David Dorn, Peter Levell

published in: Oxford Open Economics, 2024, 3, 1042-1068

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14849

Labor Unions and the Electoral Consequences of Trade Liberalization

Pedro Molina Ogeda, Emanuel Ornelas, Rodrigo R. Soares

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2025, 23 (1), 236-280

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14814

Employment Effects of Economic Sanctions in Iran

Ali Moghaddasi Kelishomi, Roberto Nistico

published in: World Development, 2022, 151, 105760.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14804

On the Persistence of the China Shock

David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson

published in: Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2021, 381-476

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14696

Wage Differences According to Workers' Origin: The Role of Working More Upstream in GVCs

Valentine Fays, Benoît Mahy, François Rycx

published in: Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 2023, 37 (2), 319-342

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14667

Conditional Cash Transfers and Labor Market Conditions

Teresa Molina, Joaquim Vidiella-Martin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14650

Import Competition and Informal Employment: Empirical Evidence from China

Feicheng Wang, Zhe Liang, Hartmut Lehmann

thoroughly revised version forthcoming as 'Import Competition and the Rise of Precarious Employment. Evidence from Individual-level and Firm-level Data in China' in: Labour Economics, 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14604

Temperature, Labor Reallocation, and Industrial Production: Evidence from India

Jonathan Colmer

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021, 13 (4), 101 - 124

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14597

Poverty and Inequality in Tunisia: Recent Trends

Deeksha Kokas, Abdel Rahmen El Lahga, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14563

Trends in Growth and Labor Markets in the Last Two Decades: Evidence from Tunisia

Deeksha Kokas, Abdel Rahmen El Lahga, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14533

Import Competition and Public Attitudes Towards Trade

Alex Davenport, David Dorn, Peter Levell

also available as: IFS Report no. 176, 2020

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14413

International Trade and Labor Markets: Evidence from the Arab Republic of Egypt

Raymond Robertson, Mexico Alberto Vergara Bahena, Deeksha Kokas, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14224

Trade Shocks, Fertility, and Marital Behavior

Osea Giuntella, Lorenzo Rotunno, Luca Stella

published in: Demography, 2022, 59 (6), 2135-2159

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14152

How Do Low-Skilled Immigrants Adjust to Chinese Import Shocks? Evidence Using English Language Proficiency

Delia Furtado, Haiyang Kong

published in: European Economic Review, 2024, 163, 104681

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14063

Does the Rise of China Lead to the Fall of European Welfare States?

Erling Barth, Henning Finseraas, Anders Kjelsrud, Karl Ove Moene

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14060

Trade and Informality in the Presence of Labor Market Frictions and Regulations

Rafael Dix-Carneiro, Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, Costas Meghir, Gabriel Ulyssea

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13953

Consequences of a Massive Refugee Influx on Firm Performance and Market Structure

Yusuf Emre Akgündüz, Yusuf Kenan Bağır, Seyit Mümin Cilasun, Murat Güray Kirdar

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 162, 103081.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13861

Importing Political Polarization? The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure

David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Kaveh Majlesi

published in: American Economic Review, 2020, 110(10), 3139-3189

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13782

The Effects of International Scrutiny on Manufacturing Workers: Evidence from the Rana Plaza Collapse in Bangladesh

Laurent Bossavie, Yoon Y. Cho, Rachel Heath

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 163, 103107

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13626

Trade Liberalization and the Gender Employment Gap in China

Feicheng Wang, Krisztina Kis-Katos, Minghai Zhou

published as 'Import Competition and the Gender Employment Gap in China' in: Journal of Human Resources, 2024, 59 (6), 1830-1864

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13610

Tracing the Local Impacts of Exports on Poverty and Inequality in Mexico

Carlos Rodriguez Castelan, Emmanuel Vazquez, Hernan Winkler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13538

Divergence in Labour Force Growth: Should Wages and Prices Grow Faster in Germany?

Thomas Beissinger, Joël Hellier, Martyna Marczak

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13509

Reconciling Occupational Mobility in the Current Population Survey

Christian vom Lehn, Cache Ellsworth, Zachary Kroff

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2022, 40 (4), 1005 - 1051

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13471

Dream Jobs

Giordano Mion, Luca David Opromolla, Gianmarco Ottaviano

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13267

Automation, Globalization and Vanishing Jobs: A Labor Market Sorting View

Ester Faia, Sébastien Laffitte, Maximilian Mayer, Gianmarco Ottaviano

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13259

Hit by the Silk Road: How Wage Coordination in Europe Mitigates the China Shock

Erling Barth, Henning Finseraas, Anders Kjelsrud, Karl Ove Moene

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13095

Pioneering a New Approach to Improving Working Conditions in Developing Countries: Better Factories Cambodia

Raymond Robertson

published in: Handbook on Globalisation and Labour Standards, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13041

Short and Long-Run Labor Market Effects of Developing Country Exports: Evidence from Bangladesh

Raymond Robertson, Deeksha Kokas, Diego Cardozo Medeiros, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12951

The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Firms' Product and Labor Market Power

Sabien Dobbelaere, Quint Wiersma

published in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2025, 34 (1), 210 - 233

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12924

The Health Toll of Import Competition

Jérôme Adda, Yarine Fawaz

published in: Economic Journal, 2020, 130 (630), 1501 - 1540

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12714

The Institutional Adjustment Margin to Import Competition: Evidence from Italian Minimum Wages

Alessia Matano, Paolo Naticchioni, Francesco Vona

published as 'The institutional wage adjustment to import competition: evidence from the Italian collective bargaining system' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2023, 75 (3), 631 - 651

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12593

Offshoring and Skill-Biased Technical Change in the Context of US Protectionism

Pablo Agnese, Jana Hromcová

published as 'Offshoring, welfare, and flexibility in the context of US Protectionism' in: International Economic Journal, 2021, 35 (4), 391 - 410

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12246

Access to Imported Intermediates and Intra-Firm Wage Inequality

Ying Ge, Tony Fang, Yeheng Jiang

published in: World Economy, 2019, 42 (8), 2364-2384.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12002

Labor Market Adjustment to Third Party Competition: Evidence from Mexico

Raymond Robertson, Timothy J. Halliday, Sindhu Vasireddy

published in: World Economy, 2020, 43 (7), 1977 - 2006

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11888

The Role of Institutions and Immigrant Networks in Firms' Offshoring Decisions

Simone Moriconi, Giovanni Peri, Dario Pozzoli

revised version published as 'The role of institutions and immigrant networks in firms' offshoring decisions' in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2020, 53 (4), 1745 - 1792

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11875

The Effects of Trade Exposure on Marriage and Fertility Choices: Evidence from Brazil

Breno Braga

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11821

Globalisation and the Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence from Sri Lanka and Cambodia 1992-2015

Raymond Robertson, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Yevgeniya Savchenko

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11790

Collateral Damage? Labour Market Effects of Competing with China – at Home and Abroad

Sónia Cabral, Pedro S. Martins, João Pereira dos Santos, Mariana Tavares

published in: Economica, 2021, 88 (350), 570-600

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11783

Enforcement of Labor Regulation and the Labor Market Effects of Trade: Evidence from Brazil

Gabriel Ulyssea, Vladimir Ponczek

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11713

Foreign Competition and Executive Compensation in the Manufacturing Industry: A Comparison between Germany and the U.S.

Katharina Dyballa, Kornelius Kraft

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11499

Competitiveness at the Country-Sector Level: New Measures Based on Global Value Chains

Martyna Marczak, Thomas Beissinger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11480

The Impact of Immigration on Firm-Level Offshoring

William W. Olney, Dario Pozzoli

revised version published as 'The Impact of Immigration on Firm-Level Offshoring' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 103 (1), 177 - 195

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11465

When Work Disappears: Manufacturing Decline and the Falling Marriage-Market Value of Young Men

David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson

published in: American Economic Review: Insights, 2019, 1 (2), 161-178

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11428

How Do Households Adjust to Trade Liberalization? Evidence from China's WTO Accession

Mi Dai, Wei Huang, Yifan Zhang

published as 'How do households adjust to tariff liberalization? Evidence from China's WTO accession' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 150, 102628

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11415

Cultural Change and the Migration Choice

Mauro Lanati, Alessandra Venturini

published in: Review of World Economy, 2021, 157, 799 - 852

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11346

International Import Competition and the Decision to Migrate: Evidence from Mexico

Kaveh Majlesi, Gaia Narciso

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2018, 132, 75-87

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11299

Adjusting to Globalization in Germany

Wolfgang Dauth, Sebastian Findeisen, Jens Suedekum

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39 (1), 263–302

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11225

Labor Market Imperfections, Markups and Productivity in Multinationals and Exporters

Sabien Dobbelaere, Kozo Kiyota

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 53, 198-212

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10924

Offshoring and Wage Inequality: Theory and Evidence from China

Liugang Sheng, Dennis T. Yang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10763

Changes in the German Wage Structure: Unions, Internationalization, Tasks, Firms, and Worker Characteristics

Martin Biewen, Matthias Seckler

revised version published as 'Unions, Internationalization, Tasks, Firms, and Worker Characteristics: A Detailed Decomposition Analysis of Rising Wage Inequality in Germany' in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2019, 17, 461-498

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10552

Globalization and Social Change: Gender-Specific Effects of Trade Liberalization in Indonesia

Krisztina Kis-Katos, Janneke Pieters, Robert Sparrow

published in: IMF Economic Review, 2018, 66 (4), 763-793

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10469

Trade and Manufacturing Jobs in Germany

Wolfgang Dauth, Sebastian Findeisen, Jens Suedekum

published in: American Economic Review, 2017, 107 (5), 337-342

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10468

Labor Market Regulation, International Trade and Footloose Capital

Tapio K. Palokangas

revised version "Public Policy, Footloose Capital, and Union Influence" published in: Review of International Economics, 2020, 28 (4), 976-991.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10420

Countering Public Opposition to Immigration: The Impact of Information Campaigns

Giovanni Facchini, Yotam Margalit, Hiroyuki Nakata

published in: European Economic Review, 2022, 141, 103959

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10295

Trade Liberalization and Child Labor in China

Liqiu Zhao, Fei Wang, Zhong Zhao

revised version published in: China Economic Review, 2021, 65, 101575

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10255

Occupational Choice in Early Industrializing Societies: Experimental Evidence on the Income and Health Effects of Industrial and Entrepreneurial Work

Christopher J. Blattman, Stefan Dercon

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10231

Trade Shocks and the Provision of Local Public Goods

Leo Feler, Mine Zeynep Senses

published in: American Economic Review: Economic Policy, 2017, 9 (4), 101 - 143

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10035

Trade Induced Skill Upgrading: Lessons from the Danish and Portuguese Experiences

Grace Weishi Gu, Samreen Malik, Dario Pozzoli, Vera Rocha

revised version published as 'Trade-induced skill polarization' in: Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58 (1), 241 - 259

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10034

Trade Competition, Technology and Labour Reallocation

Selva B. Baziki, Rita Ginja, Teodora Borota Milicevic

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10033

Worker-Level Consequences of Import Shocks

Katariina Nilsson Hakkala, Kristiina Huttunen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9973

Disentangling the Wage Impacts of Offshoring on a Developing Country: Theory and Policy

Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Devashish Mitra

revised version published as 'Consequences of Offshoring to Developing Nations: Labor-Market Outcomes, Welfare and Corrective Interventions' in: Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58 (1), 209 -224

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9971

Coerced Labor in the Cotton Sector: How Global Commodity Prices (Don't) Transmit to the Poor

Alexander M. Danzer, Robert Grundke

published as 'Export price shocks and rural labor markets: The role of labor market distortions' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 145, 102464

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9748

The China Shock: Learning from Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade

David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson

published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2016, 8, 205-240

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9638

Local Labor Market Conditions and Crime: Evidence from the Brazilian Trade Liberalization

Rafael Dix-Carneiro, Rodrigo R. Soares, Gabriel Ulyssea

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10 (4), 158-195

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9437

Do Foreign Workers Reduce Trade Barriers? Microeconomic Evidence

Martyn J. Andrews, Thorsten Schank, Richard Upward

published in World Economy, 2017, 40(9), 1750-1774