Labor Market Consequences of International Trade
Organized by Stephen J. Redding and Gordon H. Hanson
Supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation
October 4, 2018
National Press Club, 529 14th Street, N.W., Washington, DC

Thursday, October 4

9:00 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:30 am

Opening Remarks
Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER

9:45 am

Distributional Consequences of Trade and Technology (slides)

Gordon H. Hanson, Harvard University and NBER

10:20 am

Trade and Global Value Chains (slides)

Kei-Mu Yi, University of Houston and NBER

10:55 am

Break

11:10 am

The Effects of Trade Policy: A Global Perspective (slides)

and
The Impact of Trade on Inequality in Developing Countries

Nina Pavcnik, Dartmouth College and NBER

11:45 am

U.S. Exports and Employment (slides)

Robert C. Feenstra, University of California, Davis and NBER

12:20 pm

Closing Comments

12:30 pm

Lunch

Lunch Talk: A Long View of U.S. Trade Policy
Douglas A. Irwin, Dartmouth College and NBER

2:00 pm

Adjourn