Increased import competition has been found to depress labour market outcomes, leading to pessimism that classic gains from trade are worth the accompanying labour market disruptions. This column examines the effect of the 1989 Canada-US Free Trade Agreement. While Canadian workers suffered short-run displacement and earnings losses in response to increased import competition,
There is growing concern that citizens around the world have declining trust in institutions such as public health agencies, private corporations, scientists, or vaccine manufacturers. This column focuses on a family planning campaign in Peru to examine how government actions in the implementation of public programmes can shape trust in institutions and thus affect demand for
A longstanding puzzle in cognitive science is the secular rise in cognitive skill across generations. Cognitive scientists emphasise explanations such as improvements in health and nutrition. This column describes research using an economic model and population administrative data from Sweden to argue that this ‘Flynn effect’ may originate in part from changes in economic
Le chef de l'Etat ivoirien Alassane Ouattara s'est entretenu avec Esther Duflo, Prix Nobel d'Économie 2019, mercredi 6 juillet 2022, à Abidjan.Le Président de la République, S.E.M. Alassane OUATTARA,.
Germany's low natality rate has been a major source of concern for politicians for decades. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this column analyses the effects of trade integration on family choices in Germany. The authors find that exposure to greater import competition from Eastern Europe led to worse labour market outcomes and lower fertility