This paper reviews the empirical literature on the effects of offshoring and foreign activities of
multinational enterprises on developed countries' labour markets. Results suggest that …

The 1990s dealt a blow to traditional Heckscher-Ohlin analysis of the relationship between
trade and income inequality, as it became clear that rising inequality in low-income countries …

Environmental innovations are key enablers of transition towards greener economies.
Despite their importance, empirical studies examining the effect of green technologies on …

In the presence of markup differences, externalities, and other social effects, the direction of
innovation can be systematically distorted. I build a simple model of endogenous technology …

We examine the concerns that new technologies will render labor redundant in a framework
in which tasks previously performed by labor can be automated and new versions of existing …

In this article, we use cross-state panel and cross-US commuting-zone data to look at the
relationship between innovation, top income inequality and social mobility. We find positive …

We examine the concerns that new technologies will render labor redundant in a framework
in which tasks previously performed by labor can be automated and new versions of existing …

This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy.
Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate …

We examine the impact of Chinese import competition on broad measures of technical
change—patenting, IT, and TFP—using new panel data across twelve European countries …

The authors discuss recent empirical research on how globalization has affected income
inequality in developing countries. They begin with a discussion of conceptual issues …