Social Dimensions of U.S. Trade Policies
The contributors to this volume include numerous members of the trade policy community who analyze and discuss the salient social dimensions of U.S. trade policies. These issues include the effects of trade on wage inequality; trade and immigration policy; U.S. trade adjustment assistance policies; the effects of NAFTA on environmental quality; the role of labor standards in U.S. trade policies; the economics of labor standards and the GATT; issues of child labor; and the role of interest groups in the design and implementation of U.S. trade policies.
Chapter authors are Kyle Bagwell, Claude Barfield, George J. Borjas, Drusilla K. Brown, Alan V. Deardorff, Nancy Dunne, Gary S. Fields, John Kirton, Mike Jendrzejczyk, Phyllis Shearer Jones, Edward E. Leamer, Robert Naiman, Gregory K. Schoepfle, Robert W. Staiger, and Robert M. Stern.
Commenters are Steve Beckman, Jagdish Bhagwati, Alan V. Deardorff, Avinash Dixit, Pharis Harvey, David van Hoogstraten, John H. Jackson, Lawrence Mishel, Jack Otero, J. David Richardson, Dani Rodrik, Mark Silbergeld, and T. N. Srinivasan.
Alan V. Deardorff and Robert M. Stern are Professors of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan.
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Social Dimensions of U.S. Trade Policies
The contributors to this volume include numerous members of the trade policy community who analyze and discuss the salient social dimensions of U.S. trade policies. These issues include the effects of trade on wage inequality; trade and immigration policy; U.S. trade adjustment assistance policies; the effects of NAFTA on environmental quality; the role of labor standards in U.S. trade policies; the economics of labor standards and the GATT; issues of child labor; and the role of interest groups in the design and implementation of U.S. trade policies.
Chapter authors are Kyle Bagwell, Claude Barfield, George J. Borjas, Drusilla K. Brown, Alan V. Deardorff, Nancy Dunne, Gary S. Fields, John Kirton, Mike Jendrzejczyk, Phyllis Shearer Jones, Edward E. Leamer, Robert Naiman, Gregory K. Schoepfle, Robert W. Staiger, and Robert M. Stern.
Commenters are Steve Beckman, Jagdish Bhagwati, Alan V. Deardorff, Avinash Dixit, Pharis Harvey, David van Hoogstraten, John H. Jackson, Lawrence Mishel, Jack Otero, J. David Richardson, Dani Rodrik, Mark Silbergeld, and T. N. Srinivasan.
Alan V. Deardorff and Robert M. Stern are Professors of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan.
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Social Dimensions of U.S. Trade Policies

Social Dimensions of U.S. Trade Policies

Social Dimensions of U.S. Trade Policies
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Social Dimensions of U.S. Trade Policies


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The contributors to this volume include numerous members of the trade policy community who analyze and discuss the salient social dimensions of U.S. trade policies. These issues include the effects of trade on wage inequality; trade and immigration policy; U.S. trade adjustment assistance policies; the effects of NAFTA on environmental quality; the role of labor standards in U.S. trade policies; the economics of labor standards and the GATT; issues of child labor; and the role of interest groups in the design and implementation of U.S. trade policies.
Chapter authors are Kyle Bagwell, Claude Barfield, George J. Borjas, Drusilla K. Brown, Alan V. Deardorff, Nancy Dunne, Gary S. Fields, John Kirton, Mike Jendrzejczyk, Phyllis Shearer Jones, Edward E. Leamer, Robert Naiman, Gregory K. Schoepfle, Robert W. Staiger, and Robert M. Stern.
Commenters are Steve Beckman, Jagdish Bhagwati, Alan V. Deardorff, Avinash Dixit, Pharis Harvey, David van Hoogstraten, John H. Jackson, Lawrence Mishel, Jack Otero, J. David Richardson, Dani Rodrik, Mark Silbergeld, and T. N. Srinivasan.
Alan V. Deardorff and Robert M. Stern are Professors of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780472023400
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 05/25/2010
Series: Studies In International Economics
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
File size: 3 MB

Table of Contents

Contents Preface 1. Introduction and Overview / Alan V. Deardorff and Robert M. Stern 2. Foreigners and Robots: Assistants of Some, Competitors of Others / Edward E. Leamer Comment / Lawrence Mishel Comment / T. N. Srinivasan 3. Economic Research and the Debate over Immigration Policy / George J. Borjas Comment / Joaquin F. Otero Comment / Jagdish Bhagwati 4. U.S. Trade Adjustment Assistance Policies for Workers / Gregory K. Schoepfle Comment / Steven M. Beckman Comment / J. David Richardson 5. Trade and Environmental Quality / John J. Kirton Comment / David van Hoogstraten Comment / Alan V. Deardorff 6. The Role of Labor Standards in U.S. Trade Policies / Gary S. Fields Comment / Pharis Harvey Comment / Dani Rodrik 7. The Simple Economics of Labor Standards and the GATT / Kyle Bagwell and Robert W. Staiger Comment / John H. Jackson Comment / T. N. Srinivasan 8. A Transactions Cost Politics Analysis of International Child Labor Standards / Drusilla K. Brown Comment / Mark Silbergeld Comment / Avinash K. Dixit " " / Claude E. Barfield " " / Phyllis Shearer Jones " " / Robert Naiman " " / Mike Jendrzejczyk " " / Nancy Dunne About the Authors
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