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Episode 36: Trade and Foreign Labor -- with Mathilde Muñoz
In this episode, Mathilde studies whether jobs supplied locally are protected from globalization and how trade liberalization interacts with labor market regulations and affects wage inequality.
Working Paper:
“International Trade Responses to Labor Market Regulations”
Most recent version (February 2023):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tuVIbzn9QbplrtmfQalpVGcP3QfC-Xal/view
Recommendation:
“Has Globalization Gone Too Far?” (1997) Dani Rodrik
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Episode 35: Gender Inequality in Peruvian Trade -- with Pamela Medina Quispe
In this episode, Pamela Medina Quispe explores the idea that trade liberalization in Peru negatively impacts women’s participation in the labor market. She points to the increasing presence of the manufacturing industry as a force which is pushing women into an unstable, informal sector.
Working Paper:
"When Women's Work Disappears: Marriage and Fertility Decisions in Peru”, with Hani Mansour and Andrea Velás
Most recent version (January 2023):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qq1f6prrx84q4jr/DraftMMVJan23_topost.pdf?dl=0
Recommendation:
“Paco Yunque” (1951) by César Vallejo
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Episode 34: The Effects of Trade on Wages -- with Mayara Felix
Does trade reduce wages? Why? In this episode, Mayara Felix considers the impact of trade liberalization on workers’ wages, and their ability to find gainful employment. Using the example of Brazil, Mayara argues that trade affects a key economic variable: labor market concentration, and explores its consequences on wage inequality.
Working Paper:
“Trade, Labor Market Concentration, and Wages”
Most recent version (October 2022):
https://www.mayarafelix.com/papers/Felix_JMP.pdf
Recommendations:
“The Second Mother,” by Anna Muylaert (2015)
"This Earth of Mankind” (1980) by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
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Episode 33: Intergenerational Trauma in the Antilles -- with Marie Beigelman
In this episode, Marie Beigelman speaks about the intergenerational traumas and economic gaps borne of slavery and forced labors in the Caribbean—Guadeloupe and Martinique, specifically. She tells us about her ongoing research exploring the effects of slavery on family units’ development and access to economic opportunity.
Working Paper:
“Intergenerational Impact of Labor Coercion”
https://mariebeigelman.github.io/research/
Recommendation:
“Les Rivières”, by Mai Hua (2019)
https://lesrivieres.maihua.fr/en/
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Episode 32: Persistent Economic Inequality in China -- with Marlon Seror
In this episode, Marlon Seror explores how one of the most radical social transformations in recent human history affected economic inequality in China. He demonstrates that inequality persisted despite two revolutions in the same century.
Working Paper:
“Persistence Despite Revolutions”, with Alberto Alesina, David Y. Yang, Yang You and Weihong Zeng
Most recent version (August 2022): https://marlonseror.github.io/papers/PersistenceDespiteRevolutions.pdf
Recommendation:
“To Live” (1992) by Hua Yu
What is the most unequal region of the world? How deep does gender discrimination run in our societies? What happens to poor households during a housing boom? How is land distributed today? How can minimum wage reduce racial inequality? Can we really expect politicians to fix inequality? InequaliTalks presents accessible research done by young economists on one of the most pressing issues in the public conversation: inequality.
InequaliTalks is supported by School of Cities at the University of Toronto.
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