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Trade & Investment Policy Watch
Trade & Investment Policy Watch

Ivory Tower Economists, Free Trade, and Workplace Woes

Gary Clyde Hufbauer (PIIE)
June 14, 2016
Man in a factory with a US flag
Reuters/Brian Snyder
Working Paper

Adjustment and Income Distribution Impacts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Robert Z. Lawrence (PIIE) and Tyler Moran (PIIE)
March 2016
A mule truck moves a container in the Port of Miami in Miami, Florida, U.S., May 19, 2016.
REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Policy Brief

The Payoff to America from Globalization: A Fresh Look with a Focus on Costs to Workers

Gary Clyde Hufbauer (PIIE) and Zhiyao (Lucy) Lu (PIIE)
May 2017

Recent Content

Event Recap

The Globotics Upheaval: Globalization, Robotics, and the Future of Work

Richard Baldwin (Graduate Institute, Geneva; VoxEU.org)

February 7, 2019
Working Paper

The Economic Benefits of Latino Immigration: How the Migrant Hispanic Population’s Demographic Characteristics Contribute to US Growth

Gonzalo Huertas (PIIE) and Jacob Funk Kirkegaard (PIIE)

February 2019
Working Paper

Active Labor Market Policies: Lessons from Other Countries for the United States

Chad P. Bown (PIIE) and Caroline Freund (World Bank)

January 2019
RealTime Economic Issues Watch

Adjusted for Aging, the US Employment Rate Continued to Rise Above Its Pre-Recession Level in 2018

Harris Eppsteiner (Harvard University), Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)

January 11, 2019
Working Paper

The Problem of US Labor Force Participation

Chad P. Bown (PIIE) and Caroline Freund (World Bank)

January 2019
Event Recap

Global Economic Prospects: Fall 2018

Karen Dynan (PIIE), Jason Furman (PIIE) and Monica de Bolle (PIIE)

October 4, 2018
Working Paper

Implications of Lower Trend Productivity Growth for Tax Policy

Karen Dynan (PIIE)

September 2018
Op-Eds

Work Requirements Hurt Poor Families—and Won't Work

Jason Furman (PIIE)
August 2, 2018
PIIE Chart

Women's Employment Rates Have Widely Increased But Remained Flat in US, Adjusted for Aging

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School) 

June 12, 2018
Working Paper

Productivity and Pay: Is the Link Broken?

Anna Stansbury (Harvard University) and Lawrence H. Summers (Harvard University)

June 2018