Studies that distinguish between exogenous and endogenous peer effects are relatively rare. To separate these effects, De Giorgi, Pellizzari, and Redaelli exploited partially overlapping peer groups w
Establishing a robust causal relationship between trade and income has been difficult. Frankel and Romer (1999) use a geographic instrument to identify a positive effect of trade on income. Rodriguez
Using annual rainfall variation as an instrumental variable for growth, we show that economic growth is negatively related to civil conflict in Africa. Antonio Ciccone (2011) argues that thanks to rai
Recent trade and wages literature focuses on whether trade or technology has been the major source of increases in wage inequality in OECD countries since the 1980s. In this literature, no attention h
This paper synthesizes nine in-depth developing country (LDC) studies on the impact of trade upon wages. It is traditionally assumed that in LDCs trade liberalization lowers relative wage dispersion,
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