RESEARCH
Current Projects
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Replication files: Mendeley
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Working paper version (with 1-digit occupational codes): IZA Discussion Papers, No: 15243.
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"International Trade and Labour Markets in Developing Asia" with Devashish Mitra, forthcoming at Oxford Handbook of International Economics (with Asian Perspective).
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"Consumption Effects of Chinese Imports: The Case of Canada" (with Runjuan Liu)​
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"Navigating New Normal: The Sectoral and Demographic Effects of Remote Work in Canada" (with Nida Arya)​
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Journal Articles
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"Employment Adjustments to Increased Imports: Evidence from a Developing Country," 2025, Contemporary Economic Policy, 2025, 43(3), 520–538. ​
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"Macroeconomic Conditions and Child Schooling in Turkey," (with Pinar Gunes), Labour Economics, 2020, 63, 101809. Preprint.
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​Working paper version: IZA Discussion Papers, No: 11686​
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"Inequality and Trade Policy: Pro-Poor Bias of Contemporary Trade Restrictions", Review of Income and Wealth, 2019, 65, 123-152. ​​ Preprint.
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Working paper version: IZA Discussion Paper, 2018, No: 12199.
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"Food for Fuel: The Effect of U.S. Energy Policy on Indian Poverty" (with Ujjayant Chakravorty and Marie Hubert), Quantitative Economics, Econometric Society, 2019, 10(3), 1153-1193. Preprint.
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Working paper version: IZA Discussion Paper, 2018, No: 117​
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"How does International Trade affect Household Welfare?," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), 2017, 378, August.
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"Market Structure, Tariff Pass-Through and Household Welfare in Urban China," (with Jun Han, Runjuan Liu, and Junsen Zhang), Journal of International Economics, 2016, 100, 220-232. Preprint.
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​Working paper version: Economics Working Paper, 2013-11.​
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"Privatization in China: Technology and Gender in the Manufacturing Sector," (with Ana Dammert), Contemporary Economic Policy, 2015, 33(2), 250-264. Preprint.
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​​Working paper version: Economics Working Paper, 2013-12.
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"Does the Quality of Electricity Matter? Evidence from Rural India," (with Ujjayant Chakravorty and Martino Pelli), Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organization, 2014, 107, 228-247. Preprint.
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​Working paper version: CESifo Working Paper, 2013, No:4457.
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"The Effect of Parental Labor Supply on Child Schooling: Evidence from Trade Liberalization in India," (with Ray Rees and Ray Riezman), Review of Economics of the Household, 2013, 11(2), 151-173. ​Preprint.
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Working paper version: CESifo Working Paper, 2013, No:3341.
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"Tariff Pass-Through and the Distributional Effects of Trade Liberalization," Journal of Development Economics, 2012, 99(2), 265-281. Preprint. ​
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​Working paper version: Economics Working Paper, 2011-22.
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"Inter-Industry Gender Wage Gaps by Knowledge Intensity: Discrimination and Technology in Korea," (with William Horrace and Jin Hwa Jung), Applied Economics, 2009, 41, 1437-1452. Preprint.
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Working paper version: Center for Policy Research Working Paper, 2006, No:79.
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"Indian Manufacturing: A Slow Sector in a Rapidly Growing Economy," (with Devashish Mitra), The Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2008, 17(4), 525-559​. Preprint.
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Working Paper Version: World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, 2007, No:4233.
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"Trade Liberalization, Labor Market Institutions and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Indian States," (with Devashish Mitra and Rana Hasan), The Brookings Institution India Policy Forum, 2007, 3(1), 71-122.
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Chapters in Edited Books
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`"International Trade and Labor Markets in Asia" (with Devashish Mitra), in: The Oxford Handbook of International Economics for Asia and the Global Economy, 2026.
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"International Trade and Poverty," (with Devashish Mitra) in Elgar Encyclopedia of International Trade, , Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, 2026.
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"International Trade and Labor Markets," (with Devashish Mitra) in Elgar Encyclopedia of International Trade, edited by Priyaranjan Jha and Devashish Mitra, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK, 2026.
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"Oceans and the Energy Market," (with Ujjayant Chakravorty and Marie Hubert), in: The Ocean as a Global System, 2012.​
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"Trade Liberalization", The Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World, Volume 4, Sage Publications, 2009, 1594-95.
Policy Papers, Commentary and Public Lectures
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"Does an increase in imports improve the well-being of poorer individuals?," IZA World of Labor, February 2018.
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"The Partial Equilibrium Effects of Canada-India Trade Liberalization," 2013. Prepared for "China and India: Global Poverty Shift Conference".
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"Trade Liberalization and Poverty," 2009. International Week, University of Alberta.
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"Seasonal Adjustment Methods: An Application to Turkish Monetary Aggregates," (with Oguz Atuk), Central Bank Review, 2002, 1, 21-39.
In the Media
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"Alberta steel and aluminum industry braces for incoming tariffs", Edmonton Journal.
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"Despite doubts, there’s enough proof to conclude that foreign trade is good for poor", Economic Times, by Devashish Mitra.
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"Tariffs and the American Poor", Global Business Outlook.
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"Free Trade Benefits the Poorest and Reduces Inequality", Libre Mercado.
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"Food for Fuel", CESifo Press Review.
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"Keeper of the Flame", Hindustan Times, by Jagdish Bhagwati.