Lessons from 40 Years of Trade Liberalizations
March 15, 2023
Income inequality has increased in most developed and developing countries since the 1980s. Was increased international trade between rich and emerging economies the main culprit? In this lecture, Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Nina Pavcnik draws on empirical evidence from the U.S., China, India and Brazil to discuss how trade liberalizations implemented since the 1980s shaped inequality within countries. Pavcnik is Niehaus Family Professor in International Studies and professor of economics at Dartmouth College. A native of Slovenia, she is editor of the World Bank Economic Review and co-editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives.
Her talk was supported by the 17³Ô¹ÏÍø chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the Department of Economics, and the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture.