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Rafael Dix-Carneiro

Professor of Economics
Economics
Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708
201B Social Sciences, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708

Featured Works


Globalization, Trade Imbalances, and Labor Market Adjustment*

Journal article Q J Econ · January 2, 2023 Featured Publication We argue that modeling trade imbalances is crucial for understanding transitional dynamics in response to globalization shocks. We build and estimate a general equilibrium, multicountry, multisector model of trade with two key ingredients: (i) endogenous t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Globalization, trade imbalances and inequality

Journal article Journal of Monetary Economics · January 1, 2023 Featured Publication What is the role of trade imbalances for the distributional consequences of globalization? We answer this question through the lens of a quantitative, general equilibrium, multi-country, multi-sector model of trade with four key ingredients: (a) workers wi ... Full text Cite

Margins of labor market adjustment to trade

Journal article Journal of International Economics · March 1, 2019 Featured Publication We use both longitudinal administrative data and cross-sectional household survey data to study the margins of labor market adjustment following Brazil's early 1990s trade liberalization. We document how workers and regional labor markets adjust to trade-i ... Full text Cite

Economic shocks and crime: Evidence from the Brazilian trade liberalization

Journal article American Economic Journal Applied Economics · October 1, 2018 Featured Publication This paper studies the effect of changes in economic conditions on crime. We exploit the 1990s trade liberalization in Brazil as a natural experiment generating exogenous shocks to local economies. We document that regions exposed to larger tariff reductio ... Full text Cite