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As populations in rich nations continue to age and skill shortages begin to emerge, concern over getting immigration policy right is set to intensify. This column discusses new research on US policymaking, showing that many of the determinants of policymakers’ attitudes towards trade are also in operation when it comes to migration. Using the Heckscher-Ohlin model, it finds that US House members from districts where skilled labour is abundant are more likely to support both trade liberalisation and a more open policy for unskilled immigration.

Full Article: US votes on trade and migration]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/8863 http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/8776 Laura Alfaro, Paola Conconi, Harald Fadinger, Patrick Legros, Andrew Newman, 2 December 2012

Increasingly, people are pointing the finger of blame for economic woe at large firms. This column argues that organisation design is often affected by government trade policy. If firm organisation design has implications for consumer welfare (in terms of prices and quality of product), evidence suggests that governments should make sure that in future, trade policy and corporate governance policy are more complementary.

Full Article: Firm organisation: What we know and why we should care]]> Sun, 02 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/8776 http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/8779 Laura Alfaro, Paola Conconi, Harald Fadinger, Andrew Newman, 28 October 2012

This paper shows that product prices determine organisational design by studying how trade policy affects vertical integration. The authors construct firm-level indices of vertical integration for a large set of countries and industries and exploit cross-section and time-series variation in import tariffs to examine the impact of prices on organisational choices.

Full Article: Do Prices Determine Vertical Integration? Evidence from Trade Policy]]> Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/8779 http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/7085 Natalie Chen, Paola Conconi, Carlo Perroni, 10 October 2011

Victorian novelist Horatio Alger insisted that hard work and a bit of luck could whisk a boy from rags to riches. CEPR DP8605 outlines a model to measure how social mobility impacts men and women differently. The authors suggest that, paradoxically, women's historically higher social mobility may be due to labour market discrimination--and that reducing the gender wage gap may reduce social mobility overall.

Full Article: Multi-trait matching and intergenerational mobility: A Cinderella story]]> Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/7085 http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/1602 Paola Conconi, Nicolas Sahuguet, Maurizio Zanardi, 30 August 2008

The democratic peace – the regularity that democracies do not go to war with each other – is one of the most robust findings in political science. This column presents recent research showing that democratic leaders unable to seek another term in office behave like autocrats. Accountability to voters in the next election lies at the heart of the democratic peace.

Full Article: Democracy and accountability: The perverse effects of term limits]]> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/1602 http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/1159 Paola Conconi, Giovanni Facchini, Maurizio Zanardi, 21 May 2008

The US Congress recently denied President Bush trade promotion authority and scuttled the US-Colombia trade agreement. This column discusses the importance of “fast track” negotiating authority in liberalising global trade and presents an explanation of the politics that led to its recent lapse.

Full Article: The politics of US trade negotiating authority]]> Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.VoxEU.org/index.php?q=node/1159