We shed new light on the short-term dynamic effects of cyclones on local economic growth
in India. We proxy local GDP growth with night-time light intensity data and construct a …

Wage inequality has risen in many countries over recent decades. At the same time, production
has become increasingly concentrated in a small number of firms. In this paper, we show …

The comparative advantage of countries evolves over time, yet firms do not continuously
adapt their production structure to this evolution. This slow adaptation may be due to high …

This article estimates the importance of workers’ outside options in wage determination. The
article uses the predictions of search and bargaining theory and proposes novel …

We argue that skill-biased technological change not only affects wage gaps between skill
groups, but also increases wage inequality within skill groups, across workers in different firms. …

We study the short-run, dynamic employment effects of natural disasters. We exploit monthly
data for 70 3-digits NAICS industries and 78 Puerto Rican counties over the period 1995–…

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the extend to which trade agreements affect agricultural
trade policy volatility. Using a new panel database compiled as part of the World Bank's …

The number and strength of climate-change-related disasters is increasing, and developing
countries are bearing most of the brunt. In this paper we study how firms react to tropical …

How do cities' average wages adjust to a shock, eg trade-induced or technology-induced,
shifting the industrial and/or occupational composition of employment? This question is …

We study the short-run, dynamic employment effects of natural disasters. We exploit monthly
data for over 90 3-digits NAICS industries and 78 Puerto Rican counties over the period …