Aude Sztulman

• Université Paris Dauphine-PSL

The weakening of global value chain dynamics is considered as one of the causes of the slowdown in world trade since the 2008 crisis. To better understand the evolution of GVCs at the world level, we use very detailed trade data for 2000 to 2017, which distinguishes different production stages along the GVC. In particular, among intermediate goods,...

This study contributes to the literature on the social impacts of Special Economic Zones by analyzing poverty changes in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, where the Free Trade Zone of Manaus (FTZM) is located. Using census data, statistical micro‐decompositions and counterfactual simulations, we show that labor income was the major driver of poverty...

This paper reconsiders the evidence concerning the influence of international trade on income distribution. Our analysis is based on a theoretical model which does not make any restrictive assumption about how trade specialization is linked to factor endowments. In this framework, the influence of international trade changes on income distribution...

This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization and international trade on household income inequality and poverty using detailed micro-data across Brazilian states, from 1987 to 2005. Results suggest that Brazilian states that were more exposed to tariff cuts experienced smaller reductions in household poverty and inequality. If significance...

Ce document de travail propose une analyse quantitative detaillee sur longue periode du fonctionnement du marche du travail britannique, avec la France pour point de comparaison. Au-dela des problemes de mesure du taux de chomage, l'etude des creations nettes d'emplois montre que la performance du Royaume-Uni a ete meilleure que celle de la france...