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Research
The research
activities of the Schwartz Center are organized around three broad issues: economic growth, employment, and inequality. Research teams focus on particular
economic policy questions within those categories, and are staffed by a lead
researcher and a research assistant and/or consultant.
Below is a list of current SCEPA research projects for the academic year 2006-2007:
Economic Growth
Current research projects in the area of economic growth include:
Outsourcing and Structural Change
Project Leader: Will Milberg
Research Assistant: Daniel Samaan
U.S. Fiscal Policy Project
Project Leader: Ed Nell
Research Assistant: Hee Young Shin
Demand and Growth in Developing Countries
Project Leader: Lance Taylor
Research Consultant: Armon Rezai
Employment
Current research projects on employment include:
New Labor Market Indicators Project
Project Leader: David Howell
Research Assistant: Bobo Diallo
Data: BGHS Labor Market Institutions Database - 2005
Employment Effects of U.S. Trade Balance Deterioration
Project Leader: Will Milberg
Research Assistant: Markus Schneider
Supply Versus Demand Factor in Explaining European Unemployment
Project Leader: Willi Semmler
Research Consultant: Ekkehard Ernst
Productivity and Unemployment in the Short- and Long-Run
Project Leader: Willi Semmler
Research Assistant: Armon Rezai
Inequality
Current research projects on inequality include:
The Standard of Living Project
Project Leader: Jeff Madrick
Research Assistant: Nikolaos Papanikolaou
Inequality and the U.S. Trade Deficit
Project Leader: Will Milberg
Research Consultant: Jan Kregel
A New Index of Global Inequality
Project Leader: Anwar Shaikh
Research Assistant: Amr Ragab
The Global
Clearinghouse, with initial support from the United Nations,
the Norwegian and Swiss governments and the Ford Foundation in support
of the Monterrey Consensus, is aimed at providing cost-effective
information and communication mechanisms to mobilize private sector
investment for development, and enhancing the capacity of developing
country governments to improve transparency, effectiveness, and
the overall quality of the country's business environment.
Past grants
include the MacArthur project on Liberalization and Employment Performance
in the OECD; the Ford Foundation project on External Liberalization,
Economic Growth and Distribution, and Social Policy; and the Ford
Foundation project on Enhancing Market Transparency and Financial
Risk Management.
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