When competition from abroad inflicts severe shocks on a country's firms, the headlines are often about failing businesses and job losses. The shocks may come from different sources: trade reforms, competition from a foreign manufacturing powerhouse, or the entry of big retail chains from abroad. Although the trade shock is likely to bring a number of positive effects, … [Read more...] about How Labor Markets Adjust to Import Competition
Juan Blyde
Juan Blyde
Juan S. Blyde is a lead economist in the Trade and Integration Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Focused on Latin American countries, Juan’s areas of research have been trade and productivity, trade and labor reallocation, transport costs, and global value chains. Juan received his PhD in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a BS in Economics from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Venezuela). Prior to joining the IDB, he worked as an economist at the Congressional Economic and Financial Advisory Office of Venezuela and taught international trade at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. Juan’s research has been published in various academic journals such as the Journal of International Economics, Review of International Economics, Empirical Economics, and The World Economy, among others.