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The Effect of Export Market Access on Labor Market Power: Firm-Level Evidence From Vietnam

Trang Hoang, Devashish Mitra, Hoang Pham

The article, co-authored by Professor of Economics Devashish Mitra, was published in the Journal of Development Economics.

June 10, 2026

Exports and Intergenerational Mobility

Devashish Mitra, Hoang Pham, Beyza Ural Marchand

Co-authored by Professor of Economics Devashish Mitra, the study was published in the Journal of International Economics.

March 13, 2026

Rothenberg Speaks With VoxDev About His Research on Special Economic Zones in Indonesia

“When we look at the effects of the [Indonesia's Integrated Development Zone] program on a variety of different measures—things like average wages in a district, employment rates, population growth, migration, consumption expenditures, poverty—we really find no difference in those outcomes...between the districts that were affected by the program compared to the districts that weren't,” says Alexander Rothenberg, associate professor of economics.

February 20, 2026

See related: Economic Policy, Oceania, Southeast Asia, Taxation

When Regional Policies Fail: An evaluation of Indonesia’s Integrated Economic Development Zone

Alexander D. Rothenberg, Yao Wang, Amalavoyal Chari

The article, co-authored by Associate Professor of Economics Alexander Rothenberg, was published in the Journal of Development Economics.

April 21, 2025

See related: Economic Policy, Oceania, Southeast Asia, Taxation

Maxwell To Serve As Host Institution for Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative

Twenty-five young leaders from Southeast Asia will begin a five-week intensive program at Maxwell in April 2025. The program is funded by a grant from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.

December 3, 2024

See related: Southeast Asia, Student Experience

Executive Master’s Student Named Eisenhower USA Fellow

The fellowship supported Heather C. Fischer’s recent trip to Malaysia and Thailand to study forced labor in global supply chains.

August 7, 2023

Emerging Role of Mega-Urban Regions in the Sustainability of Global Production-Consumption Systems

E. Doran, J. Golden, K. Matus, L. Lebel, V. Timmer, M. van ‘t Zelfde, A. de Koning

"The Emerging Role of Mega-Urban Regions in the Sustainability of Global Production-Consumption Systems," co-authored by Jay Golden, Pontarelli Professor of Environmental Sustainability and Finance, was published in npj Urban Sustainability.

April 18, 2023

Murrett Speaks to LA Times About the Differences Between Vietnam and Afghanistan Wars

Robert Murrett, professor of practice of public administration and international affairs, was quoted in the Los Angeles Times article, "Vietnam and Afghanistan — America's 2 longest wars, with very different lasting impacts."

September 14, 2022

Landes quoted in CTV story on COVID-19 vaccine, people with disabilities

Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology, was quoted in the CTV article, "Advocates worry as most disabled people left off vaccine priority list."

February 23, 2021

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