Ian
Coxhead's Page
Hi. I'm a professor and chair of the Department of Agricultural and
Applied Economics, University
of Wisconsin-Madison, where I teach and conduct research
in development economics. My research focuses on problems
of globalization, growth and development in Asian economies,
especially Southeast Asia. I am a faculty affiliate of the
UW Center for Southeast Asian
Studies, the La
Follette School of Public Affairs, and the Development Studies
Ph.D. Program.
A selection of recent publications and papers (see my CV for
more):
(2013) Routledge
Handbook of Southeast Asian Economics. In progress.
(2013) Princelings and paupers: state employment and the
distribution of human capital investments among Vietnamese
households (with Diep Phan). In review (WP version).
(2013): Are
carbon taxes good for the poor? A general equilibrium analysis
for Vietnam (with Anan Wattanakuljarus and Nguyen Van
Chan). AAE Staff papers No. 561 (revised May 2013).
(2012) Does
freer trade really lead to productivity growth? Evidence from
Sub-Saharan Africa (With L. Bresnahan, J. Foltz and T.
Mogues). IFPRI Discussion Paper No.01262.
(2012): Long-run
costs of piecemeal reform: wage inequality and returns to
education in Vietnam (with Diep Phan). Journal
of Comparative Economics, accepted.
(2012): Global
market shocks and poverty in Vietnam: the case of rice
(with Vu Hoang Linh and Le Dong Tam). Agricultural Economics
43(5), 575-592.
(2011): Trade
and
inequality
with limited labor mobility: theory and evidence from China
(with Muqun Li). Review
of Development Economics 15(1): 48-65.
(2010): Inter-provincial
migration
and inequality during Vietnam's transition (with Diep
Phan), Journal of Development
Economics 91(1): 100-112.
(2010): China,
India and the commodity boom: implications for low-income
countries (with Sisira Jayasuriya). The World Economy
33(4): 525-551.
Vimeo of a talk
on progress toward Millenium Development Goal #1 (halving
world poverty) at the UW Global
Health Institute.
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