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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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