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Mine Z. Senses

Johns Hopkins University, USA, and IZA, Germany

IZA World of Labor role

Author

Current position

Associate Professor of International Economics in the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, USA

Research interest

International trade, globalization, wages

Website

https://sais.jhu.edu/users/msenses1

Qualifications

PhD Economics, University of Michigan, 2005

Selected publications

  • “The effects of wrongful discharge protection on foreign multinationals: Evidence from transaction level data.” Canadian Journal of Economics 49:1 (2016) 111–146 (with I. T. Kandilov).

  • “Importing, exporting and firm-level employment volatility.” Journal of International Economics 98 (2016): 160–175 (with C. J. Kurz).

  • “Wage effects of trade reform with endogenous worker mobility.” Journal of International Economics 93:2 (2014): 239–252 (with P. Krishna and J. Poole).

  • “International trade and labor income risk in the United States.” Review of Economic Studies 81:1 (2014): 186–218 (with P. Krishna).

  • “Trade, labor market frictions, and residual wage inequality across worker groups.” American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 102:3 (2012): 417–423 (with P. Krishna and J. Poole).

article(s)

  • International trade and economic insecurity

    Trade can increase economic insecurity for some workers while increasing stability for others

    Mine Z. Senses, May 2017
    Whether or not international trade exposes workers to economic insecurity depends on the nature of the trade exposure of the firm, or industry, in which the worker is employed. Import-competing industries experience higher levels of risk to workers’ incomes and employment, while firms that import intermediate production stages (“offshoring”) display bigger employment responses to small changes in workers’ wages, and are more likely to shut down home factories. But offshoring also helps firms weather economic shocks. Offshoring firms are more likely to survive and provide greater employment stability to their workers.
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