Trade and Migration
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4 things to know about climate change and human migration
How does climate change influence human migration and border policies? Faculty Affiliate Hélène Benveniste shares key insights.
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The China shock revisited: Job reallocation and industry switching in US labor markets
Faculty Affiliate Nicholas Bloom co-authored a study showing that Chinese import competition during the 2000s reduced US manufacturing jobs but created even more service jobs.
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How does seasonal migration impact agricultural workers, families, and employers?
The Guestworker Migration Initiative is studying the H-2A visa program to understand how temporary agricultural migration influences economic outcomes, family structures, and more.
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Stanford researchers co-launch first global database on refugee policies
The first global dataset on asylum and refugee policies offers unprecedented insights into dynamics around forced displacement.
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A worldmaking plant
Graduate Student Research Funding recipient Michelle Ha describes how following the agave trade exposes the roots of solidarity across empires.
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What headlines don’t tell you about global migration, and what Stanford researchers can
Researchers are filling critical migration data gaps and studying how people are on the move in new and different ways.
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Exploring refugees’ experience in the Global South
Political science PhD student Mae MacDonald is using King Center funds to study how refugees are treated in Kenya and other countries.
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Undergraduate research assistants help expand entrepreneurial opportunities for refugees
Natalie Milan and Faith Zehfuss received King Center funding to research and help facilitate a 10-week entrepreneurship program for refugees in Uganda.
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Highlighting the experience of migrant domestic workers in the Arab Gulf region
Professor Lisa Blaydes examines the treatment of migrant domestic workers in Arab Gulf states as part of the King Center’s initiative on gender-based violence.
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Rethinking asylum
King Center fellowship recipient Pablo Seward Delaporte studies the tension between migrants in northern Chile and the government’s plans to resettle them.
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How trade triggers innovation
Research by Faculty Affiliate Christopher Tonetti shows that competition from imports pushes domestic laggards to adopt more efficient practices and technologies.
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Many more Africans are migrating within Africa than to Europe
A new study by the Immigration Policy Lab shows that some governments are trying to make moving easier within Africa.
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How states shape private governance
Affiliated Researcher Shelby Grossman speaks with Nigeria's The Avalon Radio about her new book on private governance in Lagos markets.
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Melding artificial intelligence and algorithms with health care and policy to combat human trafficking
The Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab conducts critical research using promising innovations in modern data science.
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Syria and some host governments want refugees to go home. What do refugees think?
Survey data from the Immigration Policy Lab and the King Center's Migration & Development Initiative shows that many refugees may be reluctant to return home.
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A ‘very critical moment’: The future of U.S.-China ties under Biden
The question is top of mind for anyone who has followed the downward spiral of U.S.-China relations over the last four years: What happens once Joseph Biden Jr. becomes president?
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In the eyes of the beholder: How do artisans set prices for their products
Artisans who are attached to their creative output offer discounts to discerning buyers, even when these buyers have a high willingness to pay.
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Center affiliates help launch Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab
A new multidisciplinary initiative convenes researchers across Stanford's campus and in Brazil to secure localized, high-quality data to fight human trafficking.
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How travel matters for trade
Postdoc Meredith Startz talks on the Trade Talks podcast about her trade research in Lagos, Nigeria, and how COVID-19 is affecting Lagos traders.
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COVID-19 could exacerbate food insecurity around the world, Stanford expert warns
COVID-19 and other looming threats could make it much harder for people to access food says Faculty Affiliate David Lobell.
