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Gordon H. Hanson

Professor of Economics; Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations; Director, Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies

gohanson@ucsd.edu

Phone: (858) 822-5087
Fax: (858) 534-3939

9500 Gilman Drive, 0519
La Jolla, CA 92093-0519

Office: #1324

Education

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992 (economics)
A.B., Occidental College, 1986 (economics, summa cum laude)

Programs and Centers

The Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies
International Economics Career Track
Latin America Regional Concentration Program

Biography

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Professor Hanson holds the Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations at UC San Diego, where he is director of the Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies and has faculty positions in the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and the Department of Economics. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a co-editor of the Review of Economics and Statistics. Prior to joining UCSD in 2001, he was on the economics faculty at the University of Michigan (1998-2001) and at the University of Texas (1992-1998). He received his PhD from MIT in 1992 and his BA from Occidental College in 1986. In 2011, Professor Hanson received the Chancellor’s Associates Award for Excellence in Research in Social Science and the Humanities from UC San Diego.

Professor Hanson specializes in the economics of international trade, international migration, and foreign direct investment. He has published extensively in the top academic journals of the economics discipline, is widely cited for his research by scholars across the social sciences, and is frequently quoted in major media outlets. His current research examines the international migration of skilled labor, border enforcement and illegal immigration, the impact of imports from China on the US labor market, and the determinants of comparative advantage. In past work, he has addressed how immigration and global outsourcing affect the US economy, the economic integration of the US and Mexico, the causes and consequences of global expansion by multinational firms, and the relationship between international trade and the location of economic activity. His most recent book is Regulating Low Skilled Immigration in the United States (American Enterprise Institute, 2010).

Expertise

Professor Hanson is an authority on international migration, international trade, and foreign investment.


Media

• "The Good Newt" The New York Times Opinion Pages, December 11, 2011 Click here for the article.

• "Who’s afraid of the dragon?" The Economist, October 15, 2011 Click here for the article.

• More Foreign Investment Wanted, Marketplace, National Public Radio, October, 10, 2011. Click here for the radio broadcast.

• On the Economy, Bloomberg Radio, October 10, 2011. Click here for the radio broadcast.

• The Economic Reality Of Tough Immigration Laws, National Public Radio, All Things Considered, October 8, 2011. Click here for the radio broadcast.

 • The Downside of Trade with China, Marketplace, National Public Radio, September 27, 2011. Click here for the radio broadcast.

• Tallying the Toll of U.S.-China Trade, Wall Street Journal, September 27, 2011. Click here for the article.

• Why Isn’t Mexico Rich? Interview with Expansion Magazine, Nov. 30, 2010. Click here for the article.

• Award ceremony, Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Award for Research in Social Science and the Humanities, March 2011. Video of ceremony.

• Managing Immigration in High Income Countries, Center for Research and Analysis of Migration, University College London, March 23, 2010.

• The Economics and Policy of Illegal Immigration, Migration Policy Institute, Dec. 2, 2009. Video of presentation.

• Immigration, Public Policy and the Skills Debate, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Nov. 19, 2009. Video of presentation.

• Award ceremony, Chancellor’s Associates Faculty Excellence Award for Research in Social Science and the Humanities, March 2011. Video of presentation.

• Room for Debate: The Competition for Low-Wage Jobs, New York Times, March 18, 2009.

• The Costs of Immigration, BlogTalkRadio, August 2008, panel discussion with Mike Farrell.

• The Body Politic: Immigration 2008, UCSD TV, July 2008, panel discussion with Wayne Corneilius.

 • "Dodging the Guest Worker Bullet," The Wall Street Journal, July 5, 2007, Opinion-Editorial, p. A15.

• "Free Markets Need Free People," The Wall Street Journal, April 10, 2007, Opinion-Editorial, p. A19.


Affiliations

Co-Editor, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011-
Member, Board of Directors, Washington Office on Latin America, 2009-
Research Network Fellow, CESifo, 2009-
Member, International Growth Centre, London School of Economics, 2009-
External Fellow, CReAM, University College London, 2009-
Member, Council on Foreign Relations, 2008-
Senior Fellow, Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development, 2007-
Advisory Committee, Institute for International Economics, 2005-
Research Fellow, IZA, 2005-
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1999-
Co-Editor, Journal of Development Economics, 2004-2010
Director, NBER Working Group on Trade and Organizations, 2001-2007
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1993-1999

Editorial Boards:         

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2012-
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2008-
North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2004-
B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis and Policy, 2001-
Review of Economics and Statistics, 2002-2010
Journal of Economic Geography, 1999-2010
Journal of Economic Literature, 2004-2009
Journal of International Economics, 1997-2005
American Economic Review, 1997-2003
         

Recent Publications


International Trade

• "The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States,"  American Economic Review, forthcoming, with David Autor and David Dorn.

• “The Rise of Middle Kingdoms: Emerging Economies in Global Trade,” forthcoming, Journal of Economic Perspectives.

• "Volatility due to Outsourcing:  Theory and Evidence," forthcoming, Journal of International Economics, with Paul Bergin and Robert Feenstra.

• “Trade Barriers and Trade Flows with Product Heterogeneity: An Application to U.S. Motion Picture Exports,” Journal of International Economics, 83, 2011: 14-26, with Chong Xiang.

• “Why Isn’t Mexico Rich?” Journal of Economic Literature, December 48(4), 2010: 987-1004.

• “Export-Led Growth v2.0”, Economic Premise, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, The World Bank, March 2010, Number 3, with Otaviano Canuto and Mona Haddad.

• "China and the Manufacturing Exports of Other Developing Countries," in Robert Feenstra and Shang Jin Wei, eds., China’s Growing Role in World Trade, Chicago: University of Chicago Press and the NBER, 2010, 137-159. (with Raymond Robertson)

• “Offshoring and Volatility:  Evidence from Mexico’s Maquiladora Indsutry,” American Economic Review, September 99(2009):  1664-1671.  (with Paul Bergin and Robert Feenstra)

• "International Trade in Motion Picture Services," in Matthew Slaughter and Marshall Reinsdorf, eds., International Flows of Invisibles: Trade in Services and Intangibles in the Era of Globalization, Chicago:  University of Chicago Press and the NBER, 2009, 203-225.  (with Chong Xiang)

• "Globalization, Labor Income, and Poverty in Mexico," in Ann Harrison, ed., Globalization and Poverty, Chicago: University of Chicago Press and the National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007, 417-456.

• "Vertical Production Networks in Multinational Firms," Review of Economics and Statistics, November 2005: 664-678, with Raymond Mataloni and Matthew Slaughter.

• "Market Potential, Increasing Returns, and Geographic Concentration," Journal of International Economies, September 2005, 67(1): 1-24.

• "Ownership and Control in Outsourcing to China: Estimating the Property Rights Theory of the Firm," Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2005, 120(2): 729-762, with Robert Feenstra.  Appendix.

• "The Home Market Effect and Bilateral Trade Patterns," American Economic Review, September 2004, 94: 1108-1129, with Chong Xiang.

• "Intermediaries in Entrepôt Trade: Hong Kong Re-Exports of Chinese Goods," Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 13(2004): 3-36, with Robert Feenstra.

• "Technology, Trade, and Adjustment to Immigration in Israel," European Economic Review, 48(2004): 403-428, with Matthew Slaughter and Neil Gandal.

• "What Has Happened to Wages in Mexico since NAFTA?" in Toni Estevadeordal, Dani Rodrick, Alan Taylor, Andres Velasco, eds., FTAA and Beyond: Prospects for Integration in the Americas, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004.

 

 

U.S. Immigration/Mexico Emigration

• Substitution between Immigrants, Natives and Skill Groups,” forthcoming in the Journal of the European Economic Association, with George Borjas and Jeffrey Grogger

• "The Great Mexican Emigration," Review of Economics and Statistics, November 92(4), 2010: 798-810, with Craig McIntosh.

• “Future Directions for Research on Immigration,” American Economic Association White Paper for Future Research in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, October 2010.

• “Illegal Immigration: Considering the Costs and Benefits,” The American: The Journal of the American Enterprise Institute, October 1, 2010.

• "Immigration and the Economic Status of African-American Men," Economica, April 77(306), 2010: 255-282, with George Borjas and Jeff Grogger.

• “The Economics and Policy of Illegal Immigration in the United States,” Migration Policy Institute Report, December 2009.

• "The Demography of Mexican Migration to the US," American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 99(2009): 22–27. (with Craig McIntosh)

• "Individual Preferences over High-Skilled Immigration in the United States," in Jagdish Bhagwati and Gordon Hanson, eds., Skilled Immigration Today: Problems, Prospects, and Policies, Oxford University Press, 2009, 207-246.  (with Kenneth Scheve and Matthew Slaughter)

• "Local Public Finance and Individual Preferences over Globalization Strategies," Economics and Politics, 19(2007): 1-33, with Kenneth Scheve and Matthew Slaughter.

• "Emigration, Remittances, and Labor Force Participation in Mexico," Integration and Trade Journal, 27(2007): 73-103.

• "The Economic Logic of Illegal Immigration," Council Special Report No. 26, Council on Foreign Relations, April 2007.

• "Emigration, Labor Supply and Earnings in Mexico," in George Borjas, ed., Mexican Immigration, Chicago: University of Chicago Press and the National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007, 289-328.

• "Illegal Migration from Mexico to the United States," Journal of Economic Literature, December 44(2006): 869-924.

• "International Migration, Self-Selection, and the Distribution of Wages: Evidence from Mexico and the United States," Journal of Political Economy, April 2005, 113(2): 239-281, with Daniel Chiquiar.

• Why Does Immigration Divide America? Public Finance and Political Opposition to Open Borders, Washington DC: Institute for International Economics, 2005.

• "Challenges for US Immigration Policy," in C. Fred Bergsten, ed., The United States and the World Economy: Foreign Economic Policy for the Next Decade, Washington DC: Institute of International Economics, 2005, 343-372.



International Migration

• "Birthrates and Border Crossings: Latin American Migration to the US, Canada, Spain, and the UK," forthcoming, Economic Journal, with Craig McIntosh.

• "Income Maximization and the Selection and Sorting of International Migrants," Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Development Economics, 95(1), 2011:  42-57, with Jeff Grogger.

• “International Migration and Development,” in Ravi Kanbur and A. Michael Spence, eds., Equity in a Global World, Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2010, 229-262.

• “International Migration and the Developing World,” in Dani Rodrik and Mark Rosenzweig, eds., Handbook of Development Economics, Vol. 5, Amsterdam: North Holland, 2010, 4363-4414.

• “The Governance of Migration Policy,”  Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, May 11(2), 2010: 185-208.

• “The Economic Consequences of International Migration,” Annual Review of Economics, 1(2009):  179-208.

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