Ann E. Harrison

Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of California, Berkeley
College of Natural Resources
and
National Bureau of Economic Research
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Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics
329 Giannini Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-3310
510.643.9676 (office) 510.643.8911 (fax)
harrison@are.berkeley.edu

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Brief Biography

Ann Harrison is a Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.  She received her BA from UC Berkeley and a PhD from Princeton University. She was in the Young Professional Program at the World Bank, and previously taught at Harvard and Columbia University.  She frequently provides policy advice to international and non-profit organizations, including the World Bank, the Brookings Institution, and the International Monetary Fund.  Her research is in the area of international trade, foreign investment, and economic development.  She has analyzed the impact of globalization on domestic labor markets, the linkages between productivity and trade reform, and the impact of foreign investment on host countries.  She has just completed a book, Globalization and Poverty, for the National Bureau of Economic Research.  Her publications have appeared in top economic journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Labor Economics, the Journal of Development Economics, the Journal of International Economics, The Review of Economics and Statistics and others.  Her latest research analyzes the anti-sweatshop movement, the determinants of national labor shares, and the impact of outsourcing on US jobs.

Teaching

Recent Work

Globalization and Poverty, A. Harrison (ed), University of Chicago Press, 2006.
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 “Offshoring Jobs?  Multinationals and US Manufacturing Employment," (with Margaret McMillan), NBER, September, 2007.

“Dispelling Some Myths about Offshore Outsourcing," with Margaret McMillan, forthcoming, Academy of Management Perspectives.
 
“US Multinational Activity Abroad and US Jobs: Some Stylized Facts," with Margaret Mcmillan and Clair Null, forthcoming, Industrial Relations..
 
“Multinationals and Anti-sweatshop Activism”, (with Jason Scorse), NBER Working Paper 10492, May 2006,

“Improving the Conditions of Workers?  Minimum Wage Legislation and Anti-Sweatshop Activism” (with Jason Scorse), California Management Review, Winter 2006, Vol. 48, No. 2, pages 144-160.

“Liberalization of Trade: Why so Much Controversy?”, with Helena Tang, in Economic Growth in the 1990s: Learning from a Decade of Reform, edited by N. Roberto Zagha, World Bank, Washington, D.C., April 2005.

Published Papers

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"On the links between globalization and poverty," (with Margaret McMillan) Journal of Economic Inequality, 5(1): 123-134, April, 2007.

"Ownership versus Environment: Disentangling the Sources of Public Sector Inefficiency" (with Ann Bartel), The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 87, No. 1, February 2005.

"Global Capital Flows and Financing Constraints" (with Margaret McMillan and Inessa Love), Journal of Development Economics, 75(1):269-301, October 2004.

"The Impact of Globalization on Compliance with Labor Standards: A Plant-Level Study," (with J. Scorse),  July 2003, Brookings Trade Forum.

"Does direct foreign investment affect domestic firm credit constraints?" (with Margaret McMillan), October 2003, Journal of International Economics, Volume 61, issue 1pages 73-100.

"Moving to Greener Pastures? Multinationals and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis" joint with Gunnar Eskeland, February 2003,  Journal of Development Economics, Volume 70, Issue 1, Pages 1-23. 

"Review of 'The World Bank: Structure and Policies' ", June 2002, 57:1, pages 253-256,  Journal of International Economics (Book Review).

"Comment on 'Multinational Firms: Reconciling Theory and Evidence'" (with James Markusen and Keith Maskus), NBER volume in honor of Robert Lipsey, 2001.

"Labor Markets, Foreign Investment and Trade Policy Reform" (with Ana Revenga), in Trade Policy Reform: Lessons and Implications, John Nash and Wendy Takacs, editors, World Bank, Washington, D.C.

"Do Domestic Firms Benefit from Direct Foreign Investment? Evidence from Venezuela" (with Brian Aitken), June 1999, 89:3, American Economic Review , 89:3, 605-618.
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"Who Gains from Trade Reform? Some Remaining Puzzles" (with Gordon Hanson), Journal of Development Economics , 1999, No. 59: 125-154.

"Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality in Mexico" (with Gordon Hanson), Industrial and Labor Relations Review , 1999, No. 52, No. 2.

"Sharing the Costs: the Impact of Trade Reform on Capital and Labor in Morocco" (with Janet Currie), Journal of Labor Economics, 1997, Vol 15, No. 3.

"Labor Markets in Developing Countries: An Agenda for Research" (with Edward Leamer), Journal of Labor Economics , 1997, Vol 15, No. 3.

"Spillovers, Foreign Investment, and Export Behavior" (with Brian Aitken and Gordon Hanson), Journal of International Economics, 1997, 43: 103-132.

"Wages and Foreign Ownership: A Comparative Study of Mexico, Venezuela, and the United States" (with Brian Aitken and Robert Lipsey), Journal of International Economics, May 1996, Vol 40, Nos. 3/4, pages 345-371.

"Openness and Growth: A Time Series, Cross-Country Analysis for Developing Countries", Journal of Development Economics, 1996, No. 48: 419-447.

"Determinants and Effects of Direct Foreign Investment in Cote d'Ivoire, Morocco, and Venezuela", in M. Roberts, and J. Tybout, editors, Industrial Evolution in Developing Countries, Oxford University Press, 1996, 163-86.

"The MFA Paradox: More Protection and More Trade?" (with J. Michael Finger), in The Political Economy of American Trade Policy, NBER volume edited by Anne O. Krueger, The University of Chicago Press, 1996.

"Import Protection for U.S. Textiles and Apparel: Viewed from the Domestic Perspective" (with J. Michael Finger), in The Political Economy of Trade Protection, NBER volume edited by Anne O. Krueger, The University of Chicago Press, 1996.

"An Empirical Test of the Infant Industry Argument (Comment on Krueger and Tuncer)", September 1994, American Economic Review.

"Multinationals in Economic Development: The Benefits of FDI", Columbia Journal of World Business, Winter 1994.

"Are There Dynamic Externalities from Direct Foreign Investment? Evidence for Morocco" (with Mona Haddad), in Claudio Frischtak and Richard Newfarmer, editors, Multinationals: Market Structure, Firm Conduct, and Industrial Performance, MacMillan, 1994.

"Productivity, Imperfect Competition, and Trade Reform: Theory and Evidence," Journal of International Economics , March 1994.

"Are There Positive Spillovers from Direct Foreign Investment? Evidence from Panel Data for Morocco" (with Mona Haddad), Journal of Development Economics, October 1993, 42:51-74.

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