NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

INTERAMERICAN SEMINAR ON ECONOMICS

Sebastian Edwards, Organizer

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 22, 2000

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

FRIDAY, JULY 22:

6:00 PM Reception and Dinner

SATURDAY, JULY 22:

8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

8:50 AM Welcome

SEBASTIAN EDWARDS, UC, Los Angeles and NBER

9:00 AM JAMES RAUCH, UC, San Diego and NBER

Information and Globalization: Wage Co-movements, Labor

Demand Elasticity, and Conventional Trade Liberalization

9:45 AM PABLO SANGUINETTI and SEBASTIAN GALIANI,

Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Argentina

Wage Inequality and Trade Liberalization:

Evidence from Argentina

10:30 AM Break

11:00 AM MATTHEW SLAUGHTER, Dartmouth College and NBER

Trade and Labor-Market Outcomes: What about Developing Coutries?

11:45 AM DAVID DOLLAR and AART KRAAY, The World Bank

Growth Is Good for the Poor

12:30 PM Lunch

2:00 PM MIGUEL SZEKELY, Interamerican Development Bank

The Persistence of Income Distribution in Latin America: The Trade Connection

3:15 PM HARALD BEYER, Centro de Estudios Publicos, Chile

Returns to Education and Wage Inequality:

Evidence From Chile

4:00 PM GERARDO ESQUIVEL, El Colegio de Mexico

NAFTA and Its Impact on Mexico's Labor Markets

4:45 PM Adjourn 07/19/00