NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

AND

ITESM, Monterrey Mexico

INTER-AMERICAN SEMINAR ON ECONOMICS

Sebastian Edwards, Organizer

Monterrey, Mexico

November 15 - 16, 2002

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14:

Arrival

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15:

7:30 AM Continental Breakfast - Hotel Presidente Intercontinental

8:30 AM Transportation - from Hotel Presidente Intercontinental to

Rectoria Building, Moneterrey, Tech

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM JOSHUA AIZENMAN, UC, Santa Cruz and NBER

Volatility, Employment and the Patterns of FDI in

Emerging Markets

Discussant: LUIS RIVAS, MHCP, Nicaragua

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PETER SCHOTT, Yale University and NBER

STEVE REDDING, CEPR

Distance, Skill Deepening and Developing:

Will Peripheral Countries Ever Get Rich?

Discussant: RAFAEL RUBIO, Hylsa, Mexico

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Break

11:30 AM - 12:30 AM SHANG-JIN WEI, International Monetary Fund and NBER

The Life-and-Death Implications of Globalization

Discussant: ALEJANDRO DAVILA-FLORES,

Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico

12:30 PM Walk to CEDES Building

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch

Mirador, CEDES Building

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Tour around Campus

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM ALEJANDRO IBARRA, Monterrey Tech EGADE, Mexico

Mexico and its Quest to Sign Multiple Free Trade Agreements? Spaghetti Regionalism or Strategic Foreign Trade

Discussant: MA. LOURDES DIECK, Secretary of the Economy, Mexican Government

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM GERARDO ESQUIVEL, El Colegio de Mexico

JOSE ANTONIO RODRIQUEZ-LOPEZ, UC, Berkeley

The Impact of Trade Liberalization and Technological Progress on Mexico's Wage Inequality, 1988-2000

Discussant: JUAN RAFAEL VARGAS, Costa Rica, UDLA - Puebla

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM SEBASTIAN GALIANI, Universidad di Tella, Argentina

PABLO SANGUINETTI, Universidad di Tella, Argentina

The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Wage Inequality: Evidence from Argentina

Discussant: ANDRE VARELA, Monterrey Tech, Monterrey

6:30 PM Transportation - from Rectoria Building, Moneterrey, Tech to

Hotel Presidente Intercontinental

7:00 PM Arrival at Hotel

8:00 PM Transportation - from Hotel Presidente Intercontinental to Club Industrial

8:30 PM Dinner -

Speaker: EVERARDO ELIZONDO, Deputy Governor,

Banco de Mexico at the Club Industrial

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16:

7:00 AM Continental Breakfast - Hotel Presidente Intercontinental

8:30 AM Transportation - from Hotel Presidente Intercontinental to

Rectoria Building, Moneterrey, Tech

9:00 - 10:00 AM ALEJANDRA COX EDWARDS, California State University, Long Beach

MANUELITA URETA, Texas A&M

International Migration, Remittances, and Schooling:

Evidence from El Salvador

Discussant: BONNIE PALIFKA, Monterrey Tech,

Monterrey, Mexico

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM PENNY GOLDBERG, Yale University and NBER

NINA PAVCNIK, Dartmouth College and NBER

The Response of the Informal Sector to Trade Liberalization

Discussant: STEPHEN BRONARS, University of Texas, Austin

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Break

11:15 AM - 12:00 AM HARALD BEYER, Centro de Estudios Publicos, Chile

Unintended Consequences of Labor Market Reforms

Discussant: JUAN CARLOS DELRIEU, ECMEX Group

Discussant: HUGO MAUL, CIEN, Guatemala

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM RICARDO HAUSMANN, Harvard University

DANI RODRIK, Harvard University and NBER

Economic Development as Self Discovery

Discussant: PETER SCHOTT, Yale University and NBER

12:45 PM Walk to CEDES Bulding

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Closing Lunch

Mirador, CEDES Building

2:30 PM Adjourn

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