# Publications ## Recently Published [Workforce Development for the Developing World](https://gordonhanson.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum6571/files/2026-07/Hanson%2C%20Gordon%20Workforce%20Development%20CID%20paper.pdf), Center for International Development, Harvard Kennedy School, July 2026 [Righting Globalization’s Wrongs](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd/issues/2026/06/righting-globalizations-wrongs-gordon-hanson), F&D Magazine, International Money Fund, June 2026 [The Global Economic Transformation Will Be Local](https://www-project-syndicate-org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/commentary/global-economic-transformation-must-be-locally-led-by-gordon-hanson-et-al-2026-01), Project Syndicate (Dani Rodrik and Rohan Sandhu), January 6, 2026 [Places versus People: The Ins and Outs of Labor Market Adjustment to Globalization](https://gordonhanson.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum6571/files/2025-06/Hanson%2C%20Gordon%20Places%20versus%20People%3A%20The%20Ins%20and%20Outs%20of%20Labor.pdf) *Handbook of Labor Economics*, forthcoming. (with David Autor, David Dorn, Maggie R. Jones, and Bradley Setzler) [Local Energy Access and Industry Specialization: Evidence from World War II Emergency Pipelines](https://gordonhanson.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum6571/files/2025-04/Hanson%20Gordon%20LOCAL%20ENERGY%20ACCESS%20AND%20INDUSTRY%20SPECIALIZATION.pdf) *Journal of Economic History*, forthcoming. (with Jacob Greenspon) [Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone? Changes in the Geography of Work in the US, 1980-2021](https://gordonhanson.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum6571/files/2025-05/Hanson%2C%20Gordon%20Where%20Have%20all%20the%20Good%20Jobs%20Gone.pdf), *Handbook of Urban and Regional Economics*, forthcoming. (with Enrico Moretti) "[Using Satellite Imagery to Measure the Impacts of New Highways: An Application to India](https://gordonhanson.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum6571/files/2025-12/Hanson%2C%20Gordon%20Using%20Satellite%20Imagery%20to%20Measure%20the%20Impacts%20of%20New%20Highways.pdf)" Journal of International Economics, forthcoming (with Kathryn Baragwanath Amit Khandelwal, Chen Liu and Gogeun Park) “[Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock](/file_url/212),” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, forthcoming special issue in honor of George Borjas (with David Autor and David Dorn) "[US Immigration from Latin America in Historical Perspective](/file_url/211)", *Journal of Economics Perspectives*, Winter 2023, 37(1): 199-222 (with Pia Orrenius and Madeline Zvavodny) "[Washington's New Trade Consensus and What It Gets Wrong](/file_url/208)" *Foreign Affairs*, January/February 2024 ## Publications by Area Open all sections Close all sections ### International Trade expand\_more [Righting Globalization’s Wrongs](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd/issues/2026/06/righting-globalizations-wrongs-gordon-hanson), F&D Magazine, International Money Fund, June 2026 [Places versus People: The Ins and Outs of Labor Market Adjustment to Globalization](https://gordonhanson.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum6571/files/2025-06/Hanson%2C%20Gordon%20Places%20versus%20People%3A%20The%20Ins%20and%20Outs%20of%20Labor.pdf) *Handbook of Labor Economics*, forthcoming. (with David Autor, David Dorn, Maggie R. Jones, and Bradley Setzler) “[Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock](/file_url/212),” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, forthcoming special issue in honor of George Borjas (with David Autor and David Dorn) "[Washington's New Trade Consensus and What It Gets Wrong](/file_url/208)" *Foreign Affairs*, January/February 2024 ["How Commerce Can Save the Climate, The Case for a Green Free Trade Agreement."](/file_url/206) *Foreign Affairs,* March/April 2023 (with Matthew J. Slaughter) "[The G20’s Role in Fostering Trade and Investment](/file_url/201)", *New Normal, New Technologies, New Financing,* *New Normal,* Edited by Lili Yan Ing and Dani Rodrik*,* Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, June 2022:64-75. "[The China Shock's Lessons for the Green Economy](/file_url/197)", *Foreign Affairs*, November 8, 2021 "[On the Persistence of the China Shock](/file_url/195)", *Brookings Papers on Economic Activity*, Fall 2021: 381 - 447 (with David Autor, David Dorn) "[Can Trade Work for Workers? The Right Way to Redress Harms and Redistribute Gains](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-04-20/can-trade-work-workers)" *Foreign Affairs*, 2021, 100(3) [Who Will Fill China's Shoes? the Global Evolution of Labor-Intensive Manufacturing](/file_url/187), *East Asian Economic Review*, 22(4), 2020: 313-336. [“Importing Political Polarization? The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure.”](/file_url/124) *American Economic Review, 2020,* 110(10):3139-83. [Online Appendix](/file_url/125) (with David Autor, David Dorn, and Kaveh Majlesi) [“Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation: Evidence from US Patents,”](/file_url/122) *American Economic Review Insights*, 2020, 2 (3): 357-74. [Online Appendix](/file_url/123) (with David Autor, David Dorn, Gary Pisano, and Pian Shu). ["When Work Disappears: Manufacturing Decline and the Falling Marriage-Market Value of Men,"](/file_url/128) *American Economic Review: Insights*, 2019, 1(2): 161–178, with David Autor and David Dorn. [“The China Shock: Learning about Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade,”](/file_url/134) *Annual Review of Economics*, 8, 2016: 205-240, with David Autor and David Dorn. [“Import Competition and the Great US Employment Sag of the 2000s,”](/file_url/131) *Journal of Labor Economics*, 34(S1, part 2), 2016: S141-S198, with Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, David Dorn, and Brendan Price. ["Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labor Markets,"](/file_url/132) *Economic Journa*l, 125(584), 2015: 621-646, with David Autor and David Dorn. ["Adjustment to Trade: Worker Level Evidence,"](/file_url/130) *Quarterly Journal of Economics*, 129(4), 2014: 1799-1860, with David Autor, David Dorn, and Jae Song. [Online Appendix](/file_url/172). [“Return of the Solow Paradox? IT, Productivity and Employment in U.S. Manufacturing.”](/file_url/133) *American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings*, 104(5), 2014: 394-399, with Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, David Dorn, and Brendan Price. ["The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States,"](/file_url/138) *American Economic Review*, 103(6), 2013: 2121-2168., with David Autor and David Dorn. [China Syndrome\_Theory Appendix](/file_url/135). ["The Geography of Trade and Technology Shocks in the United States."](/file_url/137) *American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings*, 103(3), 2013: 220-225, with David Autor and David Dorn. ["Exporting Christianity: Governance and Doctrine in the Globalization of US Denominations,"](/file_url/141) *Journal of International Economics*, 91(2), 2013: 301-320, with Chong Xiang. ["The Rise of Middle Kingdoms: Emerging Economies in Global Trade,"](/file_url/140) *Journal of Economic Perspectives*, 26(2), 2012, 41-64. ["Volatility due to Outsourcing: Theory and Evidence,"](/file_url/136) *Journal of International Economics*, 85(2), 2011: 163-173, with Paul Bergin and Robert Feenstra. ["Trade Barriers and Trade Flows with Product Heterogeneity: An Application to U.S. Motion Picture Exports,"](/file_url/139) *Journal of International Economics*, 83, 2011: 14-26, with Chong Xiang. ["Why Isn't Mexico Rich?"](/file_url/145) *Journal of Economic Literature*, December 48(4), 2010: 987-1004. ["Export-Led Growth v2.0"](/file_url/150), *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,"](/file_url/144) 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,"](/file_url/147) *American Economic Review*, September (2009): 1664-1671. (with Paul Bergin and Robert Feenstra) ["International Trade in Motion Picture Services,"](/file_url/148) 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,"](/file_url/149) 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,"](/file_url/142) *Review of Economics and Statistics*, November 2005: 664-678, with Raymond Mataloni and Matthew Slaughter. ["Ownership and Control in Outsourcing to China: Estimating the Property Rights Theory of the Firm,"](/file_url/152) *Quarterly Journal of Economics*, May 2005, 120(2): 729-762, with Robert Feenstra. Appendix. ["Intermediaries in Entrepôt Trade: Hong Kong Re-Exports of Chinese Goods,"](/file_url/143) *Journal of Economics and Management Strategy*, 13(2004): 3-36, with Robert Feenstra. ["Technology, Trade, and Adjustment to Immigration in Israel,"](/file_url/151) *European Economic Review*, 48(2004): 403-428, with Matthew Slaughter and Neil Gandal. ["What Has Happened to Wages in Mexico since NAFTA?"](/file_url/146) in Toni Estevadeordal, Dani Rodrick, Alan Taylor, Andres Velasco, eds., *FTAA and Beyond: Prospects for Integration in the Americas*, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004. ### International Migration expand\_more “[Immigration and Occupational Comparative Advantage](/file_url/207).” *Journal of International Economics*, 145 (2023) 103809. (with Chen Liu) ["International Migration and Human Rights,"](/file_url/156) in Katherine Hite and Mark Unger, eds., *Sustaining Human Rights in the Twenty-First Century*, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013, 245-266. ["Birthrates and Border Crossings: Latin American Migration to the US, Canada, Spain, and the UK,"](/file_url/155) *Economic Journal*, 122(562), 2012, 707–726, with Craig McIntosh. ["Income Maximization and the Selection and Sorting of International Migrants,"](/file_url/153) *Journal of Development Economics*, Journal of Development Economics, 95(1), 2011: 42-57, with Jeff Grogger. ["International Migration and Development,"](/file_url/154) 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,"](/file_url/159) in Dani Rodrik and Mark Rosenzweig, eds., *Handbook of Development Economics*, Vol. 5, Amsterdam: North Holland, 2010, 4363-4414. ["The Governance of Migration Policy,"](/file_url/157) *Journal of Human Development and Capabilities*, May 11(2), 2010: 185-208. ["The Economic Consequences of International Migration,"](/file_url/158) *Annual Review of Economics*, 1(2009): 179-208. ### U.S. Immigration expand\_more "[Community Partnership Visas How Immigration Can Boost Local Economies](https://gordonhanson.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum6571/files/2025-05/Hanson%2C%20Gordon%202025_CORE_Community-Partnership-Visas.pdf)", American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 2025. "[US Immigration from Latin America in Historical Perspective](/file_url/211)", *Journal of Economics Perspectives*, Winter 2023, 37(1): 199-222 (with Pia Orrenius and Madeline Zvavodny) “[Immigration and Occupational Comparative Advantage](/file_url/207).” *Journal of International Economics*, forthcoming. (with Chen Liu) [Immigration and Regional Specialization in AI](/file_url/192), NBER Working Paper 28671, in Lili Yan Ing and Gene Grossman, eds., *Robots and AI: A New Economic Era*, Routledge, 2022, 180-231. ["America Needs More Immigration to Defeat Inflation](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/america-needs-more-immigration-defeat-inflation)," *Foreign Affairs,* December 19, 2022. (with Matthew J. Slaughter) “[Deterring Illegal Entry: Migrant Sanctions and Recidivism in Border Apprehensions](/file_url/191),” *American Economic Journal: Economic Policy*, forthcoming. (with Samuel Bazzi, Sarah Burns, Bryan Roberts, and John Whitley) ["Tradability and the Labor-Market Impact of Immigration: Theory and Evidence from the U.S.,"](/file_url/189) *Econometrica*, 2020, 88(3): 1071-1112. (with Ariel Burstein, Lin Tian and Jonathan Vogel) [“The Rise and Fall of U.S. Low-Skilled Immigration,”](/file_url/170) *Brookings Papers on Economic Activity*, 2017, with Chen Liu and Craig McIntosh. [“High-Skilled Immigration and the Comparative Advantage of Foreign Born Workers across US Occupations,”](/file_url/163) in *High-Skilled Migration to the United States and its Economic Consequences*, University of Chicago Press, 2017, with Chen Liu. [“High-Skilled Immigration and the Rise of STEM Occupations in US Employment,”](/file_url/169) in *Education, Skills, and Technical Change: Implications for Future U.S. GDP Growth*, University of Chicago Press, 2016, with Matthew Slaughter. [“Is the Mediterranean the New Rio Grande? US and EU Immigration Pressures in the Long Run.”](/file_url/165) *Journal of Economic Perspectives*, 30(4), 2016: 1-25, with Craig McIntosh. ["Attracting Talent: Location Choices of Foreign Born PhDs in the US,"](/file_url/160) *Journal of Labor Economics*, 33(S1), 2015: S5-S38, with Jeffrey Grogger. ["Talent, Immigration, and U.S. Economic Competitiveness."](/file_url/166) *Compete America*, May 2013, with Matthew J. Slaughter. ["The Scale and Selectivity of Foreign Born PhD Recipients in the U.S."](/file_url/161) *American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings*, 103(3), 2013: 189-92, with Jeffrey Grogger. ["Substitution between Immigrants, Natives and Skill Groups,"](/file_url/167) *Journal of the European Economic Association*, 10(1), 2012, with George Borjas and Jeffrey Grogger. ["The Great Mexican Emigration,"](/file_url/168) *Review of Economics and Statistics*, November 92(4), 2010: 798-810, with Craig McIntosh. ["Future Directions for Research on Immigration,"](/file_url/171) *American Economic Association White Paper for Future Research in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences*, October 2010. ["Illegal Immigration: Considering the Costs and Benefits,"](/file_url/162) *The American: The Journal of the American Enterprise Institute*, October 1, 2010. ["Immigration and the Economic Status of African-American Men,"](/file_url/164) *Economica*, April 77(306), 2010: 255-282, with George Borjas and Jeff Grogger. ["The Economics and Policy of Illegal Immigration in the United States,"](/file_url/182) *Migration Policy Institute Report*, December 2009. ["The Demography of Mexican Migration to the US,"](/file_url/178) *American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings*, May 99(2009): 22–27. (with Craig McIntosh) ["Individual Preferences over High-Skilled Immigration in the United States,"](/file_url/179) 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) ["Public Finance and Individual Preferences over Globalization Strategies,"](/file_url/176) *Economics and Politics*, 19(2007): 1-33, with Kenneth Scheve and Matthew Slaughter. ["Emigration, Remittances, and Labor Force Participation in Mexico,"](/file_url/177) *Integration and Trade Journal*, 27(2007): 73-103. ["The Economic Logic of Illegal Immigration,"](/file_url/174) *Council Special Report No. 26, Council on Foreign Relations*, April 2007. ["Emigration, Labor Supply and Earnings in Mexico,"](/file_url/177) 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,"](/file_url/175) *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,"](/file_url/173) *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,”](/file_url/181) Washington DC: *Institute for International Economics*, 2005. ["Challenges for US Immigration Policy,"](/file_url/180) 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. ### Urban and Regional Economies expand\_more [Workforce Development for the Developing World](https://gordonhanson.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum6571/files/2026-07/Hanson%2C%20Gordon%20Workforce%20Development%20CID%20paper.pdf), Center for International Development, Harvard Kennedy School, July 2026 [The Global Economic Transformation Will Be Local](https://www-project-syndicate-org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/commentary/global-economic-transformation-must-be-locally-led-by-gordon-hanson-et-al-2026-01), Project Syndicate (Dani Rodrik and Rohan Sandhu), January 6, 2026 [Local Energy Access and Industry Specialization: Evidence from World War II Emergency Pipelines](https://gordonhanson.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum6571/files/2025-04/Hanson%20Gordon%20LOCAL%20ENERGY%20ACCESS%20AND%20INDUSTRY%20SPECIALIZATION.pdf) *Journal of Economic History*, forthcoming. (with Jacob Greenspon) [Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone? Changes in the Geography of Work in the US, 1980-2021](https://gordonhanson.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum6571/files/2025-05/Hanson%2C%20Gordon%20Where%20Have%20all%20the%20Good%20Jobs%20Gone.pdf), *Handbook of Urban and Regional Economics*, forthcoming. (with Enrico Moretti) "[Using Satellite Imagery to Measure the Impacts of New Highways: An Application to India](https://gordonhanson.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum6571/files/2025-12/Hanson%2C%20Gordon%20Using%20Satellite%20Imagery%20to%20Measure%20the%20Impacts%20of%20New%20Highways.pdf)" Journal of International Economics, forthcoming (with Kathryn Baragwanath Amit Khandelwal, Chen Liu and Gogeun Park) "[Local Labor Market Impacts of the Energy Transition: Prospects and Policies](/file_url/203)" *Economic Policy in a More Uncertain World*, 2023, Aspen Institute. “[Using Neural Networks to Predict Micro-Spatial Economic Growth](/file_url/202),” *American Economic Review: Insights,* 2022, 4(4): 491–506. (with Arman Khachiyan, Anthony Thomas, Huye Zhou, Alex Cloninger, Tajana Rosing, Amit Khandelwal) [“Detecting Urban Markets with Satellite Imagery: An Application to India,”](/file_url/198) *Journal of Urban Economics*, 2021, 125 (103173), (with Kathryn Baragwanath, Ran Goldblatt, Amit Khandelwal) [“Utilizing Publicly Available Satellite Data for Urban Research: Mapping Built-up Land Cover and Land Use in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam,”](https://www.dropbox.com/s/qoryek48dobtevj/DEVENG_2017_83_Online.pdf?dl=0) *Development Engineering*, 2018, 3: 83-99. with Klaus Deininger and Ran Goldblatt. ["Using Landsat and Nighttime Lights to Map Urban Land Cover: A Novel Approach for Supervised Pixel-Based Image Classification,”](/file_url/183) *Remote Sensing and the Environment*, forthcoming. (with Ran Goldblatt, Michelle Stuhlmacher, Beth Tellman, Nicholas Clinton, Matei Georgescu, and Amit K. Khandelwal). [“Detecting the Boundaries of Urban Areas in India: A Dataset for Pixel-Based Image Classification in Google Earth Engine,”](/file_url/186) *Remote Sensing*, 2016 (8)8, 634, with Ran Goldblatt, Amit Khandelwal, and Wei You. ["Market Potential, Increasing Returns, and Geographic Concentration,"](/file_url/185) *Journal of International Economies*, September 2005, 67(1): 1-24. ["The Home Market Effect and Bilateral Trade Patterns,"](/file_url/184) *American Economic Review,* September 2004, 94: 1108-1129, with Chong Xiang. ## Book Publications [Books](/publications)