Join the Department of Economics for the Samuel M. Levin Economics Lecture, featuring a timely discussion on labor market responses to tariffs. This talk explores how recent tariff increases shape wages, employment and regional inequality, with a focus on the role of labor-market frictions and slow economic adjustment.

Drawing on recent theoretical and empirical research, the lecture highlights how trade shocks can create concentrated and lasting disruptions for workers and communities. It also examines policy approaches that can help ease these transitions and support more resilient labor markets.

About Rafael Dix-Carneiro

Dr. Rafael Dix-Carneiro is a professor of economics at Duke University and a research associate at the NBER. His research focuses on how international trade impacts labor markets, development and economic adjustment. He currently serves as an associate editor for the “Journal of International Economics and Quantitative Economics.”

The annual Levin Lecture is presented in honor of Professor Samuel M. Levin.