The Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy is pleased to announce the winners of our 2005 Individual Research Award competition. Each project pursues important research into globalization and the international economy. Each award also supports graduate training in this area at UW-Madison.
 
Vietnam: Effects of Globalization and Policy Reforms on Poverty and Economic Welfare
Ian Coxhead, Agricultural and Applied Economics, Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Professor Coxhead addresses the economic consequences of globalization, especially the increased exposure of developing economies to international trade and to investment flows. He will develop a national-scale general equilibrium model of the Vietnamese economy to study possible economic and welfare outcomes under a range of global trade shocks and domestic reforms.

Globalization and Segmented Labor Markets in Wood and Paper Industries
Marlene A. Lee, Rural Sociology
 
Professor Lee assesses the extent to which relative globalization of industry segment is associated with changes in the rates at which different kinds of workers are used in the wood and paper industries. Her work will contribute to our understanding of globalization’s impact on skilled, semi-skilled, and unskilled workers, as well as women and minority workers in Wisconsin and  across the United States.

Legalism, Regionalism, and the Structure of International Institutions
Jon Pevehouse, Political Science

Professor Pevehouse investigates what factors lead states to adopt particular legal structures when designing regional trade agreements. Understanding why states choose specific dispute settlement procedures will shed light on the  success or failure of these trade treaties.

The WTO and India: Private Interests, Public Purpose, and Global Linkages
Aseema Sinha, Political Science

Professor Sinha analyzes the mechanisms through which international institutions affect trade politics in India. In particular, she examines how India’s participation in the GATT and WTO negotiations has impacted state institutions and policies governing trade, and business mobilization in different sectors.

Global Competition and Wisconsin’s Manufacturers
Leann M. Tigges, Rural Sociology

Professor Tigges asks how the increasingly competitive nature of the global economy affects Wisconsin manufacturers. She will complete a plant-level panel dataset to investigate how changes in global competition alter firm behavior toward its workforce and its recruitment and utilization of workers.