Browsing by Author "Haveman, Jon D."

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    The effect of U.S.trade laws on poverty in America
    (Institute of Public Policy studies , Michigan, 1991-06) Deardorff, Alan V.; Haveman, Jon D.
    This study examines the relationship between the application of United states trade laws, on the one hand and the distribution of income and levels of poverty in America, on the other. The use of U.S. trade laws in recent years has taken the form of ''administered protection'' whereby industries are able to seek protection from imports on the grounds that they are being injured by imports or that they are subject to unfair competition from abroad. This study draws upon a trade action inventory that has been compiled on the actions that sought protection and whether they received it. By comparing the experiences of these industries under the trade laws with the poverty rates, wage levels, and rates of unemployment that are associated with these industries or the regions in which they operate, this study seeks to determine whether this protection has served to alleviate or to exacerbate poverty. The paper concludes that there is a bias inherent in the application for and administration of administered protection that tends towards increasing the incidence of poverty.
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    Sectoral effects of reductions in NATO military expenditures in the major industrialized and developing countries
    (Institute of Public Policy studies , Michigan, 1992-01) Haveman, Jon D.; Deardorff, Alan V.; Stern, Robert M.
    We use the Michigan model of world production and trade to assess the sectoral effects of: (1) a 25% unilateral reduction of military expenditures in the individual NATO countries and (2)a 25% multilateral reduction of military expenditures in all of the NATO countries combined. Our principal findings suggest that the overall effects of the unilateral and multilateral reductions are not substantial and that the results of the two reductions are qualitatively similar. The sectoral results, which are also broadly similar in the two experiments, suggest that sectoral such as metal products, durable goods, and community, social and personal services might be in need of transitional adjustment assistance for displaced workers in the event that the reductions in military expenditures would in fact be carried out.