Brandon Enriquez, UMD Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
| When |
Mar 09, 2026
from 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM |
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| Where | 2208 LeFrak / Online |
| Contact Name | Jennifer Doiron |
| Contact Phone | 301-405-6403 |
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About the Presentation
We study whether the Japanese trade shock had racially disparate effects, and if so, what role disparate occupational exposure played in driving disparate effects. Using detailed establishment-level data and a shift-share instrumental variables design, we find that the shock caused substantial decreases in overall manufacturing employment and in Black manufacturing operator employment. We find that two-thirds of the decrease in Black operator employment (relative to that of white operators) was due to disparate occupational exposure. Disparate exposure was associated with local anti-Black prejudice. The Japan shock decreased Black income in affected areas, and had persistent effects on Black poverty and joblessness. Taken together, these results show that aggregate sector-level trade shocks can hit minority workers particularly hard when they are concentrated in exposed occupations.
About the Speaker
Dr. Enriquez was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Bureau of Economics Research and earned his PhD from MIT in Economics. He joined the University of Maryland Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics in Fall 2025. He is a labor economist with a research focus on the causes and consequences of racial inequality.
Seminar Format
Location IN PERSON: 2208 LeFrak Hall. We are requesting advanced registration so that we can track capacity. Please use this link to RSVP for in-person attendance.
Location ONLINE VIA ZOOM: Zoom Registration Link. Upon registration, you will receive an automatically generated email with the direct link for the seminar.
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