ECON 1086 University of Manchester International Trade Paper

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International Trade (2150)
Course Name: International Trade
Course Code: ECON1086
Assessment: Assignment 2: Body of the Report
Weight: 30%
Due date: FRIDAY OCTOBER 1 AT MIDNIGHT
Feedback mode: ONLINE
Learning Objectives Assessed:
Understand how to merge data from various sources,
undertake policy analysis, and generate policy briefs.
This assessment is linked to the following Course
Learning Objectives (CLOs):
• Manipulate economic models to analyse real world
issues in international trade.
• Analyse the fundamental determinants of the size
and pattern of trade to verify its determinants and
its effects on the wider economy/welfare.
• Compare and contrast economic and political
conditions in poor and rich countries to critically
assess the incentives and consequences of trade
liberalisation globally.
• Assess the impact of protectionist policies on the
welfare in rich and poor countries to decrypt the
political economy of trade reform.
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International Trade (2150)
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Background:
In the first assignment you motivated a story about
comparative advantage. In this section you will talk
about trade and inequality. You will then address the
relationship between comparative advantage and
inequality in a short conclusion.
To answer the assignment questions first get the
data follow these steps.
1. This assignment requires you to obtain data from one
country (1) of your choosing.
2. Obtain country-level data on trade (% GDP) from the
World Bank’s World Development Indicators
(http://databank.worldbank.org/data/source/world-
development indicators).
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International Trade (2150)
To answer the assignment questions first get the
data follow these steps.
1. This assignment requires you to obtain data from one
country (1) of your choosing.
2. Obtain country-level data on trade (% GDP) from the
World Bank’s World Development Indicators
(http://databank.worldbank.org/data/source/world-
development indicators).
3. Obtain data on industrial pay inequality difference from
UTIP-UNIDO (http://utip.gov.utexas.edu/datasets.html).
4. DO NOT attach Excel files to the assignment.
5. Keep explanations brief. Policy analysis in applied
economics has to be brief. Be precise and to the point,
avoid jargon.
Assignment 2: Analytical background
of the report
(30% of your final grade)
*** Follow the instructions above on how to get the data.
*** See Chapter 6 and/or Lecture 6 notes for references.
1. Using data plot openness versus Industrial Pay
Inequality (from UTIP-UNIDO) for the nation. IT’S UP TO
YOU TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS. (10 marks)
2. Calculate the correlation (using excel between
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of the report
(30% of your final grade)
*** Follow the instructions above on how to get the data.
See Chapter 6 and/or Lecture 6 notes for references.
***
1. Using data plot openness versus Industrial Pay
Inequality (from UTIP-UNIDO) for the nation. IT’S UP TO
YOU TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS. (10 marks)
2. Calculate the correlation (using excel) between
openness and Industrial Pay Inequality (from UTIP-
UNIDO) for the nation. Report and interpret this
relationship in approximately 300 words. (Hint:
Correlation can be calculated using the CORREL
function: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/correl-
function-995dcef7-0c0a-4bed-a3fb-239d7b68ca92. The
Theil Index is used as a proxy for the ratio of skilled to
unskilled wages in empirical studies]. DO NOT ATTACH
YOUR DATA TO THE ASSIGNMENT. (8 marks)
3. Explain carefully in approximately 500 words whether
your data agrees or disagrees with the Stolper-
Samuelson Theorem. (Remember to accurately define
the theorem and discuss how it applies to your country).
(6 marks)
4. Conclusion: In 200 words explain how comparative
advantage is linked to inequality in the country that
you’re studying? (6 marks).
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