The Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program offers undergraduate students the unique opportunity to directly engage with some of the Country's greatest minds! The Lambda of Texas Chapter at Texas Tech University has been fortunate to host a number of Visiting Scholars. Learn more about the PBK Visiting Scholars Program.

Fall 2022 Visiting Scholar: Nina Pavcnik, Ph.D.

Nina Pavcnik is Niehaus Family Professor in International Studies and Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College.

Professor Pavcnik's research examines how international trade affects the lives of workers, families, and children, with implications for inequality and poverty in lower income countries. She also studies how companies respond to the challenges and opportunities of globalization. Pavcnik is current editor of the World Bank Economic Reviewand and co-editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives. She is past co-editor of the Journal of Development Economics and Journal of International Economics. She has been a consultant on global trade to the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, United Nations, and the U.S. Department of Labor. At Dartmouth, she served as Chair of the Department of Economics and received Dean of Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentoring and Advising. She is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. A native of Slovenia, Pavcnik received a B.A. in Economics from Yale University and earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University.

Source: PBK Visiting Scholar Profile

Public Keynote Talk

How globalization shapes inequality: Lessons from 40 years of trade liberalizations
Income inequality has increased in most developed and developing countries since the 1980s. Was increased international trade between rich and emerging economies the main culprit? This lecture will draw on empirical evidence from a wide range of countries to discuss how trade liberalizations implemented since the 1980s shaped inequality within countries.

5:00 PM, Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Agriculture Education Building (map), Room 102
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79401

Public Keynote Talk

How globalization shapes inequality: Lessons from 40 years of trade liberalizations
5:00 PM, Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Agriculture Education Building (map), Room 102
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409

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