James Harrigan is a Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Virginia and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). During the 2018-2019 academic year, he was a Visiting Professor at the Paris School of Economics. He conducts research on economic inequality, international trade, and economic geography.
Mr. Harrigan joined the University of Virginia in 2008. Before that, he was an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for twelve years. He has also taught at Sciences Po in Paris, Columbia University and the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Harrigan has published many articles in leading scholarly journals, and is a former Co-Editor of The Journal of International Economics.

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Techies and firm-level productivity
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- Labour Markets 
- Productivity and Innovation

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Techies, trade, and skill-biased productivity
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- Industrial organisation 
- Labour Markets 
- Productivity and Innovation

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The March of the Techies: Technology, trade, and job polarisation in France
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- Labour Markets 
- Productivity and Innovation