Jose P. Vasquez is an Assistant Professor in the Management Department of the London School of Economics. Jose's main work is at the intersection of international trade and labour economics. In particular, his research studies the effects that trade, FDI, and other forms of globalisation have on both workers and firms. Before joining the LSE, Jose was a Postdoctoral Associate at Princeton University. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley, an MA in Economics from CEMFI, and a BA in Economics from the University of Costa Rica. He also worked as a researcher at the Central Bank of Costa Rica.
Current areas of research include:
International trade: multinational corporations; supply chains; globalisation
Labour economics: unemployment; informality; wage-setting; working conditions
Economic geography
VoxEU Column
Responsible sourcing: Theory and evidence from Costa Rica
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- Development 
- International trade 
- Labour Markets
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Trade with nominal rigidities: Understanding the unemployment and welfare effects of the China shock
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- Labour Markets 
- International trade