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January 17, 2017

David Gomtsyan on how the container revolution changed the economies of port cities

An interview at the 2017 AEA poster session

David Gomtsyan is a doctoral student at Turin University. He sat down with the AEA to talk about what happened to port cities when industrial shipping containers that reduced the need for manual labor appeared on the scene starting in the 1960s.

Rise of the Machines: Evidence from the Container Revolution

Trade economists have documented that the invention of the international shipping container had dramatic impact on the volumes of international trade. The container revolution also had important implications for labor markets in port cities. The process of moving goods in . . .

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