Pamela Medina

Assistant Professor, Department of Management, University of Toronto Scarborough and Rotman School of Management

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Pamela Medina is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at University of Toronto Scarborough and the Rotman School of Management. Her research focuses on how factor-market distortions shape firms’ decisions to produce and trade, and what are the implications of these distortions for growth and the effectiveness of industrial and trade policies, especially in developing and emerging economies. Pamela holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Duke University.

Recent work by Pamela Medina

How the wage-setting power of firms shapes Peru’s economy

Labour market power hinders development by suppressing wage employment and also fostering a dependence on self-employment that undermines the effectiveness of policies aiming to boost wages and wage employment

Firms

Francesco Amodio Pamela Medina Monica Morlacco

Published 02.01.24

The gendered effects of import competition in Peru

Chinese import competition in Peru had adverse effects on employment in the short term, which dissipates for men, but is long-lasting for low-educated women in the tradable sector

Firms

Hani Mansour Pamela Medina Andrea Velásquez

Published 10.10.23

How import competition can increase quality upgrading and exporting: Evidence from Peru

Trade-induced competition on final goods drove firms in the Peruvian apparel industry to upgrade the quality of their products and export more

Firms

Pamela Medina

Published 30.01.23

Pamela Medina

Recent work by Pamela Medina

How the wage-setting power of firms shapes Peru’s economy

The gendered effects of import competition in Peru

How import competition can increase quality upgrading and exporting: Evidence from Peru