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Flavio Toxvaerd

toxvaerd1

In discussing control measures, many people think in terms of intratemporal tradeoffs (health vs wealth), while most economists think also about the intertemporal tradeoffs (health AND wealth today vs health

Peter Ganong

p_ganong

Long-term unemployment and repeat unemployment have soaredMy biggest concern about the American Rescue Plan is that it lacks funding to help hardest hit from pandemic get back to workBelow, I

Flavio Toxvaerd

toxvaerd1

The UK government is flying blind, introducing policies without proper prior assessment of their likely impact on the epidemic or the economy. This is now completely clear. Below I'll go

Nico Lacetera

NicoLacetera

Interested in pursuing #doctoral studies to understand the working of #organizations, their economic #performance, and their #social #impact? You should apply to the #PhD #Program in #Strategic #Management at the

Zachary Bleemer

zbleemer

New (job market) paper: Quasi-experimental and structural analysis of novel administrative data shows that broadening public university access for lower-testing students can promote economic mobility without efficiency losses. A thread.

TJ Hedin

TJ_Hedin

New @CAPolicyLab Report: Me, @TillvonWachter, @alexbellecon & Geoff Schnorr are back with a new analysis of UI claimants in California.A few takeaways to share, starting with the most dire:Winter is

Kelly Hyde

kellydhyde

Explainerfor our (@Osea82, @silvia_saccardo, @SallySadoff, and me) work on lifestyle disruptions and mental health during COVID-19, out yesterday in @PNASNews (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2016632118)#EconTwitter #mentalhealth #covid19 #hea

F a n t a T r a o r e

TheFantaTraore

A quick thread for #EconTwitter enabling DEI given @jeannasmialek's latest piece. I was one of the few Black RAs at the DC Fed, and the experience at first was very

Anna Gifty is on IG and says #SACE2021

itsafronomics

As you all know, I write A LOT (for different magazines and media outlets) on everything from economics to STEM to structural racism in those spaces.Inspired by the lovely @taylorcrumpton,

Jesse Anttila-Hughes

jesseXjesse

.@rebaker64 and I have a new paper, "Characterizing the contribution of high temperatures to child undernourishment in Sub-Saharan Africa" out in @scireports last week. Here's a brief summary for #ClimateTwitter

Sanjana Kadyan

KadyanSanjana

Third edition of our Macroeconomics of COVID in India weekly series with @tulsipriya_rk #EconTwitter Macro of Covid needs an unusual federal perspective since our urban areas( growth engines) are Covid

Stephanie Owen

steph_r_owen

Hi #EconTwitter, time for a job market thread! I’m a PhD candidate in economics & public policy at @UMichEcon & @fordschool. I’m interested in understanding educational inequality along various dimensions,

Flavio Toxvaerd

toxvaerd1

Should we pay people for getting infected? Should we increase fines for rule breakers? Incentives are key for controlling epidemic & getting it wrong can backfire. So far, the government

David Wilcox

D_W_Wilcox

The FOMC has put yield curve control (YCC) on the back burner. That's one key message from the July Minutes released yesterday. The Minutes cited three main reasons why most

Martin E. Andresen

eckhoffandresen

New paper in The Econometrics Journal with @MHuberEcon: “Instrument-based estimation with binarized treatments: Issues and tests for the exclusion restriction”! We explore identifying assumptions and testable implications with IV when

Michael F. Pesko

mikepesko

New paper with @JCMecon and @Courtemanche_CJ published in Journal of Risk & Uncertainty.We find that #ecig taxes adult ecig use and adult cigarette use. Cigarette taxes have symmetrical

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