#NBER

Lau

laulauliti

"Les mesures protectionnistes prises pendant les années 1930 ont aggravé la crise". Ce poncif qu'utilisent les libre-échangistes est, encore une fois, un joli mythe. Petit fil Comme le montre

Noam Scheiber

noamscheiber

I wrote a story for the NYT Magazine this week about Biden’s radical ideas for transforming the economy once the pandemic is over--by spending well over $1 trillion to turbo-charge

Josh Ng-Kamstra MDCM, MPH

JoshNgKamstra

Being ambitious doesn’t mean we can’t be smart. The notion of #COVIDzero isn’t so much about following any other country’s model (Melbourne’s is only one way). To get to zero,

Akil Bello

akilbello

The constant implication in the term "learning loss" that a 1 year disruption/slowdown in learning can never be made up is really really odd to me. This paper explicitly says

Laura Karpuska

laukarpuska

What type of spending rules can better overcome legislative inefficiencies? @mazzimon77, @gp_mihalache and I study two types of spending rules, one that makes it mandatory the provision of public goods

Dr. Peter Q. Blair

pqblair

30 million U.S. workers without degrees have the skills to move into new jobs that pay 70 percent more on average. A thread highlighting the @nytimes article by @SteveLohr https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/technology/work-skills-upward-mob

Martin Haus

MartinHaus93

This is a good example of why talking about RCT results is often problematic.Summary here: "participation did not work, NGO program did". But is that so?https://twitter.com/rglenner/status/1361023351616077826 Let us take a

Thomas PHILIPPON

ThomasPHI2

(1/) A thread on the FTC lawsuit against Facebook, and the DOJ's lawsuit against Google.First, it is long overdue. Second, it's a good thing that it starts under a Republican

David Cutler

Cutler_econ

I have a new working paper out with @ermeara and Susan Stewart. I learned a lot from it, so I thought I would share. Warning: Geeking to come.https://www.nber.org/papers/w27974?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6 The

Caitlin Carroll

c_e_carroll

Looking for a break from the news? Read our *New Working Paper*“How do Physicians Respond to Malpractice Allegations? Evidence from Florida Emergency Departments”joint with @cutler_econ and @AnupamBJena@nberpubs WP out todayhttps://www.

John B. Holbein

JohnHolbein1

Does raising the minimum wage reduce the number of low-wage jobs?No."We also find no evidence of disemployment when we consider higher levels of minimum wages."https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/134/3/1405/5484905 Minimum wage i

Bill Kerr

william_r_kerr

LOVE this paper (https://www.nber.org/papers/w28061 ) by @jamesfeigenbaum & Dan Gross. How does automation impact jobs? F&G study when telephone operators were replaced by mechanical switches. This was BIG: # of phone

Anna Stansbury

annastansbury

Labor folks! Anna Sokolova and Todd Sorensen's fantastic meta-analysis of monopsony is now out in @ILRReview. Want a summary of what the empirical lit says about the elasticity of labor

Molly Kinder

MollyKinder

Timely new @nberpubs working paper from @HummySong @McKennaEcon @angela_t_chen @GuyDavid_HE @asmithmc.Finds #EssentialWorkers =55% more likely to be COVID19 + than non-essential.Dependents in same HH have 17% higher likelihood.https://www.n

Moritz Poll

MoritzPoll

A few key take-aways while @susan_athey presents.- Adaptive experiments (changing the design as you go) might be a great option for piloting studies.- In full-scale studies this is much trickier,

Robin Wigglesworth

RobinWigg

*The machines are listening.* Executives are now engaged in a cat and mouse game with AI-powered trading algorithms, and constantly changing how they talk to avoid negative words, phrases and

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