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Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

guys there are some cool #NBERday papers today We'll start with a theoretical paper.Q: What causes polarization?A: Not fake news. Not media bias. *Volume of information* and basic information sorting

Zach Ward

EconZach

As an economic historian, I can’t help but think about the incredible persistence of racial disparities. But I am hopeful that recent events will lead to a turning point. To

Zeke Hernandez

profzeke

Thread on how we collectively frame #immigrants as economic actors. Main point: they are NOT substitutes for native workers, and they are not *just* labor/workers. Now for the longer explanation...

Omnipotent Moral Busybody

OBusybody

1/13 Universal lockdowns are bad policyHere are 12 articles, since April, that provide a sample of the evidence available, indicating lockdowns are not a key intervention in preventing the harms

SWOP Tampa Bay

SWOPTampa

Its easier to believe fear mongering than it is facts, we understand. But again, google, its free. I promise. The facts are not nearly as scary as the boogy man

David Autor

davidautor

New working paper! Joint with Daron Acemoglu, @JADHazell and @pascualrpo. "AI and Jobs: Evidence from Online Vacancies" https://tinyurl.com/y2zgjusj . (1/7) What are the effects of AI on labor markets? Our bottom

Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH

RRHDr

Today, a study conducted by myself, @Fixed_Effects, @aaronsojourner & @LauraHuangLA published in @PNASNews: https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/08/12/1913405117/tab-figures-data Cc:@KatherineJWu @ByNinaMartin @PublicHealthUMN @UMNew

Luca Fornaro

LucaFornaro3

A thread on the euro and on its impact on welfare. Perhaps the most visible consequence of the euro has been a huge increase in capital mobility and financial integration

Jack Salmon

_JackSalmon_

With a Keynesian in the treasury, the “debt and deficits don’t matter” crowd are seemingly excited about pushing our national debt to record levels and beyond. This is an oversized

Atheendar Venkataramani

atheendar

New @UWMadisonCFS working paper from our @OppforHealthLab team (Lizzie Bair, @RourkeOBrien, me) on the impacts of labor market #automation on #disability insurance applications and #mortality among working age adults.https://cfsrdrc.wisc.ed

Trevon D Logan

TrevonDLogan

Today @nhannahjones has a beautiful article on Reparations ('It Is Time for Reparations’) in @NYTmag @nytimes. I want to highlight an important part of the historical Reparations story that is

Jialan Wang

jialanw

NEW PAPER ALERTBankruptcy and the COVID-19 Crisis with Jeyul Yang + @profiverson + @ray_kluender TLDR: Household and SME bankruptcies since mid-March, reversing the historical relationship between bankruptcy and unemployment

Salim Furth

salimfurth

The #EvictionTsunami hype is getting even louder. Before making policy, we need a sober understanding of what's really going on in housing markets. Spoiler: it probably won't be an eviction

Daniel P. Gross

dgross03

New paper: "Automation and the Fate of Young Workers: Evidence from the Automation of Telephone Operation in the Early 20th Century" joint with @jamesfeigenbaum, available at https://www.nber.org/papers/w28061 . TLDR: skip to

Hugh Whelan

whelanh1

Thanks to @FrankfurtZack , I became aware of the US monthly mortality data available via NBER. It only starts in 1959, so we miss the '57/'58 pandemic. But '68 -

G.C. Pieters, PhD

ProfPieters

To students considering an Econ PhD: this is why the PhD program rank matters. It shouldn't, but it does.Departments *will not* hire you if your degree is from the "wrong

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