Gastón P. Fernández

PhD candidate in Economics @LeuvenEconomics | Visited @TilburgEOR | Labor & Demographic - Family Economics - Innovation & Technological Change

[Gastón P. Fernández @GastFernandezB]

Hi #EconJobMarket

🚨Job Market Paper alert🚨

"Parental personality and child skills formation"

❓How does parental personality affect the development of a child's skills over the life cycle?

JMP: https://t.co/3Di7ZIj0Vm
Website: https://t.co/o8q3XstPpw

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@c_decanniere @GGoeyvaerts @honghao_zzz @philipp_ludwig_ Gastón P. Fernández - Labor and Demographic Economics, Family Economics, Innovation and Technological Change

In this video, @GastFernandezB highlights his Job Market Paper and its key insights. Curious? Explore the full thread for more details.
https://t.co/EbTPtmqBMN

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Check out this terrific @RussellSageFdn journal issue on the impacts of disruptive events on children--thanks to @JennieBrand1 @jasonmfletcher @florenciatorche for giving us a chance to be part of such an important conversation with a brilliant group of scholars! @NWPapageorge
https://t.co/kJHkxZ9y3Q

[Economics KU Leuven @LeuvenEconomics]

In this thread, #EconJobMarket candidate Gastón P. Fernández is presenting his job market paper: 'Parental Personality and Child Skills Formation'.

Discover Gastón's work and learn more about the talented @KU_Leuven job market candidates here: https://t.co/JbCtvV3yPe.

[Charlotte De Cannière @c_decanniere]

🚨 Job Market Paper Alert🚨

What happens when OPEC’s market power meets climate policies? 🌍💡

Check out my JMP ‘Pump it? Market Power and the Energy Transition in the Global Oil Market’ 🧵 (1/10)

Website: https://t.co/nkSWkOffTx
Paper: https://t.co/Vs1USAHnCg

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🚨Job market paper🚨
Container ships are vital for global trade & large emitters of CO2. What happens when we tax their emissions? Check out my JMP:
Can Unilateral Policy Decarbonize Maritime Trade?
Paper: https://t.co/l9xuRHVZdf
Website: https://t.co/PxrV45mqfe
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[Gastón P. Fernández @GastFernandezB]

Takeaways
➡ Improve #parenting interactions can be quite effective in equalizing opportunities for children 📈
➡️Especially if parents have personalities that lead to less productive parenting
➡️Relying only on money can have adverse effects 📉

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[Gastón P. Fernández @GastFernandezB]

Hi #EconJobMarket

🚨Job Market Paper alert🚨

"Parental personality and child skills formation"

❓How does parental personality affect the development of a child's skills over the life cycle?

JMP: https://t.co/3Di7ZIj0Vm
Website: https://t.co/o8q3XstPpw

1/10
#EconTwitter

[Gastón P. Fernández @GastFernandezB]

Counterfactual simulations also suggest
3⃣ Cash transfers to households can have adverse distributional effects on children of emotionally vulnerable parents

Why❓because stable and vulnerable parents respond very differently to additional resources

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