MEBDI (Minnesota Economics Big Data Institute)

The official twitter account of Minnesota Economics Big Data Institute (MEBDI).
New Insights from Big Data under the guidance of Economic Principles.

[MEBDI (Minnesota Economics Big Data Institute) @Mebdi8]

MEBDI is looking to connect with economists who work with big data and/or use machine learning tools in their research. If this is you, please follow us so we can be in touch.
Please RT so we can reach as many researchers as possible Thanks! #econtwitter #bigdata #mebdi

[SED Meeting @SEDmeeting]

You can now submit your paper to our first winter meeting happening in Buenos Aires, December 12th to the 14th, 2024.

The deadline for submissions is September 3rd, 2024: https://t.co/wqBDwQSy8Y

Sebastian Di Tella and Mike Waugh,
Program Co-chairs

[MEBDI (Minnesota Economics Big Data Institute) @Mebdi8]

We have updated MEBDI's website. Check it out!

https://t.co/14oMu0Odc7

#econtwitter

[grid-database @GRIDdatabase]

Reminder -- GRID conference on Global Trends in Inequality: Myths vs Facts is on tomorrow in Barcelona!

[Barcelona School of Economics @bse_barcelona]

The GRID conference on “Global Trends in Inequality: Myths vs. Facts” will be happening in parallel with the 2024 BSE Summer Forum. Check the program here: https://t.co/B9lSzdLlro

@mebdi8 @princeton @stanford @bse_barcelona #bseforum

[Gianluca Violante @glviolante]

Register here for this workshop I have organized with @fatihguvenen and @PistaferriLuigi. It includes a panel discussion on "Income Inequality: Measurement, Causes and Policy Response" with @R_Blundell_UCL @wwwojtekk and @stescarpetta

https://t.co/9SIVbu1Oxv

[MEBDI (Minnesota Economics Big Data Institute) @Mebdi8]

‼️ CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT 📢📣 📢

JOIN US for the "GRID Conference on Trends in Inequality", co-organized by MEBDI, in Barcelona on June 26, 2024 (one day before @SEDmeeting Conference begins)

Register at the link below to attend!

@griddatabase @SEDmeeting #econtwitter

[Gianluca Violante @glviolante]

Register here for this workshop I have organized with @fatihguvenen and @PistaferriLuigi. It includes a panel discussion on "Income Inequality: Measurement, Causes and Policy Response" with @R_Blundell_UCL @wwwojtekk and @stescarpetta

https://t.co/9SIVbu1Oxv

[MEBDI (Minnesota Economics Big Data Institute) @Mebdi8]

MEBDI will launch a new initiative focusing on the economies of Muslim-majority countries (MENA + TUR, IRA, PAK, AFG, INDO, BNG, etc). If you do research in this area, please DM or follow, and we will get in touch.

Please RT to spread the word. Thanks!

@OIC_OCI #EconTwitter

[Becker Friedman Institute for Economics @BeckerFriedman]

We are excited to announce that @UChi_Economics’ Michael Greenstone has been appointed the inaugural leader of UChicago’s new Climate and Energy Institute, and Erik Hurst (@UChi_Economics) has been appointed director of BFI!

https://t.co/eGzHmR8AE5

[Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute @HellerHurwicz]

Be sure to check out @umncla's recent feature on @Mebdi8. As @fatihguvenen puts it, “income inequality can vary remarkably around the world, and the world is not just the United States.” 🌎
https://t.co/cSwkNeqXbQ

[Simon Mongey @Simon_Mongey]

@LisaCamnerMcKay and @JeffHorwich provide an incredible and readable summary of papers presented at the recent @MinneapolisFed / @Mebdi8 minimum wage conference, including our paper finding small efficiency gains of minimum wages from addressing monopsony power in labor markets.

[Heller-Hurwicz Economics Institute @HellerHurwicz]

After yesterday's minimum wage conference we're excited to launch episode 5 of the Office Hours pod today, which features @fatihguvenen on income inequality. Listen here: https://t.co/kDfTXD2gKV

[Justin C. Wiltshire @JCWetCoast]

Excited to be heading to MSP today to discuss our #minimumwage paper!

[MEBDI (Minnesota Economics Big Data Institute) @Mebdi8]

CONFERENCE ALERT!

MEBDI Minimum Wage Conference

is taking place next Tuesday (May 9) in Minneapolis. All-star line-up of economists will present latest research on minimum wage.

If you are a local & would like to attend, send us a DM.

https://t.co/14oMu0NFmz #econtwitter

[MEBDI (Minnesota Economics Big Data Institute) @Mebdi8]

CONFERENCE ALERT!

MEBDI Minimum Wage Conference

is taking place next Tuesday (May 9) in Minneapolis. All-star line-up of economists will present latest research on minimum wage.

If you are a local & would like to attend, send us a DM.

https://t.co/14oMu0NFmz #econtwitter

[Oksana Leukhina @oksana_leukhina]

Call for papers alert! Please submit to Human Capital in Macro, this year co-sponsored by LAEF (at UC Santa Barbara) and ⁦⁦@STLFedResearch⁩. Please share w/ your colleagues. #econtwitter

[Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth]

Happening TODAY 🗓️ @fatihguvenen, @PistaferriLuigi, and @glviolante are all joining us at 2 p.m. EST to give an introduction to accessing and using statistics from their new open-access, cross-country database.

Register to get on the GRID: https://t.co/cwscL9pjl1

[SED Meeting @SEDmeeting]

📢 SED 2024 will take place in Barcelona 📢

Our Program Chairs are Alessandra Fogli and Elena Manresa

@afogli001 @emanresa82 #SED2024 @NYUFASEcon @MinneapolisFed @OIGInstitute

[Serdar Ozkan @serdarozkanEN]

Call for papers: We're organizing a macro-labor conference in Gerzensee, Switzerland on Oct 13-14. The selected papers will be published (following the standard refereeing process) in a special issue of the JEDC. Please submit your paper to [email protected] by Feb 28.

[Gianluca Violante @glviolante]

📣 📣 Do you use micro data to answer macro questions? Call for papers for the @nberpubs Summer Institute workshop on “Micro Data & Macro Models”, on July 17-20, 2023. Co-organized with @ErikHurstEcon and @GregWKaplan. Submit your work here by March 22:
https://t.co/rCebIBv2rj

[VoxEU @voxeu]

Global trends in income inequality and income dynamics: New insights from @GRIDdatabase
L Pistaferri @Stanford, @glviolante @PrincetonEcon, @fatihguvenen @Mebdi8
https://t.co/1OWAOPqzBe