RIP Jonathan Eaton, a great economist that transformed the field of international trade. He should have received a Nobel prize for his many invaluable contributions to economics.
"In short, the conditions of 2023 — with unexpectedly high growth and a surprisingly rapid and significant retreat in inflation — are thanks in under-appreciated part to immigrants."
https://t.co/SzNAaItlik
An alternative view on inflation by @guido_lorenzoni and @IvanWerning that may call for policy interventions other than the traditional ones (not discussed in the paper)
Inflation is Conflict | NBER https://t.co/fiqHHzcVf0
Its encouraging that India is making great strides against poverty (at least by some measures). But its a much wider South Asian phenomena. Pakistan and Bangladesh also have dramatic falls in extreme poverty with some pretty different policies, growth trajectories etc.
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Our package #ddml implements Double/Debiased #ML for #Stata. ddml allows for the estimation of causal effects while leveraging #ML to flexibly control for confounders and/or to approximate optimal IVs. #econtwitter
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Riconoscere diritti giuridici all'embrione o al feto inficerebbe la libertà di scelta delle donne.
Anni di battaglie delle donne per la loro emancipazione e autodeterminazione rischiano in questo modo di essere spazzate via.
E' inaccettabile.
@CarlaTaibi
https://t.co/nrrulUThEe
"...But if the high-income countries do not offer the help they now evidently need, it will unambiguously be their fault." (2/2)
https://t.co/ITMkERhiim
"Covid was not these countries’ fault. The lack of global co-operation in tackling it was not their fault. The lack of adequate external official funding was not their fault. The global inflation was not their fault. The war is not their fault..." (1/2)
Announcing the first Summer School in International Economics.
Hosted by University of Crete (Rethymnon, Greece) June 14-16, 2023.
Lectures by @LucaFornaro3, @skalemliozcan, Mendoza, Costinot, Eaton & Rappoport.
PhD students, apply by January 30: https://t.co/5jdYn6x9su