🚨 New working paper alert
Do minimum wages affect how firms set wages and, in turn, wage inequality?
Using detailed matched employer-employee data from Uruguay, we find that minimum wage hikes reshape firms’ wage-setting power, with big implications for inequality
Empirically studying the effects of minimum wages on the distribution of firm wage premia, finding significant effects of the minimum wage on firm fixed effects levels, from Marcelo L. Bergolo, Rodrigo Ceni, Mathias Fondo, and Damián Vergara https://t.co/i03x3vhSGc
Congratulations to our colleagues, @giulio_zanella and Andrea Ichino, and their coauthors, for this fantastic publication that sheds light on the unintended consequences of college expansion.
#EducationEcon#Inequality#SES
🚨Job Market 2025-26🚨
⛴️🌪️How vulnerable is transportation and global trade to extreme weather?
My JMP studies how tropical cyclones disrupt maritime transportation, and how private adaptation shapes welfare and investment under climate change.
🧵 A JMP thread (link below)
🚨 New working paper alert
Do minimum wages affect how firms set wages and, in turn, wage inequality?
Using detailed matched employer-employee data from Uruguay, we find that minimum wage hikes reshape firms’ wage-setting power, with big implications for inequality
Empirically studying the effects of minimum wages on the distribution of firm wage premia, finding significant effects of the minimum wage on firm fixed effects levels, from Marcelo L. Bergolo, Rodrigo Ceni, Mathias Fondo, and Damián Vergara https://t.co/i03x3vhSGc
El que come y no convida al impuesto no le da vida
https://t.co/f9SBlks82A via @ladiaria
Impresionante nota de @Leo___Lagos en @ladiaria, el mejor divulgador de ciencia en medios, sobre esta preciosa investigación de Marcelo Bergolo, Martin Leites y @Mati_strehl
1/2 📢Call for papers - Workshop Frontiers of Active Labour Market Policies
📌University of Bologna (Italy)
🗓️ 19th/20th November 2025
We invite submissions for a workshop exploring recent developments in research on active labour market policies and their effectiveness.
Just published in @JPubEcon:
"Beliefs about inequality and the nature of support for redistribution"
By @AljoshaHenkel, Ernst Fehr, @SennJulien, & Thomas Epper
https://t.co/8GeQDULFyv
#econtwitter
We’re proud to host the AIEL Workshop on “Advances in Research on Labour Market Policies”
🗓️ 28–29 May 📍 Auditorium DSE, @Unibo
Organized in collaboration with AIEL, the event brings together leading researchers to discuss labour market dynamics and policy design.
🚀 PhD Admissions Now Open!
The Department of Economics at @unibo is offering 6 fully funded PhD positions for 2025/26!
🔹 5 scholarships for research in Economics
🔹 1 scholarship in Law & Economics (within the EDLE program)
📩 Apply now! → https://t.co/NQhAoxOZH1
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📢Call for Papers Workshop Aiel/@DSE_Unibo
⚓️Bologna, May 28/29 May 2025
⏳Submission deadline: February 15, 2025
Keynotes: @rlalive and Andrea Weber
Looking foward to seeing you in Bologna!
Call for papers: https://t.co/YhwXfkd8k0
Uno de los placeres de estudiar en la universidad más antigua del occidente: dar clase en esta maravilla de salón @Unibo
Pd: ahora falta que lleguen los estudiantes 👀
En un contexto de clima electoral, debería existir espacio para discutir cómo explotar esta gran herramienta que es HCEN. Nuestra pequeñez, avanzado desarrollo de las TIC y un sistema de salud con una visión integral, nos ponen en una excelente posición para avanzar en ello 14/14
🚨 Nuevo articulo de la serie: Hacia un sistema nacional de salud verdaderamente integrado (parte II) https://t.co/eT9lAmYjsW a través de @ladiaria
De nuevo, muchas gracias al crack de @German_Deagosto por el espacio. Abajo resumen algunos puntos de la nota 👇
En síntesis, HCEN podría tener beneficios significativos: calcular costos individualizados por paciente, optimizar asignación de recursos, mejorar la planificación de la formación de especialistas y transformar el modelo de atención hacia uno más personalizado y preventivo 13/14