The shift to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic increased the full-time employment of physically disabled individuals by between 9 and 11 percent, say researchers at @Stanford, @UCSanDiego, and @Stockholm_Uni. #Chart https://t.co/wQcICDAIuV
Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "Nature, Nurture, and Socioeconomic Outcomes: New Evidence from Sib Pairs and Molecular Genetic Data" by Markel, Ahlskog, Ebeltoft, Mõttus, Oskarsson, Vainik, Ystrom, and Beauchamp. https://t.co/E8uco57mNR
Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Can You Erase the Mark of a Criminal Record? Labor Market Impacts of Criminal Record Remediation" by Amanda Agan, Andrew Garin, Dmitri Koustas, Alexandre Mas, and Crystal S. Yang. https://t.co/qiWduWWyoH
Excited to be on the #EconJobMarket!
I study a classic trade-off: exploiting information vs. preserving secrecy.
The setting: the Allied breaking of Nazi Enigma codes in WW2.
Curious? Thread below. 👇
This is the wildest pair of graphs.
Black U.S. men land 10 points lower in the rank distribution than White men, at *every* parent income. Even if you grew up in a 95th percentile family.
For Black women, there's no disadvantage (in fact the tiny difference is favorable).
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Forthcoming in the AER: "Gender-Biased Technological Change: Milking Machines And the Exodus of Women from Farming" by Philipp Ager, Marc Goñi, and Kjell G. Salvanes. https://t.co/ljJpo7Ctmu
Quand l’unité européenne dérange, la désinformation va jusqu’à faire passer un simple mouchoir pour de la drogue.
Cette fausse information est propagée par les ennemis de la France, à l’extérieur comme à l’intérieur. Vigilance face aux manipulations.
We are very happy to publish the new National Elections Database, including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946!
https://t.co/ATQjbqVJQA
with @benjaminmarx and @vincent_rollet
In recent decades, industrial robots have significantly displaced human workers in the US. But they have also narrowed gender employment gaps while widening racial and ethnic disparities, says Benjamin Lerch of @efd_dff. #ResearchHighlight https://t.co/ajHro0lxNO
Have you ever wondered how social networks differ by gender?
Check out my team's new dataset, which uses Facebook data to measure regional differences in social networks by gender all across the world!
A 🧵 with examples, a description of our methodology, and a download link:
Providing information to mothers about the long-term costs of reducing their labour supply increases the labour supply of mothers who were the least informed initially.
@anacostaramon, @MichaelaSlotwi1, U Schaede @TuftsUniversity, A A Brenøe @UZH_en
https://t.co/6uUCkViMpK
🚨I'm on the #EconJobMarket 🚨
I'm an applied microeconomist studying labor market shocks & local labor market dynamics
#JMP: Service Jobs and #Education: Evidence from #Tourism Shocks in #Italy ✈️
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Paper: https://t.co/o3oWmcAW99
Website: https://t.co/QMBZ9omOpO
🚨 JMP thread: Peers and Social Mobility🚨
On the Academic JM 2024/2025!🔜
How do social interactions shape economic opportunity? In my JMP, I uncover how school-based peer networks influence lifetime earnings. 🧵👇
https://t.co/HpGyciWhpx