There is a strong positive association between equality and development over the long run — that's what this new study based on our historical series available on wid.world is clearly showing. Key findings in thread 🧵(1/9)👇

New work on school cell phone bans just dropped. "Bans...led to a[n] ... increase in student suspensions in the short-term ... but disciplinary actions began to dissipate after the first year." "We find significant improvements in student test scores in the second year of the ban."

Hostility towards #academia and #immigrants is widespread. #Denmark is no exception. Under political and media pressure, earlier this week @roskildeuni.bsky.social decided overnight to close its Master's degree in Business Administration and Leadership (BAL) from 2026. 🧶 1/20

Do individuals move ⤴️ or⤵️ the income ladder because of jumps in labor or capital income, or both? 👉Upward mobility is primarily driven by labor income but almost never by capital alone, find @marcoranaldi.bsky.social @joelliambuehler.bsky.social @robertoiacono.org ▶️ wid.world/news-article...

Racial minorities in France face substantial earnings penalties, with Middle Eastern/North African and Sub-Saharan African individuals most affected. This is one of the key findings of a new study by @yajnagovind.bsky.social @paolosantini.bsky.social & E. Derenoncourt. ▶️ wid.world/news-article...

Substantial earnings penalties exist for racial minorities in France. Compared to the US, lower overall inequality benefits French racial minorities, but rank gaps are comparable, from Yajna Govind, Paolo Santini, and Ellora Derenoncourt https://www.nber.org/papers/w34013

With the upcoming referendum on citizenship on June 8-9th in Italy, with @maartenpvink.bsky.social & @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social , we discuss how this would be a crucial step toward aligning Italy with the more inclusive and modern citizenship regimes common across Europe!

On 8–9 June, Italian citizens vote in referendum to reduce the residency requirement for non-EU nationals to apply for 🇮🇹 citizenship from 10 years to 5 With @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social & @yajnagovind.bsky.social in @larepubblica.bsky.social on why this matters firenze.repubblica.it/dossier/fire...

New study: The relative wage premium for going to college has halved for low-income Americans since 1960. What is to blame? Rising selectivity? Tuition hikes? State disinvestment? We decompose changes in the premium since 1900 to find out. 🧵#EconTwitter nber.org/papers/w33797

In this new paper joint with @ondineberland.bsky.social, featured in The Guardian, we show that : -women in France emit 26% less CO₂ than men from food & transpor - the gap isn’t just down to biology or labor market differences. Thread will follow, see full paper here: www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...

📢 The next #REGIS seminar year will occur this Friday, April 25, 2025, at 12.30 PM CET. 🤓 Astrid Ulv Thomsen (CBS) will present "Climbing the ivory tower: How socio-economic background shapes academia."by Ran Abramitzky, Lena Greska, Santiago Perez, Joe Price, Carlo Schwarz & Fabian Waldinger.

Intergenerational mobility of immigrants in 15 destination countries ( @yajnagovind.bsky.social et alii) docs.iza.org/dp17711.pdf

Very important paper!

🚨Call for Papers: IZA/Leiden University/OECD Workshop “Recent Advances in Labor Economics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data” May 22, 2025 - May 23, 2025, The Hague, The Netherlands Submission Deadline: February 14, 2025 📄Full details here: legacy.iza.org/conference_f...

New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹 Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state? We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out shorturl.at/zQ8bJ

Basically, US and UK firms that violate minimum wage laws face little probability of getting caught and pay only small fines when they do. Via @annastansbury.bsky.social in @ilrreview.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Very cool paper, very strong candidate: Nikita is on the JMP!

The French touch to @bsky.app !

In a nutshell, Republicans see scientists as clever but selfish and devious. Sort of Dr. No from a 007 movie. No wonder they fear and despise them.

Articolo in cui cerco di fare il punto su cosa sappiamo e su cosa non sappiamo sul numero di iscritti al sindacato in Italia. lavoce.info/archives/102... Basato su un paper con @ulojkine.bsky.social e Cyprien Batut.