Julia Cage, @gallon.bsky.social, Emeric Henry, & @yuchenhuang.bsky.social provide evidence that fact-checking significantly reduced engagement with posts on Facebook rated as false and also decreases users' subsequent activity. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

Are we facing the return of "inheritocracy"? @morellisal.bsky.social, whose research was cited by The Economist in a recent article on inherited wealth, discusses the rising importance of inheritance and potential solutions for the negative effects of the Great Wealth Transfer. bit.ly/3R5B2z5

1882 Chinese Exclusion Act - banned immigration from China - reduced number of Chinese workers of all skill levels - reduced labor supply & quality of jobs of U.S. workers - reduced manufacturing output - slowed economic growth until at least 1940 nber.org/papers/w33019 (Nancy Qian is amazing.)

Does the Chinese public support the redistribution of wealth gained through economic reforms? Read the new WP by Margot Belguise, Nora Yuqian Chen, @yuchenhuang.bsky.social & @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Stone Center postdoc @zhexunmo.bsky.social. stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/research/ref... #EconSky

The fall of Northvolt - from Europe's battery champion to bankruptcy - shows the harsh realities of competing with China in battery manufacturing. 1/

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An incentivized redistribution experiment with university students in China and France reveals differences in the way merit- and luck-based inequalities are perceived. Read the WP by Margot Belguise, @yuchenhuang.bsky.social & GC Stone Center postdoc @zhexunmo.bsky.social. #econsky bit.ly/4fQ1DLp