My friend and co-author is in the #EconJobMarket. Go and check his JMP looking at the effects social housing has on the labor outcomes of parents and children

I really like this paper!

Crazy to think that I'm writing the slides for my thesis defence 😵‍💫

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We are pleased to announce an experiment intended to stimulate academic discussion and exchange, centered on papers published in Econometrica 1/5

Interesting new paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2503.09907 improves on both rdrobust and rdhonest! Quite compelling... 1/n

🎉Congrats to Professor @rjuhasz.bsky.social of the University of British Columbia for winning the 2025 Governor’s Award. Her research focuses on industrial policy and industrialization, emphasizing their importance in economic studies. bit.ly/3DLWm9U #cdnpse #cdnecon @industrialpolicy.bsky.social

This chart seems to suggest that something is going wrong in the United States, specifically. (www.ft.com/content/7568... )

🎉 New paper in PNAS: Urban highways are barriers to social ties https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122 Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.

An empirical approach to decompose the distributional effects of minimum wages into effects for workers moving out of employment, workers moving into employment, and workers continuing in employment, from Pierre R. Brochu, David A. Green, Thomas Lemieux, and Jam... https://www.nber.org/papers/w33479

This is Zero. She's the world's first herding dog with a work-from-home gig. 14/10

GovWayBack. govwayback.com

*Extremely* timely EDCC article #econtwitter #econsky about effectiveness of foreign aid in building soft power. . .for China! Completion of Chinese foreign aid projects ⬆️ support for Chinese gov in recipient countries @elwellner @DreherAxel @fuchs_andreas @AustinMStrange

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A crisp 25 minute podcast/video interview with @iourikhramtsov.bsky.social on population aging, pensions, and retirement. youtu.be/uixXak5UZtw?...

Only the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route is currently under construction; but India has 8800 km of HSR lines under consideration which would connect most major metros by 2051 (China's network is currently 46k km).

Post-Doc opportunity at VSE/Stone Centre on Wealth and Income Inequality! Starts Sept 1, 2025. Application information at the link below: stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/applications...

A recent paper by Eoin McGuirk and @nathannunn.bsky.social highlights how agricultural development projects can backfire in traditionally pastoral areas of Africa, fueling conflict instead of fostering development. #EconSky www.nber.org/papers/w33191

We know children impact women’s careers, but in entrepreneurship, the effects are even more far-reaching. Valentina Rutigliano's job market paper explains why. Check it out! www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

I am super excited to present my job market paper at LAUrban!

Re-upping this: if you are interested in GIS, computer vision, housing, and research please apply!

Meet the Vancouver School of Economics 2024/25 PhD job market candidates! View their profiles here: t.co/m9qT8g13jS

Breaking the Cycle of Violence: How Female Leaders Curb Armed Conflict. Guest post by Francisco Eslava blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva... via the World Bank

@iedamatavelli.bsky.social 's research is not only super high quality, it is innovative and brings topics to the profession that are often overlooked

Interested in an Economics MA? Learn more about our new Economics and Computation Stream!

UBC is launching a new Economics MA: Economics and Computation Stream: economics.ubc.ca/graduate/mas... Students will take grad courses in both Econ and CS. The stream is tailored for students with a BSc in CS or equivalent coursework. Prior econ coursework is NOT required. Spread the word!

How do major infrastructure projects reshape the lives of those displaced and those residing in affected communities? In my JMP, I answer this question in the context of the construction of the Interstate Highway System.🛣️🚧 A thread of my results 🧵🧵 #EconJMP

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