Two brand-new fascinating articles on the LAC region newly accepted in the JDE #econtwitter #econsky. . .first, this banger of a title for a paper by @billywoom that shows that skin tone, even within self-reported ethnoracial identity categories, predicts outcomes

Striking and very important work! Keep your eyes on @billywoom.bsky.social — I learn a lot from him and so will you

Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean suggests that skin tone is a powerful predictor of intergenerational mobility. Read today's article to learn more w/ @billywoom.bsky.social:

Had a great time presenting one of my favourite research projects with my amazing friend @doniakamel.bsky.social 👇 Huge thanks to the organisers for including our paper! Wait for the new draft coming soon 😮‍💨

One week left to submit your paper for the Workshop on Cultural Transmission and Persistence at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social. Submissions 👇 hhdi.co.uk/nide-qub-joi... #econtwitter #econsky #callforpapers #workshop

Chagas disease control in Brazil increased GDP per capita by 11.1 percent, reduced income inequality, improved non-white upward mobility, and lowered public healthcare spending, from Jon Denton-Schneider and Eduardo Montero https://www.nber.org/papers/w33518

Excited to share the summary of our Regional Science and Urban Economics paper! 🤠 We study the enduring effects of colonial segregation on land prices in Mexico City. Huge thanks to @jeffrlin.bsky.social for his great editorial guidance and to Emily Sellars for hosting us on Broadstreet! #EconSky

📢 Broadstreet has relaunched its blog, now on Substack! We’re honoured to feature our research in the first post! "Infrastructures of Race? Colonial Indigenous Segregation and Contemporary Land Values" with @billywoom.bsky.social @tradecosts.bsky.social Check it out ! 🌍

New Broadstreet post! Featuring guest contributors @billywoom.bsky.social, @enriquedlrosa.bsky.social, and @tradecosts.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...

🚨New dataset alert 🚨 In collaboration with a stellar team at Banxico, Harvard, the World Bank, and ITAM, we built a dataset of demographics and labor market variables at the local-labor-market level for Mexico! Download here: www.banxico.org.mx/DataSetsWeb/... #EconSky #Mexico

I set up this feed to tweet recent articles from JUE, RSUE, and JOEG. One per journal per day, from the publishers’ RSS feeds. Give it a follow if this seems useful to you! (Here’s an article that I edited at RSUE.)

Shout out to @tradecosts.bsky.social and co-authors for their fascinating work on ‘How colonial segregation policies impact land values in Mexico today’ via @voxdev.bsky.social voxdev.org/topic/instit...

🆕 How colonial segregation policies impact land values in Mexico today Today's article by Luis Baldomero-Quintana @global-wm.bsky.social, Guillermo Woo-Mora @pse.bsky.social & @enriquedlrosa.bsky.social King's College London ⤵️ voxdev.org/topic/instit...

📢 Excited to share new research with @billywoom.bsky.social, @pse.bsky.social, and Luis Baldomero Quintana L. @global-wm.bsky.social! In this @voxdev.bsky.social post, we explore how colonial legacies shape spatial inequalities and their implications for urban development today. 🌆🌇🏙️