Carolina Arteaga
@caroartc.bsky.social
Econ Professor @ University of Toronto | NBER | UCLA | Feminist | Sports fan
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This is a very cool paper with a clever identification strategy to test the causal impact of the opioid epidemic on various political outcomes.
A key point that’s not in the abstract —causal mechanism is voters agreed with GOP tough on crime rhetoric and policy.
A key point that’s not in the abstract —causal mechanism is voters agreed with GOP tough on crime rhetoric and policy.
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic,” by Arteaga (@caroartc.bsky.social) and Barone (@vickybarone.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects Of the Opioid Epidemic
Abstract. In this paper, we establish a causal connection between two of the most salient social developments in the United States over the past decades: t
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is a very cool paper with a clever identification strategy to test the causal impact of the opioid epidemic on various political outcomes.
A key point that’s not in the abstract —causal mechanism is voters agreed with GOP tough on crime rhetoric and policy.
A key point that’s not in the abstract —causal mechanism is voters agreed with GOP tough on crime rhetoric and policy.
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Entirely consistent with what we have experienced, but it still confounds me that people needing and receiving MORE public support increased their votes for Republicans. The people/party that, for the last 45 years++, has wanted to take that support away
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic,” by Arteaga (@caroartc.bsky.social) and Barone (@vickybarone.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects Of the Opioid Epidemic
Abstract. In this paper, we establish a causal connection between two of the most salient social developments in the United States over the past decades: t
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Entirely consistent with what we have experienced, but it still confounds me that people needing and receiving MORE public support increased their votes for Republicans. The people/party that, for the last 45 years++, has wanted to take that support away
Incredibly proud of this 🤩🥹! So much work and determination behind this publication. What a journey this was! Honored to have done it with you @vickybarone.bsky.social 🚀❤️
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic,” by Arteaga (@caroartc.bsky.social) and Barone (@vickybarone.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects Of the Opioid Epidemic
Abstract. In this paper, we establish a causal connection between two of the most salient social developments in the United States over the past decades: t
doi.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Incredibly proud of this 🤩🥹! So much work and determination behind this publication. What a journey this was! Honored to have done it with you @vickybarone.bsky.social 🚀❤️
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The president of Harvard could literally belittle and harass women pursuing degrees in economics, and most economists will still argue that gender bias doesn't explain why there are so few women pursuing degrees in economics!
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The president of Harvard could literally belittle and harass women pursuing degrees in economics, and most economists will still argue that gender bias doesn't explain why there are so few women pursuing degrees in economics!
A great honor to be part of the
XI Workshop for Young Economists organized by the Lima School of Economics and @UDEP.
📅 Save the date: August 10–11, 2026
🗓️ Deadline: March 13
🇵🇪 See you in Lima!
XI Workshop for Young Economists organized by the Lima School of Economics and @UDEP.
📅 Save the date: August 10–11, 2026
🗓️ Deadline: March 13
🇵🇪 See you in Lima!
October 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
A great honor to be part of the
XI Workshop for Young Economists organized by the Lima School of Economics and @UDEP.
📅 Save the date: August 10–11, 2026
🗓️ Deadline: March 13
🇵🇪 See you in Lima!
XI Workshop for Young Economists organized by the Lima School of Economics and @UDEP.
📅 Save the date: August 10–11, 2026
🗓️ Deadline: March 13
🇵🇪 See you in Lima!
This happened 😱 !! Extremely honored to become an #NBER Faculty Research Fellow
@nberpubs ! Thanks to those who nominated to the #EconomicsofHealth Program !!!
Very happy to be appointed alongside many great colleagues and friends www.nber.org/news/nber-ap...
@nberpubs ! Thanks to those who nominated to the #EconomicsofHealth Program !!!
Very happy to be appointed alongside many great colleagues and friends www.nber.org/news/nber-ap...
NBER Appoints 63 New Affiliates
www.nber.org
May 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This happened 😱 !! Extremely honored to become an #NBER Faculty Research Fellow
@nberpubs ! Thanks to those who nominated to the #EconomicsofHealth Program !!!
Very happy to be appointed alongside many great colleagues and friends www.nber.org/news/nber-ap...
@nberpubs ! Thanks to those who nominated to the #EconomicsofHealth Program !!!
Very happy to be appointed alongside many great colleagues and friends www.nber.org/news/nber-ap...
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In honor of long COVID awareness day, I wanted to speak about what my experience is like, 25 months in.
I am much better but still only leave the house a couple times a week.
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I am much better but still only leave the house a couple times a week.
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March 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In honor of long COVID awareness day, I wanted to speak about what my experience is like, 25 months in.
I am much better but still only leave the house a couple times a week.
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I am much better but still only leave the house a couple times a week.
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes about the fentanyl crisis and the Democrats’ failure to respond to it. The Party was “a little too ready to dismiss the hubbub over opioids as partisan hysteria, and a little too slow to notice that people were actually troubled.”
Did the Opioid Epidemic Fuel Donald Trump’s Return to the White House?
New research suggests that the Democrats’ struggles in communities battling fentanyl addiction had little to do with economic theory or messaging—it was, more simply, a failure of political attention.
www.newyorker.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes about the fentanyl crisis and the Democrats’ failure to respond to it. The Party was “a little too ready to dismiss the hubbub over opioids as partisan hysteria, and a little too slow to notice that people were actually troubled.”
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Worth reading. No idea how much weight to give the thesis that Dems lost these regions because Republicans gave the fentanyl crisis much more political and media attention, along with purported trade and border-focused solutions.
A study found that communities targeted by sales reps pushing OxyContin in the ’90s moved towards the Republicans by an extra 4.6% in the 2020 House elections. "In a country on a partisan knife's edge, this is a remarkable effect," Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes.
Did the Opioid Epidemic Fuel Donald Trump’s Return to the White House?
New research suggests that the Democrats’ struggles in communities battling fentanyl addiction had little to do with economic theory or messaging—it was, more simply, a failure of political attention.
www.newyorker.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Worth reading. No idea how much weight to give the thesis that Dems lost these regions because Republicans gave the fentanyl crisis much more political and media attention, along with purported trade and border-focused solutions.
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Perhaps the single most disturbing post-election statistic/correlation I have read this month.
A study found that communities targeted by sales reps pushing OxyContin in the ’90s moved towards the Republicans by an extra 4.6% in the 2020 House elections. "In a country on a partisan knife's edge, this is a remarkable effect," Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes.
Did the Opioid Epidemic Fuel Donald Trump’s Return to the White House?
New research suggests that the Democrats’ struggles in communities battling fentanyl addiction had little to do with economic theory or messaging—it was, more simply, a failure of political attention.
www.newyorker.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Perhaps the single most disturbing post-election statistic/correlation I have read this month.
The enduring legacy of the opioid epidemic has important lessons for partisan politics that are often overlooked
@newyorker.com thanks for the conversation & for featuring our work
@newyorker.com thanks for the conversation & for featuring our work
A study found that communities targeted by sales reps pushing OxyContin in the ’90s moved towards the Republicans by an extra 4.6% in the 2020 House elections. "In a country on a partisan knife's edge, this is a remarkable effect," Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes.
Did the Opioid Epidemic Fuel Donald Trump’s Return to the White House?
New research suggests that the Democrats’ struggles in communities battling fentanyl addiction had little to do with economic theory or messaging—it was, more simply, a failure of political attention.
www.newyorker.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:24 PM
The enduring legacy of the opioid epidemic has important lessons for partisan politics that are often overlooked
@newyorker.com thanks for the conversation & for featuring our work
@newyorker.com thanks for the conversation & for featuring our work
Same cruelty, violence and dehumanization, only the victim changes. Ecuador now endures the tragedy of cocaine trafficking
@economist.com econ.st/3V72oav
@economist.com econ.st/3V72oav
A journey through the world’s newest narco-state
Drugs transformed Ecuador from a Latin American success story into a war zone
econ.st
November 23, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Same cruelty, violence and dehumanization, only the victim changes. Ecuador now endures the tragedy of cocaine trafficking
@economist.com econ.st/3V72oav
@economist.com econ.st/3V72oav
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
November 17, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
Asking for your help #EconSky !! I’m interested in your favorite paper using an IV strategy with data available for PhD 2nd year class on methods. Thank you :)
September 25, 2023 at 2:03 PM
Asking for your help #EconSky !! I’m interested in your favorite paper using an IV strategy with data available for PhD 2nd year class on methods. Thank you :)