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Eric Verhoogen
@ericverhoogen.bsky.social

Economist at Columbia (Econ & SIPA), studying firms & development.

http://www.columbia.edu/~ev2124/

Economics 66%
Business 29%

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In today's blog, I discuss how countries can use sector-targeted skills development for industrial policy. This involves training workers in specific areas desired by industries you are targeting to develop. I give examples, caveats, lessons & note research gaps blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
Sector-targeted Skills Development as Industrial Policy
blogs.worldbank.org

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"This chapter takes stock of what has been learned from the recent micro-development literature about wedges."

NEW in @nber.org by Lauren F. Bergquist, @ldaniall.bsky.social, and @ericverhoogen.bsky.social: nber.org/papers/w34756

New paper!
Dispersion in marginal returns is often seen as evidence of misallocation. Not so fast, argues this review. Dispersion may reflect technological factors, not just distortions, from Lauren F. Bergquist, Danial Lashkari, and @ericverhoogen.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34756

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NBER @nber.org · 6d
Dispersion in marginal returns is often seen as evidence of misallocation. Not so fast, argues this review. Dispersion may reflect technological factors, not just distortions, from Lauren F. Bergquist, Danial Lashkari, and @ericverhoogen.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34756

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📢 New free virtual course (PEDL x STEG)

Private Enterprises, Productivity, and Economic Growth - starting 6 Feb 2026

When: Fridays, 15:30–17:00 (London time)
Format: Virtual + recordings available

🔗 More info: grp.cepr.org/node/231
📝 Register here: cepr.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?...

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🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper! Lauren Falcao Bergquist, Danial Lashkari & @ericverhoogen.bsky.social analyze how microeconomic frictions and wedges distort resource allocation, with implications for productivity and economic efficiency.
🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...

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NBER @nber.org · Jan 7
Shedding early light on the effects of the CHIPS and Science Act on short-term employment, from Bilge Erten, Joseph E. Stiglitz, and @ericverhoogen.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34625

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NBER @nber.org · Jan 5
Studying whether returns to quality upgrading get passed through to primary agricultural producers finds that in Colombian coffee, the answer is mostly no, but sometimes yes, from Macchiavello, Miquel-Florensa, de Roux, @ericverhoogen.bsky.social, Bernasconi, and Farrell www.nber.org/papers/w34610

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🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper!
@bilgeerten.bsky.social, @josephestiglitz.bsky.social & @ericverhoogen.bsky.social analyze the employment impacts of the CHIPS Act, examining how industrial policy shapes job creation and labor-market adjustment.
🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...

A quick (2 minute) video explainer of the main results of our Brookings paper on the employment effects of the CHIPS Act is here: www.youtube.com/shorts/BUY8g...

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