Our new interview with Nicolás de Roux is out! We talked about his research on production in developing countries, the usage of models and causal estimation together, and how his research influences policy in Colombia. #Econsky #ETRM
www.econthatmatters.com/2025/09/etrm...

Nice to see at least one democracy preserving the rule of law. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Your latest interview is out! Kristina Manysheva talks about the importance of using macroeconomics to study development, innovation in a development context, and engaging with stakeholders. Check it out!
www.econthatmatters.com/2025/06/etrm...
#ETRM #EconSky

Check out our newest interview! @oyebolaoo.bsky.social talks about taxation policy in developing countries, working at the World Bank and advice for PhD students
www.econthatmatters.com/2025/05/etrm... #ETRM #EconSky

🚨 FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation) offers grants for foreign researchers or Brazilians abroad to work in Brazil!

🔹 Thematic: up to R$6M, 5 yrs → deadline June 30, 2025
🔹 Young Investigator: up to R$2M, 4 yrs → deadline June 3, 2025

More: fapesp.br/17526 | fapesp.br/17473
#Research #Brazil

Just published! Don't miss our interview with Dean Karlan on his path in development economics, the current funding uncertainty, and the value of development aid. Read it here: www.econthatmatters.com/2025/04/etrm... #EconSky #ETRM

seeing some joke comments about the subject matter of this paper so it seems important to clarify that studying competition between platforms and the effect of regulations in a setting with potentials for truly massive externalities is just a very high value added activity for economists to do

New interview on the blog! Claudio Ferraz talks about the importance of understanding local context and political constraints when studying development policies, among other insights into his career research. Read the full interview here: www.econthatmatters.com/2025/04/etrm... #EconSky

The share of apartments that are vacant is the highest its been since 2010. This is especially true in Dallas, Austin and Houston where many new apartment buildings have been built recently. This makes now a good time to negotiate a deal on your rent.

We continue with our interview series. This time we interviewed Meredith Startz to discuss development, trade, and the challenges of collecting data to answer questions in these fields
www.econthatmatters.com/2025/03/etrm... #econtwitter #DevelopmentEcon #innovation #firm

A nossa produtividade está no mesmo nível em que estava quando apenas 3,4% d adultos tinham ensino superior. O único setor que tem aumento contínuo produtividade é a agricultura, que emprega cada vez menos gente. Naércio Menezes via @jmf7.bsky.social

Greg Mankiw, who has been teaching econ 101 for decades, scolds Hassett for causally interpreting an accounting identity and pretending it’s econ 101 gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2025/03/kevi...

Call for papers:

The Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime - one of the best conferences in this area - will be held in Berlin, Sep 26-27.

** Deadline for paper submissions: May 2 **

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Check out this video interview with Fabiano Dal-Ri (@fabianodalri.bsky.social), Postdoctoral Associate at @cornelluniversity.bsky.social, about his #ASSA2025 poster on the skills needed to start a successful business. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/conference/v...

Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social gets what’s at stake…

This is a bizarre, unhinged, totally made-up conspiracy theory.

Immigrants who are not lawfully present in the United States get zero dollars of Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid.

This is very disappointing. @aeacswep.bsky.social operates in the service of the whole profession, including the fabulous newsletters with great career advice. Even resources targeted at women benefit the profession, as it increases the quality of the pool of economists we all hire from.

seems like it is a big deal that the unifying ideology of the doge team is neo nazism

I swear to God I told my daughter this very week that this was coming: some GOP politician was going to propose that. There’s a race to the bottom in showing fealty — and there is no bottom.

📢o pacote {geocodebr} v0.1.0 para geolocalização de dados brasileiros em #rstats está no CRAN ! O #geocodebr é a maneira mais rápida e barata 🗺️📍🚀de geolocalizar endereços no 🇧🇷 ipeagit.github.io/geocodebr/ #rspatial

The 'feeling' that X under Musk is a different place than before is quantified in this new study titled 'Substantial Hate'

1️⃣ hate speech up to 50% higher;
2️⃣ hate speech increase persistent;
3️⃣ no reduction in inauthentic accounts

#commsky @polcomm.bsky.social

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“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.”
― Benito Mussolini

The 2018 steel tariffs just called to remind you that steel is produced by a tiny sliver of the economy, but used as an input by a much broader swathe of manufacturers.
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