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MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) @mitiwer.bsky.social · 9d

What happens when manufacturing companies regularly incorporate worker feedback and ideas into their production processes? Productivity is generally higher—and so is production worker pay. New findings from Dylan Nelson of UIUC & @natewilmers.bsky.social @mitiwer.bsky.social:
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The Effects of Worker Voice on Manufacturing Pay and Productivity | MIT Sloan

New research finds that when manufacturing companies regularly incorporate worker feedback and ideas, both productivity and worker pay are generally higher.

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DEPS Siena - Department of Economics & Statistics @deps-siena.bsky.social · 16d

📢 TODAY

DEPS Siena - Department of Economics & Statistics @deps-siena.bsky.social · 23d

🚨Join us for @deps-siena.bsky.social Research Day! 🚨

Excited to showcase innovative research projects and ideas from our faculty !

⏲️🗓️23 Sep 2025, 2:30 pm

All are welcome!

#Economics #Statistics #Siena

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 26d

Very useful discussion on the perils of using micro/cross-sectional parameter estimates in inferring the aggregate effects of policies/shocks. This is pervasive in Economics, yet the two effects can even have the opposite signs. (Example in next post.) voxdev.org/topic/method...

The ‘missing intercept’ problem with going from micro to macro

Many applied microeconomics papers conclude with a back-of-the-envelope calculation that scales their cross-sectional estimates to the aggregate level. These types of aggregate estimates are only vali...

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DEPS Siena - Department of Economics & Statistics @deps-siena.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 One PhD scholarship available!

Conduct research on Worker Voice, Wages & Technological Change: The Role of Collective Bargaining, Unions & Employee Representation.

Deadline: Sept 5, 2025 2 pm (CET)

Application procedure:
unisi.it/ricerca/dott...

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Filippo Belloc @filippobelloc.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Jamie Merchant @jamiemerchant.bsky.social · Aug 11

Exceptional work from @brankomilan.bsky.social on 'new capitalism'

'We estimate that 85% of the people in the world are capital-income destitute. In other words, the world’s financial and productive assets are owned by 15% of its inhabitants (households).'

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New capitalism III: Capital

Why is capital so concentrated and why so few have it?

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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · Jul 19

#AI is the crop that only few fields can grow. @markmuro1.bsky.social & ‪@shriyared.bsky.social find that two Bay cities bag 13% of #US AI hiring. They divide America into superstars and also-rans, revealing big adoption gaps.
Investment beyond the coasts is needed. www.brookings.edu/articles/map...

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Filippo Belloc @filippobelloc.bsky.social · Jul 13

🎉 Just accepted in JEBO!

“Incentive Pay, Managerial Skills and Span of Control”
w/ F. Landini & S. Dughera.

Why do some firms rely more on bonuses than others? We show that incentive pay is more likely when managers are better educated and hierarchies are wider.

WP 👉 shorturl.at/7LgAj

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DEPS Siena - Department of Economics & Statistics @deps-siena.bsky.social · Jun 11

The Annual Meeting of the PhD in Economics of the Tuscan Universities (Florence, Pisa & Siena) is ongoing!

Our PhD students are presenting their research and receiving constructive feedback from discussants and faculty members.

#Pontignano #econsky

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DEPS Siena - Department of Economics & Statistics @deps-siena.bsky.social · Jun 9

🚨THIS WEEK🚨

Our PhD Annual Meeting kicks off this week, 10–12 June!

We'll spend three days at the beautiful Certosa di Pontignano (Siena), sharing and discussing our PhD students' research and strengthening our community.

Program:
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IZA @iza.org · Jun 2

‘Based on admin data...’ 📊

Administrative data access for young economists improves research visibility and career progression but may reinforce existing disparities in the academic economics community.

New IZA paper by A Lepinteur & @rnistico.bsky.social‬ 👇
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How administrative data fosters young economists’ careers

Unlocking potential or reinforcing hierarchies?

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DEPS Siena - Department of Economics & Statistics @deps-siena.bsky.social · May 30

🚨Our @deps-siena.bsky.social is launching a new Distinguished Visiting Scholar Program!

We welcome leading economists conducting broad and impactful research. The program offers fully-funded academic visits lasting 1–3 weeks.

More information 👇
www.deps.unisi.it/en/avvisi/ca...

#econsky

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Filippo Belloc @filippobelloc.bsky.social · May 29

🧨 🧨 @deps-siena.bsky.social launches a fully funded Distinguished Visiting Scholar Program! We welcome scholars from any field of economics. Apply now and share your vision with us! More info below 👇

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Filippo Belloc @filippobelloc.bsky.social · May 26

Just published! We model how firms cut emissions under carbon pricing by mixing output control & innovation. Firms balance both to minimize costs, shifting towards innovation as prices rise. Data from EU-ETS supports our model, showing growing tech gaps across firms & countries. shorturl.at/Fv6Tf

Environmental regulation and pollution abatement under incremental innovation

We propose a simple framework for modeling abatement decisions by regulated polluters in a carbon pricing regime, when firms can reduce emissions both…

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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · May 23

A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich

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Filippo Belloc @filippobelloc.bsky.social · May 21

Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever www.epi.org/blog/america...

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DEPS Siena - Department of Economics & Statistics @deps-siena.bsky.social · May 19

📢 The application for the PhD in Economics at the Tuscan Universities (Siena, Florence and Pisa) is now open!

Several fully funded scholarships available

Deadline: June 9, 2025, at 2:00 PM (CEST)

Website: phdeconomics.unisi.it

Call: phdeconomics.unisi.it/the-new-call...

#econsky

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · May 17

Fascinating deep dive into the MIT economics/AI paper scandal/clusterf***.

thebsdetector.substack.com/p/ai-materia...

AI, Materials, and Fraud, Oh My!

The red flags we should have seen earlier for a too-good-to-be-true paper on AI tool adoption at a materials research firm

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Filippo Belloc @filippobelloc.bsky.social · May 14

Happy for the opportunity to present at the IJIO Conference on Industrial Organization and Industrial Policy at HKU. Such a great event and location to discuss about industrial policy and future research. Thanks for inviting me, for the feedback and for the hospitality!

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Labor Tech Research Network @labortechresearchnetwork.org · May 5

Upcoming events at the UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social

Demystifying AI and Empowering Workers

Part 1: Demystifying AI and Other Digital Technologies:
Wednesday, May 7th 10am – 11am PT

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Demystifying AI and Empowering Workers - UC Berkeley Labor Center

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Filippo Belloc @filippobelloc.bsky.social · May 2

Happy to join the IIOC 2025 in Philadelphia! Great session tomorrow about #IndustrialPolicy and #Productivity!

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DEPS Siena - Department of Economics & Statistics @deps-siena.bsky.social · Apr 30

🚨Next week at @deps-siena.bsky.social 🚨

Excited to announce the Second Annual Workshop "Economies in Ecological Transition”

Great lineup of speakers!

🗓️⏲️ May 8 - 9:30, Aula Goodwin #Siena

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · Apr 20

There is a bunch I disagree with here, but it makes an argument for why AI adoption may be less rapid and less immediately world-changing (& dangerous) than people expect.

Well worth reading, as it is a useful base case where AI is just another technology. knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-a...

AI as Normal Technology

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Gabriel Burdin @gabrielburdin.bsky.social · Apr 17

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Gabriel Burdin @gabrielburdin.bsky.social · Mar 27

Dreaming of advancing your research career in the heart of Tuscany? I'm looking for candidates for a Marie Curie postdoc fellowship. Please send your expressions of interest by April 30th.
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...

#Siena #Labor #Organizations #IndustrialRelations #econsky

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Filippo Belloc @filippobelloc.bsky.social · Apr 4

Great workshop today at the U of Bergamo on #Automation, #Productivity and the #LaborMarket!
👉 shorturl.at/PPIgj

Automation, Productivity and the Labor Market | Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche

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