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NBER @nber.org · Jul 16

Substantial earnings penalties exist for racial minorities in France. Compared to the US, lower overall inequality benefits French racial minorities, but rank gaps are comparable, from Yajna Govind, Paolo Santini, and Ellora Derenoncourt https://www.nber.org/papers/w34013

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Department of Economics, University of Oxford @oxfordecondept.bsky.social · May 29

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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · Apr 16

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Revealed Beliefs and the Marriage Market Return to Education,” by Andrew (@alisonandrew.bsky.social) and Adams (@abicadams.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Revealed Beliefs and the Marriage Market Return to Education*

Abstract. We develop a new methodology to estimate subjective beliefs from hypothetical choice data. Our identification approach is based on the novel insi

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Morten Kjær Thomsen @mortenkthomsen.bsky.social · Mar 27

Big day yesterday, marking the end of my DPhil (Oxford lingo for PhD) 👨🏻‍🎓! Huge thanks to @melindacmills.bsky.social and @drcompton.bsky.social for making my viva a wonderful experience. Very excited that I get to continue studying queer populations as a postdoc here in Oxford in the years to come!

Professor Melinda Mills @melindacmills.bsky.social · Mar 27

🎉Congratulations to
@mortenkthomsen.bsky.social who successfully defended his Phd 📖 & thanks to @drcompton.bsky.social

Important #demography work using register, survey & medical records to study the lives of sexual & gender minorities. @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social

Morten in formal Oxford examination academic dress, looking pensive, contemplating his next career move now that he has his Phd, surrounded by majestic columns in Oxford

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Professor Melinda Mills @melindacmills.bsky.social · Mar 27

🎉Congratulations to
@mortenkthomsen.bsky.social who successfully defended his Phd 📖 & thanks to @drcompton.bsky.social

Important #demography work using register, survey & medical records to study the lives of sexual & gender minorities. @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @sociologyoxford.bsky.social

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Rasmus Landersø @rlandersoe.bsky.social · Mar 19

NEW PAPER w. Christian Gillitzer, Peer Skov, @jakobsogaard.bsky.social!
We develop a new method to estimate the marginal propensity to consume (MPC). In contrast to most earlier studies, we don't rely on (rare) quasi-experiments.
The idea is simple...
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#econsky
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Using Tax Kinks to Estimate the Marginal Propensity to Consume

We show how tax kinks can be used to estimate the marginal propensity to consume (MPC). Tax kinks create discrete changes in the relationship between...

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NBER @nber.org · Mar 16

Daughters of immigrants are more upwardly mobile than daughters of locals in most destinations. Sons of immigrants are only more upwardly mobile outside of continental Europe, from Boustan, Fjællegaard Jensen, Abramitzky, Jácome, et al https://www.nber.org/papers/w33558

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Lise Vesterlund @lisev.bsky.social · Mar 8

50 years of International Women’s Day and feeling tremendous sadness over recent anti-DEI developments. Light is seen in the organizations that boldly maintain that success hinges on providing employees equal opportunity for reaching their potential.

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Simone Moriconi @simori.bsky.social · Mar 6

📢📢Hi #Econsky! You are a PhD or postdoc student interested in the #Economics of #Labor #Family and #Migration. Please submit your work to our thematic workshop. Check the fantastic line up of speakers of the 4th edition.
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Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · Feb 24

*Impressive* piece of work showing differences in intergenerational mobility of immigrants across countries. Finding that resonated the most w/me is importance of access to citizenship - which is still unreasonably hard in many countries, esp. my home country of Italy.

Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen @fjaellegaard.bsky.social · Feb 21

1/ 🚨 New paper! 🚨
How do the economic trajectories of children of immigrants vary across 15 high-income countries? We study intergenerational mobility of immigrants, using individual-level linked parent-child data across Europe, North America, and beyond. 🧵👇 #EconSky

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Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen @fjaellegaard.bsky.social · Feb 24

Thanks so much for sharing, @barbarabiasi.com!

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Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen @fjaellegaard.bsky.social · Feb 22

Thanks so much, @annagoeddeke.bsky.social! And sorry I missed you, @mhalla.bsky.social 😅

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Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen @fjaellegaard.bsky.social · Feb 21

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Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen @fjaellegaard.bsky.social · Feb 21

@seperez84.bsky.social should have been tagged as well!

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Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen @fjaellegaard.bsky.social · Feb 21

10/ Comments are very welcome!

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Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen @fjaellegaard.bsky.social · Feb 21

9/ And yes… It’s a pretty long paper! But primarily because we include sets of country-specific results – if interested in a particular country, go to Appendix C. bsky.app/profile/peng...

Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Feb 19

294-page working paper anyone? www.iza.org/publications...

Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries

We estimate intergenerational mobility of immigrants and their children in fifteen receiving countries. We document large income gaps for first-genera...

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Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen @fjaellegaard.bsky.social · Feb 21

8/ Michael Siegenthaler, Louis Sirugue, Javier Soria Espín, Jan Stuhler, Giovanni L. Violante, Dinand Webbink, Andrea Weber, @jzhangecon.bsky.social, Angela Zheng, and Tom Zohar...

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Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen @fjaellegaard.bsky.social · Feb 21

7/ Yvonne Giesing, @yajnagovind.bsky.social, Martin Halla, Dominik Hangartner, Yuyan Jiang, Cecilia Karmel, Fanny Landaud, @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @izmartinez86.bsky.social, @poloalberto.com, Panu Poutvaara, Hillel Rapoport, Sara Roman, Kjell G. Salvanes, @mulysan.bsky.social,

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Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen @fjaellegaard.bsky.social · Feb 21

6/ Team includes: Leah Boustan, @fjaellegaard.bsky.social, Ran Abramitzky, Elisa Jácome, @alanmanning4.bsky.social, Santiago Pérez, Analysia Watley, @adrianadermon.bsky.social, @jarellanobover.com, @olofaslund.bsky.social, Marie Connolly, Nathan Deutscher, Anne C. Gielen,

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Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen @fjaellegaard.bsky.social · Feb 21

5/ This paper is a massive collaboration – 38 amazing co-authors (!) – bringing together unique datasets from around the world. We hope it sparks further discussion on immigration and economic mobility. Read it here: docs.iza.org/dp17711.pdf

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Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen @fjaellegaard.bsky.social · Feb 21

4/ Why do children of immigrants in some countries do better than others? We find that access to citizenship, labor market institutions, and attitudes toward immigrants matter. In places with long immigration histories (US/Canada/Australia/Israel), second-gen immigrants often face higher income.

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Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen @fjaellegaard.bsky.social · Feb 21

3/ Yet, not all income gaps close. Sons of immigrants in many European countries often face lower income compared to sons of local-born parents. Our analysis shows that second-gen gaps in absolute income mobility vary substantially by country, more so for sons.

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Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen @fjaellegaard.bsky.social · Feb 21

2/ First-generation immigrants tend to have lower incomes than locals, but their children often move up the economic ladder. In most countries, second-gen income gaps shrink – sometimes disappearing altogether. Daughters of immigrants do particularly well in most destinations.

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Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen @fjaellegaard.bsky.social · Feb 21

1/ 🚨 New paper! 🚨
How do the economic trajectories of children of immigrants vary across 15 high-income countries? We study intergenerational mobility of immigrants, using individual-level linked parent-child data across Europe, North America, and beyond. 🧵👇 #EconSky

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Alan Manning @alanmanning4.bsky.social · Feb 18

Latest paper on comparing intergenerational mobility of the kids of migrants with kids of locals in 15 countries. It has a very long author list so I feel like a real scientist at last. www.iza.org/publications...

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