Liam Wren-Lewis
Liam Wren-Lewis
@liamwrenlewis.bsky.social
Academic economist at Paris School of Economics

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Really cool work showing how increased interracial contact in childhood (in US schools) impacts long-run racial attitudes!
- Whites exposed to more Black peers in school end up living in areas with more Blacks in adulthood.
November 21, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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📊 New research finds that fostering diversity in schools can have long-term economic and social benefits by reducing segregation and promoting integration.

👥 Co-authored: @lmerlino.bsky.social, @steinhardt.bsky.social & @liamwrenlewis.bsky.social

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#diversity
December 4, 2024 at 8:38 AM
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This is a nice paper! Explains why home exchange networks can exist in equilibrium.
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Popularity of token money is ⬆️ to allocate class seats, food donations, holiday homes, …

My #JMP asks

1️⃣Does price-setting with tokens work as in normal markets?
2️⃣Can token money have advantages even when using real money is possible?

Surprising answers: NO, YES!

#EconJobMarket #EconSky
November 24, 2024 at 12:37 AM
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Mind blown: price controls can increase supply in token economies. Why? Income effect: if you have a highly priced house on a house exchange market, you quickly get more tokens than you want to use. Lower prices incentivize the owners of the nicest houses to increase supply. #EconSky #JMP 👇
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Popularity of token money is ⬆️ to allocate class seats, food donations, holiday homes, …

My #JMP asks

1️⃣Does price-setting with tokens work as in normal markets?
2️⃣Can token money have advantages even when using real money is possible?

Surprising answers: NO, YES!

#EconJobMarket #EconSky
November 23, 2024 at 10:31 PM
When can price controls increase supply? When the market uses token money!

That’s what @juliusgoedde.bsky.social, an amazing student of mine, shows in his #EconJMP using both theory and data from a large home exchange platform. Check it out here:
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Popularity of token money is ⬆️ to allocate class seats, food donations, holiday homes, …

My #JMP asks

1️⃣Does price-setting with tokens work as in normal markets?
2️⃣Can token money have advantages even when using real money is possible?

Surprising answers: NO, YES!

#EconJobMarket #EconSky
November 25, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Reposted by Liam Wren-Lewis
Just published in the Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social

"The long run impact of childhood interracial contact on residential segregation"

Joint work with @liamwrenlewis.bsky.social and @lmerlino.bsky.social

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The long run impact of childhood interracial contact on residential segregation
This paper exploits quasi-random variation in the share of Black students across cohorts within US schools to investigate whether childhood interracia…
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November 21, 2024 at 8:26 AM