Jerry Montonen
@montonenjerry.bsky.social
PhD Student in Economics at AaltoUniversity and HelsinkiGSE. Stockholm born and raised, now living in Helsinki. 🇸🇪🇫🇮🇬🇧🇩🇪 + flytande skandinaviska
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New WP: “University as a Melting Pot: Long-term Effects of Internationalization”
Debates on international students often focus on capacity constraints, funding, or competition.
In the paper, I show that the main effects of internationalization on natives are not academic or economic, but social.
Debates on international students often focus on capacity constraints, funding, or competition.
In the paper, I show that the main effects of internationalization on natives are not academic or economic, but social.
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
New WP: “University as a Melting Pot: Long-term Effects of Internationalization”
Debates on international students often focus on capacity constraints, funding, or competition.
In the paper, I show that the main effects of internationalization on natives are not academic or economic, but social.
Debates on international students often focus on capacity constraints, funding, or competition.
In the paper, I show that the main effects of internationalization on natives are not academic or economic, but social.
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Examining the One Laptop Per Child program in Peruvian rural primary schools finds no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative ones on grade progression, from Cueto, Beuermann, Cristia, Malamud, and Pardo www.nber.org/papers/w34495
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Examining the One Laptop Per Child program in Peruvian rural primary schools finds no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative ones on grade progression, from Cueto, Beuermann, Cristia, Malamud, and Pardo www.nber.org/papers/w34495
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Wow. This is the paper I have been waiting for. Mobile apps are brain rot, with meaningfully bad economic consequences for those who overuse them.
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes,” by Barwick, Chen, Fu, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes*
Abstract. Concerns about excessive mobile phone use among youth are mounting. We present estimates of both behavioral and contextual peer effects, along wi
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Wow. This is the paper I have been waiting for. Mobile apps are brain rot, with meaningfully bad economic consequences for those who overuse them.
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Very exciting JMP on teacher value added — beyond test scores and into socio-emotional value added.
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Very exciting JMP on teacher value added — beyond test scores and into socio-emotional value added.
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just a perfect paper, yet again with the power of scandinavian register data
www.nber.org/papers/w34346
www.nber.org/papers/w34346
The Impacts of Romantic Relationships with the Boss
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
October 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
just a perfect paper, yet again with the power of scandinavian register data
www.nber.org/papers/w34346
www.nber.org/papers/w34346
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Can't believe someone a) had the data to write this paper b) wrote this paper www.nber.org/papers/w3434...
October 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Can't believe someone a) had the data to write this paper b) wrote this paper www.nber.org/papers/w3434...
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Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
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Wenn der Faschismus wiederkehrt, wird er offenbar sagen: Ich bin der Faschismus.
Aber Konservative werden sagen: Jetzt übertreibt aber nicht.
Aber Konservative werden sagen: Jetzt übertreibt aber nicht.
August 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Wenn der Faschismus wiederkehrt, wird er offenbar sagen: Ich bin der Faschismus.
Aber Konservative werden sagen: Jetzt übertreibt aber nicht.
Aber Konservative werden sagen: Jetzt übertreibt aber nicht.
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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Enforcing a single language without supporting bilingualism risks fragmenting the very markets such policies aim to unify. Economic gains arise not from linguistic uniformity, but from enabling shared fluency.
T Gurevitch, P Herman, @yotoyotov.bsky.social, F Toubal
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
T Gurevitch, P Herman, @yotoyotov.bsky.social, F Toubal
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
June 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Enforcing a single language without supporting bilingualism risks fragmenting the very markets such policies aim to unify. Economic gains arise not from linguistic uniformity, but from enabling shared fluency.
T Gurevitch, P Herman, @yotoyotov.bsky.social, F Toubal
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
T Gurevitch, P Herman, @yotoyotov.bsky.social, F Toubal
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
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See, the reason this wouldn't work is that people go to Wikipedia to know more about things instead of less.
June 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
See, the reason this wouldn't work is that people go to Wikipedia to know more about things instead of less.
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Some fun with fuel economy. The fuel cost of driving a given distance has rarely been cheaper relative to wages, thanks in part to higher fuel economy standards.
June 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Some fun with fuel economy. The fuel cost of driving a given distance has rarely been cheaper relative to wages, thanks in part to higher fuel economy standards.
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#econsky What do we know about “Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product Innovation” and about MIT's investigation of this paper, which apparently led to expulsion of its author? And what should we change in response. /1
May 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#econsky What do we know about “Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product Innovation” and about MIT's investigation of this paper, which apparently led to expulsion of its author? And what should we change in response. /1
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Redistribution or govt spending don’t make equality, unionization does
Forthcoming in the JEL: "Income Equality in The Nordic Countries: Myths, Facts, and Lessons" by Magne Mogstad, Kjell G. Salvanes, and Gaute Torsvik. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Income Equality in The Nordic Countries: Myths, Facts, and Lessons
(Forthcoming Article) - Policymakers, public commentators, and researchers often cite the Nordic countries as examples of a socio-economic model that combines low income inequality with prosperity and...
www.aeaweb.org
May 15, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Redistribution or govt spending don’t make equality, unionization does
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Mit Kaja Kallas aus Estland hat Europa eine der stärksten und überzeugendsten Politiker*innen: standhaft, klar, eindeutig, solidarisch. Mit Martin Sonneborn hat Europa einen der dümmsten und niederträchtigsten Menschen: der Kremlknecht ist ein übler Sexist und Mansplainer.
May 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Mit Kaja Kallas aus Estland hat Europa eine der stärksten und überzeugendsten Politiker*innen: standhaft, klar, eindeutig, solidarisch. Mit Martin Sonneborn hat Europa einen der dümmsten und niederträchtigsten Menschen: der Kremlknecht ist ein übler Sexist und Mansplainer.
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people on the other site are doing "is living in denmark better than living in the us" discourse based on that one paper about wealth and mortality and all reasonable interpretations aside, if your metric of wellbeing says that living in mississippi is better than denmark then it's a stupid metric
April 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
people on the other site are doing "is living in denmark better than living in the us" discourse based on that one paper about wealth and mortality and all reasonable interpretations aside, if your metric of wellbeing says that living in mississippi is better than denmark then it's a stupid metric
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I still can’t figure out when “we can deport you” turned into “we can put you in a hell hole prison in a third country, indefinitely, with no legal recourse.”
April 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I still can’t figure out when “we can deport you” turned into “we can put you in a hell hole prison in a third country, indefinitely, with no legal recourse.”
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American civil society is full of abject cowards, that is the issue. The government is a mafia state but it is winning because most American elite institutions are devoid of anything resembling integrity and are folding rather than stand on principles that were little more than marketing.
March 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
American civil society is full of abject cowards, that is the issue. The government is a mafia state but it is winning because most American elite institutions are devoid of anything resembling integrity and are folding rather than stand on principles that were little more than marketing.
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If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
March 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
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So on March 9, a French scientist, on a visa to attend a conference in Houston, was denied entry to the US and subsequently expelled because his phone had messages decrying scientific policies put forward by the Trump administration: www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »
Le ministre de la recherche français a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines. Le chercheur du CNRS aurait subi un contrôle aléatoire à son arrivée, avant q...
www.lemonde.fr
March 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
So on March 9, a French scientist, on a visa to attend a conference in Houston, was denied entry to the US and subsequently expelled because his phone had messages decrying scientific policies put forward by the Trump administration: www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
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After being alerted about possible misconduct, the I4R are reproducing published papers that use data from a specific NGO (GDRI). This thread releases the first 2 reports and provides more information about the work and responses/statements from authors journals and journals. 🧵
February 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
After being alerted about possible misconduct, the I4R are reproducing published papers that use data from a specific NGO (GDRI). This thread releases the first 2 reports and provides more information about the work and responses/statements from authors journals and journals. 🧵