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Pablo Valenzuela-Casasempere @pvalenzuelac.bsky.social · Nov 19

How do major infrastructure projects reshape the lives of those displaced and those residing in affected communities? In my JMP, I answer this question in the context of the construction of the Interstate Highway System.🛣️🚧
A thread of my results 🧵🧵 #EconJMP

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Pablo Valenzuela-Casasempere @pvalenzuelac.bsky.social · Jul 26

I really like this paper!

Jeffrey Lin @jeffrlin.bsky.social · Jul 25

Catch Dan’s presentation yesterday of our paper on the NBER stream (around 3:15): www.youtube.com/live/FdBUD7W...

Pablo Valenzuela-Casasempere @pvalenzuelac.bsky.social · May 7

Crazy to think that I'm writing the slides for my thesis defence 😵‍💫

Pablo Valenzuela-Casasempere @pvalenzuelac.bsky.social · May 5

❤️‍🔥

IPUMS @ipums.bsky.social · May 5

While we are known for leading the way in expanding digital access to integrated census and survey records from around the world - did you know we also have a physical archive? We recently moved it here to IPUMS HQ. Share the data preservation love ❤️

A photo showing tall shelving units with organized and labeled document boxes all aligned in their new home at IPUMS HQ.

A movable metal staircase is in front of a tall set of metal shelved filled with small, vertical document boxes all neatly labeled and securely housed in IPUMS HQ.

Pablo Valenzuela-Casasempere @pvalenzuelac.bsky.social · Apr 7

THANK YOU!

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Econometrica @ecmaeditors.bsky.social · Mar 27

We are pleased to announce an experiment intended to stimulate academic discussion and exchange, centered on papers published in Econometrica 1/5

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · Mar 19

Interesting new paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2503.09907

improves on both rdrobust and rdhonest!

Quite compelling... 1/n

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Bank of Canada @bankofcanada.ca · Mar 17

🎉Congrats to Professor @rjuhasz.bsky.social of the University of British Columbia for winning the 2025 Governor’s Award.

Her research focuses on industrial policy and industrialization, emphasizing their importance in economic studies.

bit.ly/3DLWm9U

#cdnpse #cdnecon @industrialpolicy.bsky.social

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Mar 11

This chart seems to suggest that something is going wrong in the United States, specifically.
(www.ft.com/content/7568... )

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Michael Szell @mszll.datasci.social.ap.brid.gy · Mar 5

🎉 New paper in PNAS: Urban highways are barriers to social ties
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122

Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.

Map showing a highway section in red and social ties in space crossing the highway. Wherever a tie crosses the highway, there is a cross. There are 94 crosses.

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NBER @nber.org · Feb 20

An empirical approach to decompose the distributional effects of minimum wages into effects for workers moving out of employment, workers moving into employment, and workers continuing in employment, from Pierre R. Brochu, David A. Green, Thomas Lemieux, and Jam... https://www.nber.org/papers/w33479

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · Feb 20

This is Zero. She's the world's first herding dog with a work-from-home gig. 14/10

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Feb 11

GovWayBack.
govwayback.com

GovWayback
Access historical versions of U.S. government websites from before January 20, 2025 with a simple URL change.

How it works: Take any .gov URL and add wayback.com right after .gov, and you'll be redirected to the Wayback Machine's archived version of the page.
Examples:

Simple domain:
www.epa.gov → www.epa.govwayback.com

Specific page:
www.whitehouse.gov/administration → www.whitehouse.govwayback.com/administration

Complex URL:
www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2 → www.congress.govwayback.com/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · Feb 3

*Extremely* timely EDCC article #econtwitter #econsky about effectiveness of foreign aid in building soft power. . .for China! Completion of Chinese foreign aid projects ⬆️ support for Chinese gov in recipient countries @elwellner @DreherAxel @fuchs_andreas @AustinMStrange

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Poorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · Jan 13

faking

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Poorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · Jan 6

knowledge

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Kevin Milligan @kevinmilligan.bsky.social · Jan 3

A crisp 25 minute podcast/video interview with @iourikhramtsov.bsky.social on population aging, pensions, and retirement.

youtu.be/uixXak5UZtw?...

Why workers are retiring later, by choice | Interviewing Dr. Kevin Milligan

YouTube video by i-kh

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · Dec 12

Only the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route is currently under construction; but India has 8800 km of HSR lines under consideration which would connect most major metros by 2051 (China's network is currently 46k km).

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Kevin Milligan @kevinmilligan.bsky.social · Dec 11

Post-Doc opportunity at VSE/Stone Centre on Wealth and Income Inequality!

Starts Sept 1, 2025.

Application information at the link below:

stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/applications...

Applications for Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Now Open | Stone Centre for Wealth and Income Inequality

The Stone Centre on Wealth and Income Inequality is welcoming applications for its 2025/26 Postdoctoral Fellowship program. The position is open to scholars who are within five years of having receive...

stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca

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Juan Moreno-Cruz @jmorenocruz.bsky.social · Dec 10

A recent paper by Eoin McGuirk and @nathannunn.bsky.social highlights how agricultural development projects can backfire in traditionally pastoral areas of Africa, fueling conflict instead of fostering development.

#EconSky

www.nber.org/papers/w33191

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Pablo Valenzuela-Casasempere @pvalenzuelac.bsky.social · Dec 2

We know children impact women’s careers, but in entrepreneurship, the effects are even more far-reaching. Valentina Rutigliano's job market paper explains why. Check it out!

www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

New Study Reveals Motherhood’s Toll On Women Entrepreneurs

New research points to a major factor driving the gender gap in entrepreneurship: childbirth.

www.forbes.com

Pablo Valenzuela-Casasempere @pvalenzuelac.bsky.social · Nov 29

Thank you Paul!

Pablo Valenzuela-Casasempere @pvalenzuelac.bsky.social · Nov 28

I am super excited to present my job market paper at LAUrban!

Guillermo Alves @guillealves.bsky.social · Nov 28

The program for next week's LACEA-LAUrban conference in Mexico City is now online! 🗓️📢

A big thank you to our local organizers Jorge Pérez Pérez (@jorpppp.bsky.social) & Lorenzo Aldeco.

Check the program here: custom.cvent.com/C306D017CF72...

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Jeffrey Lin @jeffrlin.bsky.social · Nov 27

Re-upping this: if you are interested in GIS, computer vision, housing, and research please apply!

Jeffrey Lin @jeffrlin.bsky.social · Oct 8

I’m recruiting a research assistant to work on projects spanning neighborhood change, housing investment, highways, and innovation. Starting Summer 2025 or earlier. GIS+coding experience preferred. Please mention in your cover letter if you’re specifically interested in working with me. Job posting:

Research Assistant/Sr. Research Assistant (Hybrid)

Company Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Job Description Summary Research assistants (RAs) at the Philadelphia Fed play a key role in the Economic Research Department. Whether they are helping eco...

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Kevin Milligan @kevinmilligan.bsky.social · Nov 27

Meet the Vancouver School of Economics 2024/25 PhD job market candidates!

View their profiles here:
t.co/m9qT8g13jS

Job Market Candidates for 2024-25 from the Vancouver School of Economics at UBC.

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Nathan Nunn 🇨🇦 🇰🇷 @nathannunn.bsky.social · Nov 27

Breaking the Cycle of Violence: How Female Leaders Curb Armed Conflict. Guest post by Francisco Eslava blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva... via the World Bank

Breaking the Cycle of Violence: How Female Leaders Curb Armed Conflict. Guest post by Francisco Eslava

blogs.worldbank.org

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