Robert Duval Hernández
@rduvalh.bsky.social
Economist @oucyprus, Research Fellow @iza.org
Alumnus: @CornellEcon @CIDE_MX
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Labor, Development, Growth Econ.
Alumnus: @CornellEcon @CIDE_MX
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Labor, Development, Growth Econ.
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A worth reading thread on why the EU is not lagging the US economically:
- GDP per capita is higher in the US, but so is the cost of living
- Europeans work fewer hours but have a similar productivity
- Europeans enjoy better living standards and have a lower carbon footprint
- GDP per capita is higher in the US, but so is the cost of living
- Europeans work fewer hours but have a similar productivity
- Europeans enjoy better living standards and have a lower carbon footprint
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
December 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A worth reading thread on why the EU is not lagging the US economically:
- GDP per capita is higher in the US, but so is the cost of living
- Europeans work fewer hours but have a similar productivity
- Europeans enjoy better living standards and have a lower carbon footprint
- GDP per capita is higher in the US, but so is the cost of living
- Europeans work fewer hours but have a similar productivity
- Europeans enjoy better living standards and have a lower carbon footprint
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Laura Juarez and Fernanda Marquez-Padilla find that, in the United States, menopause leads to large declines in women’s probability of employment and increases the probability of a woman receiving social security benefits.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
December 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Laura Juarez and Fernanda Marquez-Padilla find that, in the United States, menopause leads to large declines in women’s probability of employment and increases the probability of a woman receiving social security benefits.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
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"'Low estimate is 60,000 people have been killed there in the last three weeks.’” As many as 150,000 residents of El Fasher remain unaccounted for
Why, might be appropriate for our leaders, intellectuals, and activists who profess to care about our shared humanity to actually do or say something
Why, might be appropriate for our leaders, intellectuals, and activists who profess to care about our shared humanity to actually do or say something
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
"'Low estimate is 60,000 people have been killed there in the last three weeks.’” As many as 150,000 residents of El Fasher remain unaccounted for
Why, might be appropriate for our leaders, intellectuals, and activists who profess to care about our shared humanity to actually do or say something
Why, might be appropriate for our leaders, intellectuals, and activists who profess to care about our shared humanity to actually do or say something
It was the stupidest of times, it was the worst of times...
December 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It was the stupidest of times, it was the worst of times...
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Since Isabel Torres's daughter, Cassandra, was kidnapped in Chiapas in 2022, the distraught mother "has removed bullets, human remains, hair, clothing & shoes with her bare hands & has entered ranches controlled by organized crime" searching for her remains www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/202...
La incansable búsqueda de Cassandra
A la hija de Isabel Torres se la llevaron en 2022, durante una fiesta en Berriozábal, en Chiapas; ella ha recorrido y excavado múltiples lugares para tratar de encontrarla. Su caso se ubica en un esta...
www.proceso.com.mx
November 30, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Since Isabel Torres's daughter, Cassandra, was kidnapped in Chiapas in 2022, the distraught mother "has removed bullets, human remains, hair, clothing & shoes with her bare hands & has entered ranches controlled by organized crime" searching for her remains www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/202...
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Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
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"[Chicago mom] Andrea Soria... overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: 'We have to be good or ICE will get us.'"
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns
In Chicago, children and families have been traumatized by an immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.
apnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"[Chicago mom] Andrea Soria... overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: 'We have to be good or ICE will get us.'"
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
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"Approximately 460 patients and their companions were killed in a horrific massacre at a hospital in el-Fasher, Sudan, on Tuesday."
"They cold-bloodedly killed everyone they found inside."
"1,204 killings of health care workers and patients, since [..] 2023."
#Sudan #UAE #USA #Healthcare #Genocide
"They cold-bloodedly killed everyone they found inside."
"1,204 killings of health care workers and patients, since [..] 2023."
#Sudan #UAE #USA #Healthcare #Genocide
460 Killed in Horrific Massacre in Sudan Hospital, WHO Says, Amid RSF Takeover
RSF forces stormed the hospital and killed everyone inside, Sudan Doctors Network said.
truthout.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"Approximately 460 patients and their companions were killed in a horrific massacre at a hospital in el-Fasher, Sudan, on Tuesday."
"They cold-bloodedly killed everyone they found inside."
"1,204 killings of health care workers and patients, since [..] 2023."
#Sudan #UAE #USA #Healthcare #Genocide
"They cold-bloodedly killed everyone they found inside."
"1,204 killings of health care workers and patients, since [..] 2023."
#Sudan #UAE #USA #Healthcare #Genocide
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“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”
@nymag.com
nymag.com/intelligence...
@nymag.com
nymag.com/intelligence...
October 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”
@nymag.com
nymag.com/intelligence...
@nymag.com
nymag.com/intelligence...
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“We write, we scream, we plead; but it seems our words fall into a void. There are no aid planes, no humanitarian airlifts, no real international movement and no ground efforts to break the siege."
War crimes alert as food runs out in el-Fasher, Darfur: www.bbc.com/news/article... #KeepEyesonSudan
War crimes alert as food runs out in el-Fasher, Darfur: www.bbc.com/news/article... #KeepEyesonSudan
Sudan siege: War crimes alert as el-Fasher runs out of food
Evidence of the intentional targeting of civilians in el-Fasher amounts to war crimes, researchers say.
www.bbc.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
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Libertarian economics remains the funniest thing to believe in
After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects
Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs
Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs
October 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Libertarian economics remains the funniest thing to believe in
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ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
October 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
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According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
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"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
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My god.
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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How about that.
September 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
How about that.
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The Israeli government has told so many lies since Oct. 7.
In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.
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In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.
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August 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Israeli government has told so many lies since Oct. 7.
In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.
Subscribe to Zeteo to support our journalism. Tap the link in bio.
In this video — and in under three minutes — @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debunks the top 10 Israeli lies about the genocide in Gaza.
Subscribe to Zeteo to support our journalism. Tap the link in bio.
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Great news!
IZA (the German labor economics institute that had lost its main source of financial support) has found a new home and will continue as a convener and disseminator of knowledge.
Hurrah!
IZA (the German labor economics institute that had lost its main source of financial support) has found a new home and will continue as a convener and disseminator of knowledge.
Hurrah!
August 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Great news!
IZA (the German labor economics institute that had lost its main source of financial support) has found a new home and will continue as a convener and disseminator of knowledge.
Hurrah!
IZA (the German labor economics institute that had lost its main source of financial support) has found a new home and will continue as a convener and disseminator of knowledge.
Hurrah!
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Erika McEntarfer, fired as BLS head by Trump
…got her PhD in 2002
…has 47 publications
…which have 1327 citations
…got her PhD in 2002
…has 47 publications
…which have 1327 citations
August 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Erika McEntarfer, fired as BLS head by Trump
…got her PhD in 2002
…has 47 publications
…which have 1327 citations
…got her PhD in 2002
…has 47 publications
…which have 1327 citations
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The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities.
It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.
Likely to enter force within days.
It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.
Likely to enter force within days.
August 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities.
It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.
Likely to enter force within days.
It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree.
Likely to enter force within days.