Thang Dang
@thangdangecon.bsky.social
Economist. https://thangdang.org
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The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries.
In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.
www.iza.org/publications...
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In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.
www.iza.org/publications...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries.
In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.
www.iza.org/publications...
🧵 thread—>
In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.
www.iza.org/publications...
🧵 thread—>
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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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Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Early Grade Retention Harms Adult Earnings" by Jiee Zhong. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Early Grade Retention Harms Adult Earnings
(Forthcoming Article) - This paper provides new causal evidence on the effects of grade retention on educational
attainment, behavioral outcomes, and labor market performance by analyzing Texas’s read...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Early Grade Retention Harms Adult Earnings" by Jiee Zhong. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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A higher proportion of violent peers negatively affects students' cognitive performance, more for girls than boys. It also lowers study effort and teachers' effectiveness, from Victor Lavy and Assaf Yancu www.nber.org/papers/w34482
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A higher proportion of violent peers negatively affects students' cognitive performance, more for girls than boys. It also lowers study effort and teachers' effectiveness, from Victor Lavy and Assaf Yancu www.nber.org/papers/w34482
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Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "The Effect of Deactivating Facebook and Instagram on Users’ Emotional State" by Hunt Allcott, Matthew Gentzkow, Benjamin Wittenbrink, et al. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
The Effect of Deactivating Facebook and Instagram on Users’ Emotional State
(Forthcoming Article) - We estimate the effect of social media deactivation on users’ emotional state in
two large randomized experiments before the 2020 U.S. election. People who
deactivated Facebook...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "The Effect of Deactivating Facebook and Instagram on Users’ Emotional State" by Hunt Allcott, Matthew Gentzkow, Benjamin Wittenbrink, et al. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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Exposure to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit during childhood improves mother's health and socioeconomic status at the time of first birth as well as leading to improved infant health outcomes, from Janet Currie and Jessica Van Parys www.nber.org/papers/w34464
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Exposure to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit during childhood improves mother's health and socioeconomic status at the time of first birth as well as leading to improved infant health outcomes, from Janet Currie and Jessica Van Parys www.nber.org/papers/w34464
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Forthcoming in the JEL: "Refugees’ Economic Integration" by Dany Bahar, Rebecca Brough, and Giovanni Peri. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Refugees’ Economic Integration
(Forthcoming Article) - Refugees are international migrants escaping persecution and crises, whose economic success in their countries of destination is threatened by lack of access to labor and credi...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Forthcoming in the JEL: "Refugees’ Economic Integration" by Dany Bahar, Rebecca Brough, and Giovanni Peri. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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The large increase in steel tariffs under GW Bush did not cause an increase in steel-industry employment.
But it did hurt the US industries that use steel to make things, reducing employment there long after the tariffs were gone.
New in @aeajournals.bsky.social —> doi.org/10.1257/pol....
But it did hurt the US industries that use steel to make things, reducing employment there long after the tariffs were gone.
New in @aeajournals.bsky.social —> doi.org/10.1257/pol....
October 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The large increase in steel tariffs under GW Bush did not cause an increase in steel-industry employment.
But it did hurt the US industries that use steel to make things, reducing employment there long after the tariffs were gone.
New in @aeajournals.bsky.social —> doi.org/10.1257/pol....
But it did hurt the US industries that use steel to make things, reducing employment there long after the tariffs were gone.
New in @aeajournals.bsky.social —> doi.org/10.1257/pol....
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Female pediatricians’ temporary absences lead to lasting cuts to kids’ care—fewer visits, vaccines, and lead tests—showing work disruptions carry consumer costs, from @leilaagha.bsky.social , Na'ama Shenhav, and Myles Wagner www.nber.org/papers/w34360
October 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Female pediatricians’ temporary absences lead to lasting cuts to kids’ care—fewer visits, vaccines, and lead tests—showing work disruptions carry consumer costs, from @leilaagha.bsky.social , Na'ama Shenhav, and Myles Wagner www.nber.org/papers/w34360
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Daughter preference in Malawi! (I mean, at least if you're matrilineal.) seemajayachandran.com/life_satisfa...
October 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Daughter preference in Malawi! (I mean, at least if you're matrilineal.) seemajayachandran.com/life_satisfa...
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The Call for Papers for Essen Health Conference 2026 is out now, with an excellent line-up of keynote speakers Melanie Wasserman @uclaanderson.bsky.social and Stephanie Von Hinke @bristoluni.bsky.social
🗓️Deadline for paper submissions is 31 January 2026 🚨
Details here - udue.de/ehc26
🗓️Deadline for paper submissions is 31 January 2026 🚨
Details here - udue.de/ehc26
October 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The Call for Papers for Essen Health Conference 2026 is out now, with an excellent line-up of keynote speakers Melanie Wasserman @uclaanderson.bsky.social and Stephanie Von Hinke @bristoluni.bsky.social
🗓️Deadline for paper submissions is 31 January 2026 🚨
Details here - udue.de/ehc26
🗓️Deadline for paper submissions is 31 January 2026 🚨
Details here - udue.de/ehc26
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Forthcoming in the AER: "First Generation Elite: The Role of School Social Networks" by Sarah Cattan, Kjell G. Salvanes, and Emma Tominey. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
First Generation Elite: The Role of School Social Networks
(Forthcoming Article) - High school students from non-elite backgrounds are less likely to have peers with elite-educated parents than their elite counterparts. This difference in social capital is a ...
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September 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Forthcoming in the AER: "First Generation Elite: The Role of School Social Networks" by Sarah Cattan, Kjell G. Salvanes, and Emma Tominey. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...