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by Mark Roberts

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Was great to take part in today’s Bishan Park #parkrun while visiting Singapore! Quite pleased as well with my 8th place overall finish in 21 min 40 sec. Thanks to the organisers & volunteers! #parkrun #running 🏃👟🎽
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by Mark Roberts

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I’ll be in Singapore next week and I’m tempted to do a #parkrun there (especially because there’s no #parkrun in Hanoi, where I live), although I have some slight doubts because I’m also in middle of half-marathon training. Any advice from anyone who has done a #parkrun in Singapore?
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by Mark Roberts

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Hope you recover soon, Daniel. I came down with shingles last year while on a work trip & then had to catch an international flight home - was likewise awesome
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by Mark Roberts

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Eased back a bit on my #running last week to allow for some recovery as I continue to try to v slowly build 2 half-marathon fitness & felt so much better for it today!
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by Mark Roberts

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by Mark Roberts

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Maybe it’s because I’m from the north of England, but I *love* #running in the rain (which doesn’t happen often in Hanoi!). 1st real tempo run as continue to build back training
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by Mark Roberts

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Baby steps! 1st time running 5 km again as v gradually step-up training after suffering a calf strain early Feb. that feels like it has/is taking forever to recover from. Still some residual /referred pain, but feeling cautiously optimistic!Plus lovely running weather in DC today! #running
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by Mark Roberts

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I’m definitely v far from being a “best runner”, but I do have a mental strategy of “congratulating” myself when I reach a put of fatigue in a race (normally around the three quarters mark), which I find helps me to relax
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by Mark Roberts

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Stunning!
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Jacob Kiplimo breaks half marathon world record by 48 seconds
Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo shatters the half marathon record at a World Athletics event in Barcelona.
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by Mark Roberts

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Thank you! And, yes, I can already see that!
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by Mark Roberts

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Yay! Just completed my 1st ever #parkrun while visiting Washington DC! Now I know what I’ve been missing out on! Great to see the enthusiasm among runners of all ages. Also, my fastest 5 k (21 min
29 s) since resuming running 🙂 #running 🏃
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by Mark Roberts

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I finally found the (in)famous zone 2 😂

by Mark Roberts

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CHÚC MỪNG NĂM MỚI!

by Mark Roberts

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After 2 weeks of treadmill running due to dreadful air quality in Hanoi, was great to finally run outside again! My longest run (15.1 km) since starting running again around 2 years ago! Feeling v happy! 🙂🏃 #running #econ5k
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by Mark Roberts

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Very much enjoyed & highly recommend this super-insightful “Brief History of Urban & Spatial Economics” over the last 50 years since the founding of the JUE by Henderson & Thisse, which also includes welcome discussion of developing country issues #urbanecon #econsky
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#urbanecon @urban-econ-papers.bsky.social · Jan 4
New in JUE: Urban and spatial economics after 50 years, by J. Vernon Henderson, Jacques-François Thisse. #econsky #urbanecon
Urban and spatial economics after 50 years
Publication date: November 2024 Source: Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 144 Author(s): J. Vernon Henderson, Jacques-François Thisse
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by Mark Roberts

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Thanks for the shout-out @econ5k.bsky.social and for organising this! Great also to see the achievements of others! There are some v fast economists out there!
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!! 2025 ECON5k AWARDS !!

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2025 ECON5k AWARDS CEREMONY
YouTube video by Daniel Bergstresser
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New in JUE: Urban and spatial economics after 50 years, by J. Vernon Henderson, Jacques-François Thisse. #econsky #urbanecon
Urban and spatial economics after 50 years
Publication date: November 2024 Source: Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 144 Author(s): J. Vernon Henderson, Jacques-François Thisse
www.sciencedirect.com
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by Stéphane Straub — Reposted by: Mark Roberts

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Last day to submit to the @worldbankgroup.bsky.social #Infra4dev conference in Guangzhou!
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Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social · Dec 22
So submit your papers before Dec. 31: www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
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by Mark Roberts

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Last #run of yr & in scorching Trinidad b4 returning home 2 Hanoi. Thankful to have completed 1st full year of almost injury free running, with 8 races, in around 25 years :-) Hope to continue to grad build training, break 21 min for 5 k, 45 min for 10 k & maybe run a half marathon in 2025 #running
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by Mark Roberts

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Hi everyone, I wanted to draw attention to the below expressions of interest to attend the World Bank’s annual Land Conference, which will take place in Washington DC, May 5th-8th 2025. Deadline is 15th Jan.

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Summary - World Bank Land Conference 2025
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by Diego Puga — Reposted by: Mark Roberts

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e) @thetahat.bsky.social, @ecmaeditors.bsky.social. Field experiment with GPS data in Bangalore indicates commuters have moderate schedule inflexibility and high value of time, suggesting limited benefits from peak-spreading congestion charges in developing country megacities t.ly/_A6L7
Peak-Hour Road Congestion Pricing: Experimental Evidence and Equilibrium Implications - The Econometric Society
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by Diego Puga — Reposted by: Mark Roberts

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These are 10 of my favourite #UrbanEconomics articles published in academic journals in 2024 (continues a tradition started in 2018, order is alphabetical by first author, no ranking implied):
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Immensely helpful summary of an illuminating paper!
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Who migrates from developing countries?
New data from 99 developing countries challenges conventional wisdom in development policy. People whose labour has higher returns at home are more likely to migrate.
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New newsletter post: open.substack.com/pub/gregshil...
Updating My Priors on Self-Driving Cars
The tech is really good, which should cause urbanists to update their priors about direct and second-order effects.
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Zillow: a "silver tsunami" "wouldn't really move the needle in terms of solving our housing affordability crunch...These empty-nest households are concentrated in [already-]more affordable markets," not in the "job centers where young workers are moving." investors.zillowgroup.com/investors/ne...
A 'silver tsunami' won't solve housing affordability challenges
A "silver tsunami" — an expected flood of homes from older owners who will downsize or otherwise move on — has long been discussed as having the potential to relieve the nation's shortage of housing. ...
investors.zillowgroup.com
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Reposted by: Mark Roberts

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New in JUE: JUE Insight: The labor market effects of place-based policies: Evidence from England’s Neighbourhood Renewal Fund, by Robert Calvert Jump, Adam Scavette. #econsky #urbanecon
JUE <em>Insight</em>: The labor market effects of place-based policies: Evidence from England’s Neighbourhood Renewal Fund
Publication date: November 2024 Source: Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 144 Author(s): Robert Calvert Jump, Adam Scavette
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by Mark Roberts

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The World Risk Poll may be worth a look - wrp.lrfoundation.org.uk
The Lloyd's Register Foundation World Risk Poll
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by Mark Roberts

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Just saw this sign in a Trinidad credit union. Surprising: (i) number of places still with Covid related signs; & (ii) why closing washrooms would ever have necessarily helped contain (as opposed to making worse) the spread of Covid

by Mark Roberts

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This should be a great conference. For urban folk, call 4 papers includes the “role of infrastructure in supporting sustainable urbanization.” Deadline for submission is 31st Dec. @stephanestraub.bsky.social
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Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social · Dec 22
Let me explain why I think this conference is important, and you should send us your best papers.
First, Infra4dev is THE conference on infrastructure and development where frontier research can get to talk to both policymakers, MDBs, and private sector folks.
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Stephane Straub @stephanestraub.bsky.social · Nov 28
The World Bank and Lingnan College of Zhongshan University, Guangzhou are partnering for the fifth annual Infra4Dev Conference, to be held on the 15th and 16th May 2025 in Guangzhou, China.
Submit your paper online:
www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
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