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Public funds to Italian firms in disadvantaged areas (ex. Law 488/92) permanently increased employment, but allocation matters: Firms selected by objective rules create more jobs per € than those favored by local politicians. econometricsociety.org/publications/e…

🚨High-speed internet is hurting teen mental health, especially girls. More screen time Less sleep Less studying Less real-life socializing And when they're distressed they go online, not offline.

This new working paper provides clear and compelling causal evidence that the flu vaccine is really good for kiddos. "The influenza vaccine reduces outpatient and emergency department visits significantly."

Immigrants increase innovation and economic growth [full stop]

Childcare subsidies prompt new mothers to reallocate their careers to firms previously unattractive to them, ultimately benefiting these firms and improving their performance, from Elena Simintzi, Sheng-Jun Xu, and Ting Xu nber.org/papers/w33835

Evaluating a firm's worker-centered solution to the agency problem: enabling employees to reduce the cost of effort rather than pushing them with performance rewards, from Nava Ashraf, @orianabandiera, Virginia Minni, and Zingales nber.org/papers/w33843

Skandalös dass in der Schweiz die Gesundheit von Konsumentinnen weniger schützenswert gilt als der Verkauf von verseuchten Lebensmittel nzz.ch/schweiz/in-st-…

Weniger Daten --> mehr Blindflug. Eine Entscheidung, die Konsequenzen haben wird.

Woah. Blacks/Hispanics caught with crack-cocaine are 3x (!!!) more likely to be charged with possessing 280g of the substance--exactly where a 10-year mandatory minimum kicks in--than white offenders.

New research in one of the world’s largest refugee camps shows that aid cuts have had dramatic impacts on food consumption and security. Read the full article to learn more: x.com/vox_dev/status…

"Backlash: The Unintended Effects of Language Prohibition in U.S. Schools after World War I" academic.oup.com/restud/article…

After a long road, excited to see my work with Donghee Jo published in Journal of Politics @[email protected]. In Iceland, a lottery determines which politicians sit next to each other. We find that different-party politicians randomly assigned to sit next to each other are slightly more likely to vote

If you ✅ work on gender inequality in the labor market ✅ want to finally understand what this never-ending DiD literature is talking about ✅ teach recent advances in DiD then take a look at our WP with Lukas Riedel! 🔗rfberlin.com/research/child… ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin

A basic way to avoid bad habits is to imagine how you’ll feel afterward. It’s called episodic future thinking. Previewing the unwanted consequences of procrastinating, overeating, and doomscrolling can motivate better choices. Your future self is wiser than your present self.

Great paper/chart: The welfare state makes sure that households' disposable income does not fall off a cliff when there is job loss, disability, poor health or divorce... Evidence from Dutch administrative data:

Microsoft claims their new AI framework diagnoses 4x better than doctors. I'm a medical doctor and I actually read the paper. Here's my perspective on why this is both impressive AND misleading ... 🧵

Junior scholars who publish with top scientists gain a lasting edge over their careers.

Even when: ■ workers are unionized, ■ work tasks are similar, ■ hourly wages are identical, & ■ tenure dictates promotions, Women often make less than men. Why? Women often can't/don't work overtime. "Female[s]..., especially those with dependents, pursue schedule

In 2014, half of Greece's electricity was generated by coal. A decade later, that share has fallen to just 6%.

Growth rates: - Democracies: 2.4% - Institutionalized autocracies: 2.31% - Personalist autocracies: 1.37% May seem subtle, but compounded over 50 years, that 1 percentage-point differences = 64% lower income.