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Immigration promises to be a key issue in the Presidential and Congressional campaigns. Candidates from both parties favor limits but differ on the extent of restrictions. I joined EconoFactOrg Chats to discuss these issues econofact.org/podcast/immigr…

Jonathan Eaton was an exceptional scholar and a wonderful mentor. Cecilia Fieler and I wrote an intellectual obituary describing his academic work and legacy that was just posted on VoxEU. cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

Great to see my work with Giovanni Peri and Cassie Merritt in VoxEU: The geography and determinants of ‘new work’ in the United States cepr.org/voxeu/columns/… # via CEPR

Reviewing two important recent books on economic growth: “How the World Became Rich” by Koyama and Rubin and “Slouching Towards Utopia” by DeLong, from Steven N. Durlauf nber.org/papers/w32873

A literature review on human capital with a focus on social skills, decision making, and other higher-order capacities, from David Deming and mikko silliman nber.org/papers/w32908

My joint work with Steven N. Durlauf, Dohyeon Lee, and Xi Song on long-run Black-White differences in mobility featured in BFI research briefs! bfi.uchicago.edu/insights/the-e…

Big News! We're thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new website: stonecenter.uchicago.edu Learn about cutting-edge research, upcoming events, and opportunities to engage with our international network of inequality scholars. Visit and stay connected! #NewWebsite

Last week, at the Recent Advances in Inequality and Mobility Conference, the spotlight was on the extraordinary record of accomplishments of Stone Center Director Steven N. Durlauf. A distinguished lineup of social scientists presented innovative work on inequality and mobility while

Reviewing the literature on firm wage differences and the fixed effects methods typically used to measure these differences, from Patrick M. Kline nber.org/papers/w33084

dario pozzoli (CBS Department of Economics) presented today on offshoring and skills segregation. Dario and coauthors Gueyon Kim (UC Santa Cruz) and D. Lee analyse how offshoring impacts wages & workers relocation to low productivity firms. #Offshoring mitigates skill inequality and reduces domestic income

A review of recent research on spatial economics, from @ReddingEcon nber.org/papers/w33125

Using tariff lines across five US trade policy regimes between 1900 and 1940 shows that price dynamics combine with industry reliance on specific tariffs to generate large swings in average tariff levels, from Andrew Greenland and John Lopresti nber.org/papers/w33127

Outlining several unexplored areas in international trade, from Pol Antras nber.org/papers/w33312

1/🚨New chapter in Handbook of Regional & Urban Econ: Spatial Environmental Economics 🌍 How do spatial forces affect the enviro? How does enviro shape spatial outcomes? Thread, chapter explore nascent subfield via stylized acts, models, research guide. w Clare Balboni.

🚨We just released a paper examining the long-terms economic impacts of "Liberation Day" tariffs. In summary: while these tariffs may help reduce the trade deficit, they will impose significant costs on the U.S. economy after retaliation by trade partners.

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📢 NEW DATA! Javier Flórez, Mario Larch, Sebastien Bradley, and I are very happy share the update of the most disaggregated dataset of consistently constructed international and domestic trade flows -- GRANTPA. So, let’s estimate GRAVITY with GRANTPA. ideas.repec.org/p/drx/wpaper/2…

📢NEW DATA! Happy to share the new release of the International Trade and Production Database for Estimation - ITPD-E-R03. Thanks to my co-authors Mario Larch & Serge Shikher and to the USITC! For details: ideas.repec.org/p/drx/wpaper/2… Enjoy the data and have a great summer!