
Gabriel Tourek
@gabezt
Public and Development, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh
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https://sites.google.com/view/gabrieltourek/home 28-10-2011 14:08:53
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'Evidence for Policy Design fellow alumni Gabriel Tourek et al. find that optimal assignment of tax collectors can increase revenue without increasing costs through their recent study in #DRC. Read more here: zurl.co/VI1A


We are now moving to our research presentations, and are excited to hear from our presenters Anders Jensen, Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣, James Dzansi, and Gabriel Tourek 📊 #TaxforGrowth LIVE on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=P-atk_…

Providing firms with advertising & identity verification tools ⬆️ their hiring through a job portal, improving their ability to fill vacancies. Today on VoxDev, A. Nilesh Fernando Notre Dame Economics, @nihasingh06 Columbia Economics & Gabriel Tourek outline new research in #India: voxdev.org/topic/labour-m…


Providing firms with advertising & identity verification tools ⬆️ their hiring through a job portal, improving their ability to fill vacancies. Last week on VoxDev, A. Nilesh Fernando Notre Dame Economics, @nihasingh06 Columbia Economics & Gabriel Tourek outlined research in #India: voxdev.org/topic/labour-m…


Providing firms with advertising & identity verification tools ⬆️ their hiring through a job portal, improving their ability to fill vacancies. Last month on VoxDev, A. Nilesh Fernando Notre Dame Economics, @nihasingh06 Columbia Economics & Gabriel Tourek outlined research in #India: voxdev.org/topic/labour-m…


Optimising the assignment of tax collectors significantly ⬆️ tax revenue & compliance at little or no added cost. Research in #DRC by Augustin Bergeron pedro tepedino, John Kabeya Kabeya, Gabriel Tourek & Jonathan Weigel features in our forthcoming #VoxDevLit: voxdev.org/topic/public-e…

Investigating how tax rates and tax enforcement jointly impact fiscal capacity in low-income countries, from Augustin Bergeron, Gabriel Tourek, and Jonathan Weigel nber.org/papers/w31685


🆕 Does low state capacity set a ceiling on tax rates? Today on VoxDev, Augustin Bergeron USC Economics, Gabriel Tourek Pitt Economics & Jonathan Weigel Haas School of Business outline evidence from the DRC on increasing tax revenues 🇨🇩: voxdev.org/topic/public-e…



Does low state capacity set a ceiling on tax rates? Last week on VoxDev, Augustin Bergeron USC Economics, Gabriel Tourek Pitt Economics & Jonathan Weigel Haas School of Business outlined evidence from the DRC on increasing tax revenues 🇨🇩: voxdev.org/topic/public-e…


Is the value-added tax a "good" tax? Should countries be using it? Our new AEA Journals paper with Anne Brockmeyer @annebrockmeyer.bsky.social Giulia Mascagni @mazharwaxim Miguel Almunia says YES, BUT... 👇 aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

How do technology and personnel shape the effectiveness of tax administration in LMICs? Oyebola Okunogbe Oyebola Okunogbe and I consider paths and the evidence behind them so far in a new Journal of Econ Perspectives @aeapubs aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Does low state capacity set a ceiling on tax rates? Last month on VoxDev, Augustin Bergeron USC Economics, Gabriel Tourek Pitt Economics & Jonathan Weigel Haas School of Business outlined evidence from the DRC on increasing tax revenues 🇨🇩: voxdev.org/topic/public-e…


I had the distinct pleasure of chatting with Tim Phillips Talk Normal on VoxDev about a recent paper by Gabriel Tourek and I on how lower income countries can raise more tax revenues to fund public services. Hope you enjoy listening :)

Looking for Predoc RA + intern to join projects in DRC studying the role of state capacity in economic development (Dev/PF/PE)! DRC-based research associate: povertyactionlab.org/careers/predoc… DRC-based research intern: povertyactionlab.org/careers/resear… Econ RA Listings


📢 Join us on Wednesday! In the 3rd session of our webinar series on tax & digitalisation, co-hosted with the World Bank, we look at the risks and opportunities #AI presents in building more efficient tax systems. Register here 👉 ow.ly/ruoG50WcmjL #TaxTwitter #TaxPolicy
