The first evaluation of an anti-poverty program using only satellite imagery and deep-learning, from Luna Yue Huang, Solomon M. Hsiang, and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro nber.org/papers/w29105

¿Es posible compatibilizar la agenda de crecimiento económico con la de sustentabilidad ambiental? Matias Gutman y Gabriel Palazzo, de @Fundesarg, se hicieron esta pregunta y analizaron el potencial de Argentina en la producción verde. cenital.com/un-mapa-realis…

Les comparto unas reflexiones que escrbi sobre el Nobel de Economia 2021. Mis 2 centavos, en lenguaje llano, accesible para alumnos, sus tias y abuelas. Mate y bizcochitos de por medio :)

Este artículo de The New York Times cita al laboratorio argentino Sinergium Biotech como un buen candidato para producir vacunas mRNA en países en desarrollo. La principal desventaja: contexto político-económico complicado. Tenemos potencial... vamos a aprovecharlo? nytimes.com/interactive/20…

The UC Berkeley Dev family reunited today at #neudc2023 Harvard CID ! GO BEARS!!🐻 Miguel Ortiz Michelle (Qianmiao) Chen Cristóbal Otero Susanna Berkouwer Joel Ferguson @david_wqh Nick Swanson Eleanor Wiseman Jed Silver 🟣 Maximiliano Lauletta and more not in the picture Stephanie Bonds Daniel Agness Shreya Chandra

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My co-authors and I are looking for RAs to work in Kananga, DRC, on projects to boost tax capacity and foster accountability. Econ RA Listings PREDOC.org Please share, retweet, and apply 👇 Predoc: povertyactionlab.org/careers/predoc… RA: povertyactionlab.org/careers/resear… RI: povertyactionlab.org/careers/resear…

A temporary 21 percentage point value-added tax cut and anti-profiteering measures on food necessities during a period of high inflation in Argentina resulted in progressive welfare effects, from Youssef Benzarti, Santiago Garriga, and Dario Tortarolo nber.org/papers/w32241

Forthcoming in the AER: "Organized Crime and Economic Growth: Evidence from Municipalities Infiltrated by the Mafia" by Alessandra Fenizia and Raffaele Saggio. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "My Taxes Are Too Darn High: Why Do Households Protest Their Taxes?" by Brad Nathan, Ricardo Perez-Truglia, and Alejandro Zentner. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

🌐💡 🚨💡🚨💡🌐 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬! Public Finance 🔄 Structural Transformation Deadline: April 15th Travel & accommodation covered for presenters

Can smartphone usage at school negatively affect learning and well-being? In an event study conducted by Sara Abrahamsson, who graduated from NHH/FAIR last year, she found that a smartphone ban had positive effects on mental health, bullying, and grades. openaccess.nhh.no/nhh-xmlui/bits…

Labor markets in higher-income countries are more meritocratic, meaning there is more skill-based sorting between workers and jobs. This matters for development in subtle ways, from @orianabandiera, Kotia, Lindenlaub, Chris Moser, and Andrea Prat nber.org/papers/w32375

With the man, the myth, the legend Khoa Vu at #SOLE2024

How do firms operate as tax collectors (for partners or clients) in a turnover tax system? In Argentina, delegating tax collection to large firms significantly boosted compliance among trading partners and increased total tax revenue, w/o hindering their own activities.

Thank you Ron Davies for the award and the amazing conference. Big congrats to my friends and coauthors Roberto Hsu Rocha and Maximiliano Lauletta. This paper wouldn’t be possible without them.

Con profunda tristeza despedimos al profesor emérito Roberto Cortés Conde, pionero de la historia económica latinoamericana y un pilar fundamental en la creación de nuestro Departamento. Fue un mentor y guía intelectual, influyendo a varias generaciones. lanacion.com.ar/cultura/murio-…

Maximiliano Lauletta studies the effects of a ban on cash for wage disbursements on #laborinformality and payroll tax compliance in Uruguay Albrecht Bohne invites a reinterpretation of the coefficient magnitude and calls for further analysis on firms and transitions to informality

Rodrigo Carril Giacomo Brusco Malka Guillot Wayne Sandholtz Julia Cage Eva Davoine Gianmarco Daniele Alessandra Moresi Barcelona School of Economics Théo Valentin Fabrizio Santoro S Galletta Rebecca De Simone Willem Sas Audinga Baltrunaite Saad Gulzar سعد گلزار María Montoya Aguirre Matteo Paradisi Dirk Foremny Dina D. Pomeranz 🟣 Krista Ruffini Chiara Lacava Last but definitely not least, Maximiliano Lauletta showing us how formal workers in Brazil receive part of their wages off the books. costing the gov’t 4.7% of labor income tax revenue! Insightful evidence on employer-employee collusion javierfeinmann.github.io/JavierFeinmann… Barcelona School of Economics #BSEForum