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📢 The new VoxDev lit review on taxation & development is out! Lots of insights from recent research + outline of open questions for future research & policy experimentation. For recap of key takeaways, tune in for Anders Jensen's presentation this afternoon at 2pm UK time 📅

If you want to be Yunan Ji’s colleague at Georgetown University, you should apply. I can attest to the fact that she is a great colleague!

Join Institute for Fiscal Studies as a Research Economist! Great opportunity to work on important policy issues and impactful research in the heart of London. Application info here: x.com/TheIFS/status/… My long thread on why Institute for Fiscal Studies is such a great place to work here: x.com/prinzdani/stat…

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Amazing paper by Yunan Ji and Parker Rogers on the impact of government price cuts on innovation in medical technologies out as working paper. When Medicare reduced reimbursements for durable medical equipment, innovation decreased and outsourcing increased.

Informative thread from Imran Rasul on various positions available this year at Institute for Fiscal Studies. Recommend applying!

Important work by Yunan Ji and Parker Rogers showing that price cuts in healthcare reduce innovation and worsen product quality.

Our amazing coauthor Tal Gross used AI to write a really cool song about submitting our paper on how spouses choose plans in Medicare Part D with Timothy Layton and Julia Yates.

Fall 2024 edition of our World Bank World Bank MENAAP Algeria Economic Update just released. We discuss recent economic developments + perspectives and risks. The special focus of this edition is on macroeconomic policies to support export diversification. 📖tinyurl.com/2npzs2zt

The 2024 Gábor Kézdi Award recognizes Attila Lindner as the best young Hungarian 🇭🇺 economist for his groundbreaking work on the minimum wage.

Read our new Institute for Fiscal Studies working paper with Aniko Biro, Péter Elek (HUN-REN KRTK Institute of Economics) & László Sándor.

The 2024 Gábor Kézdi Award recognizes Attila Lindner as the best young 🇭🇺Hungarian economist. Presented by Daniel Horn, w/ laudation by Gabor Bekes. He presents his brand new Handbook of Labor Economics chapter Minimimum Wages in the 21st Century, coauthored with Arin Dube.

We have a new blog with Aniko Biro, Péter Elek (HUN-REN KRTK Institute of Economics) summarizing our recent World Bank World Bank Research working paper. We show that the reported earnings and employment of pregnant women respond strongly to incentives embedded in the design of maternity benefits.

Policy changes in Hungary tied maternity benefits more closely to earnings early in pregnancy. The result? A rise in reported earnings among women in small firms, suggesting that benefit design can influence tax behavior -> wrld.bg/g2vS50Vp92c