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How well do people know their social position relative to others in society? How does their position shape their views on fairness? A new paper from Kristoffer Hvidberg & Claus Thustrup Kreiner of Economics_UCPH and Stefanie Stantcheva of @harvardecon: restud.com/paper/social-p…



I look forward to participating in this event, this Friday, January 20, 10-11:30am EST. Claudia Goldin will speak about the book, and then the rest of us will chime in! Check it out. Registration link here. Claudia Goldin Harvard Department of Economics @wfrn Princeton University Press Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality LIS



Recently published paper in the Journal of Public Economics : "Paternalism and Pseudo-Rationality: An Illustration Based on Retirement Savings" Vol 216 (Dec 2022) by Itzik Fadlon (UCSDEcon ) & David Laibson (Harvard Department of Economics ) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

In our latest blog post, Lawrence Katz reflects on the last 🔟 years as co-scientific director of J-PAL North America and provides insight into the future of randomized evaluations & evidence-based policy. More on the J-PAL blog: povertyactionlab.org/blog/1-23-23/r…

Accessing vocational #education could offer an important pathway into the #labour market & boost long-term income – particularly for those unlikely to graduate from #HigherEducation mikko silliman Harvard Department of Economics @hanna_virtanen_ ETLAnow ow.ly/BH6O50MxMqS #EducationDay


How do economists like Lawrence Katz of Harvard Department of Economics & Janet Currie of Princeton Economics Princeton CHW bridge the gap between solid research and changing lives? Patience, persistence, and being ready to hop on a plane on a moment's notice.   bit.ly/3fQTZpP

Tune in to the latest episode of The Work Goes On podcast to hear Claudia Goldin, the first woman to be tenured at Harvard Department of Economics, discuss her journey from a childhood in the Bronx to authoring groundbreaking research at Harvard: bit.ly/3wDB1bn


Claudia Goldin, Claudia Goldin of Harvard Department of Economics speaks with me on The Econofactor Chats on Women's Journey to Equity; from #FatherKnowsBest to #MaryTylerMoore to #30Rock and the statistics to back up what SitComs have reflected over the past 70 years. econofact.org/podcast/career…

'Overcoming Contractual Incompleteness: The Role of Guiding Principles' by Oliver Hart of Harvard Department of Economics and David Frydlinger of Cirio - blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/blog-post/2023… - #IncompleteContracts #GoodFaith #Principles #OUP #OBLB

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP17859 Decrypting New Age International Capital Flows Clemens Graf von Luckner ScPoEcon, Carmen Reinhart Harvard Kennedy School, Kenneth S Rogoff Harvard Department of Economics ow.ly/tI0l50MGwc5 #CEPR_IMF


Professors Gabriel Chodorow-Reich and Ludwig Straub are hiring a pre-doc in macroeconomics. Apply below! academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/12115

Excess savings from fiscal transfers have long-lasting effects on aggregate demand as they trickle up the wealth distribution to agents with low marginal propensities to consume, from Adrien Auclert, Matthew Rognlie, and Ludwig Straub nber.org/papers/w30900



Professors Adrien Bilal and Xavier Gabaix are hiring a pre-doc in macroeconomics. Apply below! academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/12194