.C. Kirabo Jackson shows that every $1 spent on students generates a $2 return in higher earnings down the road. "This means we should spend more now to benefit students and society for years to come," he said. spr.ly/6017bHBwF

Join us in Chambers Hall on Monday at noon for a talk by Northwestern Economics's @MarReguant on "Smart Rationing: Designing Electricity Blackout Policies for Extreme Events." spr.ly/6019brAFP

Thank you to @NUeconomics, Kellogg School, @eichmartin & Larry Christiano for inviting me to deliver the Susan Bies Lecture. Such an entertaining chat with Larry about IMF, capital flows, and the role of research in policymaking.

Harnessing technology to boost African agriculture 🌍 Yesterday on #VoxDevTalks, Christopher Udry Northwestern Economics told Tim Phillips how policymakers in #Africa can promote technological progress in #agriculture. Listen here: voxdev.org/topic/agricult…

Exploiting natural variability in global temperatures leads to estimates that the macroeconomic damages from climate change are six times larger than previously thought, from Adrien Bilal and Diego Känzig nber.org/papers/w32450

.Northwestern Economics prof. Molly Schnell investigates how competition influences physician prescribing in light of changes to laws granting nurse practitioners the ability to prescribe controlled substances without physician oversight. #WorkingPaperWednesday spr.ly/6011dIZv3

Using prostitution regulations in Victorian-era Britain to study the trade-off between improving health and protecting individual rights that is often involved in public health interventions, from Grant Goehring and W. Walker Hanlon nber.org/papers/w32505

The Council of Economic Advisers's 2024 economic report, co-authored by C. Kirabo Jackson, dives into economic challenges like the aging workforce and the drug overdose crisis, offering solutions backed by top academic research, including insights from IPR faculty: spr.ly/60195cuwl

Are the elderly more likely to be depressed? How does depression impact the lives of seniors? How can policy intervene? Today on VoxDevTalks, Madeline McKelway DartmouthEcon & Garima Sharma Northwestern Economics discuss evidence from LMICs with Tim Phillips: voxdev.org/topic/health/d…

Joel Mokyr’s #UBSCenterOpinion at University of Zurich underscored the significance of useful knowledge and the #Enlightenment in shaping the economic landscape of #Europe, highlighting the unique conditions in Britain that facilitated the Industrial Revolution. ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_events… Joel

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP19203 The Macroeconomic Impact of #Climate Change: Global vs. Local Temperature Adrien Bilal Harvard University Harvard Department of Economics, Diego Känzig Northwestern Economics Northwestern ow.ly/QINv50SvP3a #CEPR_IMF #CEPR_ITRE #CEPR_MG #CEPR_CCE

The U.S. Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General declared gun violence a public health crisis. The advisory includes research by Andrew Papachristos, Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research & Science, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine's Linda Teplin and Rinad Beidas, PhD, Northwestern SESP's Hannes Schwandt, and Northwestern Economics's Molly Schnell. spr.ly/60139305h

The U.S. Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General declared gun violence a public health crisis. The advisory includes research by Andrew Papachristos, Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research & Science, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine's Linda Teplin and Rinad Beidas, PhD, Northwestern SESP's Hannes Schwandt, and Northwestern Economics's Molly Schnell. spr.ly/6010ik3mQ

Are the elderly more likely to be depressed? How does depression impact the lives of seniors? How can policy intervene? Last month on #VoxDevTalks, Madeline McKelway DartmouthEcon & Garima Sharma Northwestern Economics discussed evidence from LMICs: voxdev.org/topic/health/d…

How to measure the potential impact of polling nonresponse using the concept of the total margin of error, from Jeff Dominitz and Charles F. Manski nber.org/papers/w32782

Over 378,000 students have experienced a school shooting since 1999. A study by Northwestern Economics's Molly Schnell & Northwestern SESP's Hannes Schwandt shows that prescription drug use for mental health conditions spiked among youth living near fatal school shootings. spr.ly/6011lvN8x

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP19376 Homothetic Non-CES Demand Systems with Applications to Monopolistic Competition Kiminori Matsuyama Northwestern Economics Northwestern ow.ly/y2xG50T23aS #CEPR_IMF #CEPR_IO #CEPR_ITRE #CEPR_MEF #CEPR_MG #economics

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP19377 The Drivers of Post-Pandemic #Inflation Domenico Giannone Domenico Giannone IMF University of Washington, Giorgio Primiceri Giorgio Primiceri Northwestern Economics Northwestern ow.ly/252E50T23l8 #CEPR_MEF #economics

The behavior of post-pandemic inflation was nearly identical in the US and the Euro area. In both cases, it was mainly driven by unexpectedly strong demand forces, from Domenico Giannone and Giorgio Primiceri nber.org/papers/w32859

Britain achieved faster growth during the Industrial Revolution in part because British inventors were working at the “right place” in the innovation network, from Lukas Rosenberger, W. Walker Hanlon, and Carl Hallmann nber.org/papers/w32875