Groundbreaking study from Patrick Nuess (Nüß) uncovers widespread management opposition to unions in German labor market, especially in larger firms. Results highlight crucial role of union threat and its impact on industrial relations and labor inequality. #UnionThreat #LaborMarket

COVID-19 vaccine question: what are folks' latest recommendations for how long to wait to get the updated booster after a recent infection?

Thrilled to share the final version of our study of Black-white wealth differences in the US dating back to before the Civil War. Bigger & better, w/ 2X the data, + appendices where we explore key related Qs -- the role of racial violence, conditional gaps, immigration, etc.

It's so funny how the police just stopped doing their jobs when people criticized them for killing people, and meanwhile the IRS Criminal Investigation unit is out here solving the biggest thefts in history with little fan fare, while being constantly demonized by the right

The recent fall in wage inequality (as measured by 90-10 gap) reversed 38% of the inequality rise in 1979-2019 ("Great Divergence"). And the fall in inequality was around 46% as large as the fall during 1940-1950 ("Great Compression"). 4/

This great 1997 article by Bob Shiller has survey evidence on to why people dislike inflation: they don't believe wages would be very different if inflation were lower. They think inflation makes them worse off from higher prices, as wages would be the same w/o inflation. 🧵

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 What an incredible honor! The work continues. Apply here to join our team studying regional patterns and drivers of racial wealth inequality: tinyurl.com/y68st2p8

On the heels of California’s new $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers, my co-author Max Risch of Carnegie Mellon University and I are posting our new working paper on the impact of minimum wage increases on independent businesses. [1/14] nirupamarao.org/_files/ugd/ed3…

Two big takeaways: 1) More unexploded missiles and bombs have fallen in Gaza than anywhere in the world since at least the Second World War. 2) Ukrainian frontline is 600 mi long, and Gaza frontline is 25 mi long. There’s more rubble—37m tons—in Gaza than in Ukraine.

A unifying explanatory theory of 21st century technological innovation is simply "make it the same but without all the labor rights that have accumulated over the previous 150 years"

You’ve probably heard over that last few years that more people are crossing the southern border than ever before. But that’s not quite right. More people are getting apprehended, but several prior years saw more crossings.