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Fascinating stuff at NBER today. And a big and important question if there is one

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Race to the Bottom: Competition and Quality in Science” by Hill (Ryan Hill) and Stein (Carolyn Stein): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…

German youth (18-26 years) majority (51%, up 36pp) for Putin fellow travellers and assorted anti-system parties: - 25% for DieLinke - 20% for AfD - 6% for BSW (Stalinist). Like in France and the UK, could be the last chance for pro-system parties to show they can govern.

📢Call for papers:📢 CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education (co-organized with Eric Hanushek) 5-6 Sept 2025, Munich Keynote: Raffaella Sadun 👉cesifo.org/en/event/2025-… Submission deadline: 18 May 2025 Past programs: sites.google.com/view/woessmann…

I don't doubt Kevin on this, but what is a good paper? A lot of "good papers" have zero added value other than to authors' CVs. A lot of them are wrong. I don't doubt AI can write a paper. Can it write one that is useful, insightful, and correct, and can it tell the difference?

we've been working on this for a while, and i find it very useful. try it out. (consider this to be v0, more to come!)

Wow! This project looks amazing. In it, three scientists at Columbia, Michigan, and Maryland introduce VRscores: a measure of the partisan leanings of employers in the United States. The dataset is constructed by linking U.S. voter registrations to online worker profiles.

Regardless of what you made of Biden-era industrial policy, is an amazingly grim irony that US tariffs are being raised with the stated aim of reindustrialising America, ignoring an *actual generational boom in industrial investment* which the tariffs now pose a huge threat to.

🚨Just published in the Annual Review of Economics Annual Reviews: 👉Skills and Earnings: A Multidimensional Perspective on Human Capital👈 annualreviews.org/content/journa… My review of what we know so far about the role of multidimensional skills for earnings 1/9

This is incredible -

Interesting!

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What a fantastic program -- great to see representation from our group at Aalto!

Wild paper: *fewer* people die when unemployment rises, and lower air pollution is a meaningful part of why

Now that everyone is talking about the impact of AI on labor, here is a quick thread with some key findings from the broader literature. TLDR; there is some evidence of both, AI enhancing and reducing gaps among low- and high-performers. Pull the thread to learn more 🧵👇

Any Econ PhD students at Harvard (or elsewhere in the U.S.) worried about visa status, the Institute for International Economic Studies has openings for PhD students who have completed their coursework and are at the dissertation stage, starting in the fall. Apply here: su.se/institute-for-…

American exports *increase* when universities educate international students. In 2024, the US exported over $50B in education services --comparable to motor vehicle exports. If the US wants to reduce its trade deficit, it is counterproductive to ban international students.

🆕Chapter of the Handbook of Labor Economics: David Deming and mikko silliman synthesize the economics literature on skills and human capital in the labor market. rfberlin.com/research/skill…