Kudos to our ICAE colleague Juan C. Palomino & coauthors for their new Journal of Public Economics publication estimating the effect of inheritance recipients on wealth inequality by using survey data on large European economies and the US. Spoiler: effect <(>)0 if inheritance is small(large)

The July issue of JPE is now available online at journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jpe/2025/1… Chicago Journals #econtwitter

Is there a better alternative to the triple lock? Heidi Karjalainen explains in under 90 seconds. Find all of our Pensions Review analysis here: ifs.org.uk/pensions-review

Maria Teresa Cuesta (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) est en visite à la Chaire CREEi du 26 juin au 13 juillet. Elle étudie compétences, emploi, insertion des jeunes et bien-être au travail.

#Education is an important indicator of #immigrant success - so measures that are generally aimed at highly skilled immigrants may be the best policy strategy Magnus Lofstrom Public Policy Institute of California and Chunbei Wang Virginia Tech AgEcon: 'Immigrants and entrepreneurship'. wol.iza.org/articles/immig…

Our new nature Aging report from the GECC workshop highlights how researchers across disciplines are advancing #exposome and #aging research — by identifying gaps, setting data priorities, and planning for dissemination. Read the full report: nature.com/articles/s4358…

Join Prof. Daron Acemoglu Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) MIT Economics & Co-Director of @MITShapingWork on July 9, 5:00-6:00 PM ET for his keynote address on whether technological progress build shared prosperity during the 11th Ecineq conference co-hosted by World Bank & GW University. wrld.bg/uv3R50WlXj6

Low fertility is the result of shifting adult priorities, likely driven by changing norms, evolving opportunities and constraints, and broader social forces, from Melissa S. Kearney and Phil Levine nber.org/papers/w33989

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No dejen de leer la entrada de #DanielBarczyk y #MatthiasKredler sobre cuidados a mayores en Nada es Gratis. Los que lo han vivido verán aquí mucho de la economía de lo que han pasado o están pasando. De lo demás, cada familia a su manera, porque nunca estamos preparados.

Longer lifetimes are great, but living healthier longer is better. Exploring how to extend healthspans through medicine, business, and policy, from Stephen P. Utkus and Olivia S. Mitchell nber.org/papers/w33992

Analyzing scientists' biographies during the baby boom, we find that mothers have a unique life cycle pattern of productivity. Children reduce the productivity of mothers but not fathers, with important implications for promotions and participation. econometricsociety.org/publications/e…

You can watch the full session of the NBER SI on International Economics and Geopolitics on YouTube: 🔗 youtube.com/live/vR-hMg4Ok… Organized by Matteo Maggiori and Jesse Schreger. A fantastic day of top-tier papers and discussion. Geoeconomics is truly booming as a field. My talk runs

Last month, a new detailed survey of mental health amongst adults in England came out. Headline result is that more 16-64-year-olds have a common mental health conditions than in any previous wave of the survey over last 30 years. A brief thread...

Forthcoming in the AER: "Labor Market Power, Self-Employment, and Development" by Francesco Amodio, Pamela Medina, and Monica Morlacco. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Understanding #debt among the older population now freely downloadable from the Journal of #PensionEconomics #Finance bit.ly/4kIlOwh

Forthcoming in the AER: "Micro vs Macro Labor Supply Elasticities: The Role of Dynamic Returns to Effort" by Henrik Kleven, Claus Kreiner, Kristian Larsen, and Jakob Søgaard. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Mercis sincères au conseil des ministres du gouvernement du Québec pour cette nomination, au CA du Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) et au scientifique en chef Rémi Quirion, Rémi Quirion, pour leur appui! C’est un honneur de me joindre au FRQ – Société et culture.

Substantial earnings penalties exist for racial minorities in France. Compared to the US, lower overall inequality benefits French racial minorities, but rank gaps are comparable, from Yajna Govind, @PaoloSantiniC, and Ellora Derenoncourt nber.org/papers/w34013

Developing a dynamic macroeconomic model in which the secular decline in real interest rates arises endogenously from rising wealth inequality, from John B. Donaldson, Hyung Seok E. Kim, and Rajnish Mehra nber.org/papers/w34016