Migration among American cities has fallen for decades, primarily because people have become less likely to move when home prices rise in their current city, from William W. Olney and @owen_thompson83 nber.org/papers/w32123

Important paper showing the gains to mothers and society from WFH. A 10% increase in WFH is shown to increase mothers employment by 1%. This is particularly true in professions which are more family unfriendly, like finance and marketing. Two implications:

1) WFH is driving…

📅 Next session of OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Regional Economics Seminar (13 December):

We are thrilled to host Anna Maria Mayda (@Georgetown) who will discuss the impact of immigration on local public goods and finances in the US and Italy.

To register: 👇

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New working paper!

In times of surging global violence and on-going conflicts, Teresa Freitas Monteiro and I ask whether violent episodes in the home country affect immigrants return plans and labor market behavior abroad.

Short answer: they do! 🔽

Link: dropbox.com/scl/fi/jch2jts…

📅 Next session of OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Regional Economics Seminar (Friday, 24 November)!

Paola Profeta (@Unibocconi) will explore the disparities between male and female mayors in allocating public funds during the pandemic in her talk.

To register 👇:
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🚨 We are happy to announce a new project with EU Reform Support 🇪🇺 to improve services helping inactive people find work in #Poland .

🇵🇱 Economic inactivity in most Polish regions is still well above the European Union average.

🔗More on OECD work on local jobs: oe.cd/5fk

❗New #OECD Report

🇧🇪𝙐𝙣𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙨, 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙜𝙞𝙪𝙢

Discover how the #Brussels -Capital region is addressing its unique challenges in job creation and talent utilisation.

Full report👉oe.cd/pub/jobsbru

📅 Next session of OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Regional Economics Seminar (11.09)!

We are kicking off the new season with a presentation by Jan Stuhler (@uc3m) on intergenerational mobility within the context of regional inequalities.

To register see the link below: 👇

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😷 #Covid19 disrupted #regions , hindering employment prospects.

By 2022, only 5⃣0⃣% of OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives regions had fully bounced back. Regions with the highest pre-pandemic employment rates are struggling to regain those heights.

Read more➡️oecdcogito.blog/2023/05/16/a-b…

What works for the labour market integration of refugees?

Join our session with Giovanni Peri on June 21 to find out!

Please us the following link to register (instead of the one in the original tweet): meetoecd1.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

🗓️ Next session of OECD Regional Economics Seminar: Self-employment and Immigration

On June 6th, M.Kugler(George Mason University) will discuss the link between immigration and entrepreneurship in U.S. metro areas.

Please register using the link below:

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📢 OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives Regional Economics seminar series

We are thrilled to kick off our new seminar series with Riccardo Crescenzi focusing on the role of GVCs and FDI for regional development.

You can register using the link below to attend remotely: 👇

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In this blog post (with Harm-Jan Rouwendal and Alison Weingarden) we analyse which factors influenced the speed of employment recovery across OECD regions post COVID-19. We show that regions with a less educated work force and a larger tourism/hospitality sector recovered more slowly.

Recently accepted by #QJE , “The Geography of Unemployment,” by Adrien Bilal (Adrien Bilal): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…

Happy with a new publication!

A work-first approach to integration for refugees generates only short-term employment effects at the expense of reduced language course participation.
#integration #refugee

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