"We find that the affirmative action policy resulted in almost one-to one transfers from the non-targeted to the targeted group." In PW Sources, @seb_otero, Nano Barahona, & Cauê Dobbin on affirmative action in Brazil. Read here: web.stanford.edu/~sotero/papers…

With a focus on labor and public economics, grad student research awardee Cristóbal Otero Berkeley Economics explores the effects of managers on public health outcomes, using evidence from Chile. Learn more about this year's awardees: ow.ly/jtoZ50HR5J7

DevPEC, a PhD Student Conference, is back this year and on hybrid mode. Awesome space for graduate students to share their work. #EconTwitter please help us spread the word! See this thread for more details.

Congrats @seb_otero! I’m so happy to have shared this roller-coaster phd experience with you, and oc, *thrilled* to have you at UCB for the next year. Excited for what comes next. :)

What do structural models identify in a general potential outcomes framework? The answer depends on whether the instruments are "included" or "excluded" New great-looking paper from a fantastic research team hbaraho.github.io/papers/include…

Access to abortion is a human right. It should not only be legal but heavily subsidized! Check out this interesting paper by Nina Brooks and Tom Zohar about free access to abortion in Israel. ✊🏼💚

Fantastic summary by Claudio Ferraz about the effects of a nationwide affirmative action policy in Brasil 10 years after its implementation. Featuring our research and other amazing papers. 🔥

"I'm interested in understanding how we can use public policy to improve people’s lives," says Nano Barahona in an interview with PhD candidate Felipe Lobel, in which he also discusses his work on the positive effects of the Chilean food labeling policy. bit.ly/3BjYMav

🔵 Nano Barahona hizo el Magister en Economía UC y luego siguió con Stanford University y UC Berkeley, dónde es profesor.“La buena implementación de políticas públicas puede hacer una diferencia enorme en las personas que conviven con la realidad en su día a día” economia.uc.cl/economista-uc-…

O-Lab is excited to welcome four new research leaders on topics including #safetynet programs, #healthcare, and #highered, to our faculty network. Nano, William, Adam, and Mathilde — we're honored to be working with you!🌟

Mandatory warning labels on food products are a popular policy to combat obesity—but are they effective? Nano Barahona Cristóbal Otero and @seb_otero show that labels induce consumers to buy healthier options and prompt firms to use healthier ingredients. econometricsociety.org/publications/e…

En Pivotes - Centro de Incidencia Pública, estrenamos: ¡Es la evidencia!: Hoy, Nano Barahona conversa con @mecabezón sobre cómo la Ley de Etiquetados afectó el bienestar de los consumidores. ¡Acompáñanos y comenta con el hashtag #EsLaEvidencia! x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

📺 “Si a los consumidores les damos herramientas para poder elegir (alimentos) las firmas van a reaccionar y aumentar la calidad de sus productos”, señaló Nano Barahona sobre la #LeyDeEtiquetados, en conversación con Elisa Cabezón en #EsLaEvidencia. 👉 m.youtube.com/live/zMoJ9WCAb…

Front-of-package labels aim to address obesity by signaling to consumers that a product has a high concentration of unhealthy nutrients. Are these policies effective? Read the article by  Nano Barahona, Cristóbal Otero, and @seb_otero: econ.berkeley.edu/content/design…

Sugar taxes, food labels, educational messages – how can governments change consumer behaviors? Berkeley Economics’s Nano Barahona discusses food labels with Julia Sizek is elsewhere in a Matrix Visual Interview: matrix.berkeley.edu/research-artic…

Esta semana, en especial d #listadeespera , el podcast d la salud, conversamos junto a Nano Barahona (economista d Berkeley) acerca de obesidad, impacto de ley de etiquetado de alimentos y futuro de esta ley con endulzantes y ultraprocesados.José Miguel Bernucci open.spotify.com/episode/3uNa8s…

The causal interpretation of instrumental variables estimands of nonlinear, multivariate structural models with respect to rich forms of model misspecification, from Isaiah Andrews, Nano Barahona, Matthew Gentzkow, Ashesh Rambachan, and Jesse M. Shapiro nber.org/papers/w31799

The ChicagoFed is hiring a research assistant for the microeconomics group. If you're passionate about economics and would love to work on research, apply now! rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FRS/deta… Econ RA Listings

. Ben Handel, Jon Kolstad, and I are hiring a #predoc to work with us on a set of health/environment/education projects at Berkeley Economics Haas School of Business. Apply here: careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucb/EMPLOY…. Great position for someone considering grad school. Please circulate widely! Econ RA Listings