Mario L. Small and Devah Pager's sociological perspectives on racial discrimination *for economists* (JEP) sets the agenda for a new approach to studying racism in economics. Controlling for race in regressions isn't enough x.com/and_joy_/statu…

I am with @and_joy_ here

I sent this open letter to the Minneapolis Fed Opporunity & Inclusive Growth Institute as a message to those well intentioned economists who are looking for a way they can respond to this moment of calling for racial equality Dr. Trevon D Logan Sandy Darity, Retweets do not mean endorsement. minneapolisfed.org/~/media/assets…

Berkeley responsible for 40% of all black Econ PhD's coming out of "top-20" programs. That's hugely disproportionate.

Thanks for this summary Dani, everyone should read and reflect on how the current equilibrium drives away from academia many great talents, and specially women and minorities. But having spent most of my academic career in Brazil, I will add that it is extremely US centric

We have a new WP out, “Winners and Losers from Sovereign Debt Inflows” with Lorenzo Pandolfi, Fernando Broner, and Alberto Martin. We study how Sovereign Debt Inflows end up affecting domestic firms. Link to paper: bit.ly/2Y2IG2z and a thread next! (1/9)

If you specialize in #NLP (from any discipline) and are interested in collaborating on a project on village government and COVID response in Karnataka, India please DM me. If you are a grad student we might be able to provide some financial support. Knowledge of Kannada is a plus

if y’all can retweet this enough times that Disney calls, that’d be greatly appreciated

"State by state, neighborhood by neighborhood, black families pay 13 percent more in property taxes each year than a white family would in the same situation, a massive new data analysis shows." washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…

Here is a very impressive new study documenting that for the average black homeowner's (property taxes/home value) > average white homeowner's (property taxes/home value) by 13%. The Tax Assessment office doesn't adjust for local public goods (1/2). context-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/def…

I greatly respect that the paper's authors both diagnose an important issue lurking in urban public finance and then constructively offer a solution. Will their solution be implemented? Keynes hoped that we economists would be as useful as dentists! These authors are stepping up!

Most research is about rich countries, even though 76% of the world's population live in middle-income and 9% in low-income countries. This imbalance has important consequences for what tools, products and policies are available to decision-makers in the South.

Worth pointing out that the (tiny) bit of research on developing countries, subsidised by the aid industry, is dominated by Northern researchers and is largely useless for local policymakers -- at least that's the evidence in econ.

Causal Inference: The Mixtape (Yale University Press) in technicolor. Release date January 26, 2021, for a measly thirty bucks. Think of it as causal inference for the price of two one month subscriptions to the family Spotify plans if that helps. amazon.com/dp/0300251688/…

We’ve started a new feature at the IEA website where we highlight the work of a different economist from around the globe every month or so. Our first guest is Kanika Mahajan kanika mahajan from Ashoka University. iea-world.org/featured-econo…

Call for Papers! 🚨 CAFRAL (CAFRAL) is organising its annual conference on "Financial System and Macroeconomy in Emerging Economies" on December 11-12, 2023 Submission Deadline: Sept 25 More details 👇👇 cafral.org.in #EconTwitter

I am looking for a Research Associate to work with me and my co-authors on a series of projects on the role of finance in the green transition. Start date could be September 1st or soon thereafter. We will screen applications on a rolling basis. Please get in touch if interested!

Rural roads can help integrate markets and promote economic growth - but who benefits? This article by Vidhya Soundararajan & Ananyo Brahma shows that India’s national road programme led to ⬆️ service sector entrepreneurship even among marginalised groups ideasforindia.in/topics/macroec…

Rural infrastructure help connect markets, but is it inclusive? My Ideas for India piece with Ananyo Brahma based on our recent working paper shows that India's ambitious rural road programme, the PMGSY, expanded entrepreneurial opportunities for marginalized communities.