New: "International Trade and Job Polarization: Evidence at the Worker Level" by Wolfgang Keller and Hale Utar (Hale Utar). Which workers are most affected by increases in imports? doi.org/10.1016/j.jint… 1/2

Mitt Romney sent this text to Mitch McConnell on Jan. 2, 2021: "In case you have not heard this, I just got a call from Angus King, who said that he had spoken with a senior official at the Pentagon who reports that they are seeing very disturbing social media traffic regarding

``Can indirect taxes help reduce inequality in developing countries? Accounting for the informal sector makes consumption taxes progressive, but widespread tax exemptions on necessity goods (food) regressive.'' From Pierre Bachas, Lucie Gadenne & Jensen: restud.com/informality-co…

The Stanford Initiative on Business Taxes and Society is hiring a pre-doc to join our growing team! Come work with me, Becky Lester, and Joshua Rauh on topics spanning state, federal, and international taxation. Oct 16 deadline (application link below). gsb.stanford.edu/programs/resea…

We are looking forward to hosting Prof. Jagadeesh Sivadasan from the University of Michigan. He will discuss how firms in China responded to the trade war through their executive hiring strategies on Wednesday, September 27.

Ok. I'm ready. Please DM me a code. See you all on the other side.

Reporting from the other place. There is real action there. Make the transition. Let's rebuild #EconTwitter over there!

Unfortunately, I don't have any codes, yet. Can someone please help out Tim? Thanks!!!

Grinnell College is hiring in macro! aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph… Grinnell is a great place to work, where there is real balance between teaching, research, and other parts of your life. Reach out if you have questions!

I’ve been trying to make this happen in one form or another for almost 7 yrs and it’s finally out. Data on income inequality & mobility within detailed demographic groups, nationally and at the state level, designed with researchers and the public in mind. minneapolisfed.org/institute/inco…

Looking to hire in Public Economics?Take a look at the great Luisa Wallossek ⁦Luisa Wallossek⁩ from ⁦Economics LMU Munich⁩ ⁦Universität München⁩ wih a very interesting JMP on „The Marriage Earnings Gap“ ⁦Dominik Sachs⁩ luisa-wallossek.com/home

Working paper! 🚨🚨 "A New Approach to Evaluating the Welfare Effects of Decentralized Policies" with @WilliamHHoytand Tidiane Ly What are the welfare effects of decentralization? How can federal govn'ts prioritize grants for local policies to internalize spillovers? Thread 👇

This is a great paper. Why is the abstract more than the 100 word AER limit?

Retweeting my JMP again. I am still available for interviews for the 2023-2024 job market cycle.

One day to go! Submit your research to the best public finance conference (sorry @natltax, we love you too) and come to hang out with us in Prague in August!

Happy that our paper w/ Nils Wehrhöfer and Tobias Etzel is forthcoming at AEJ Policy. We study a regional firm subsidy (GRW) in East Germany covering up to 50% of investment costs. What are the Spillover, Efficiency and Equity Effects of this place-based policy? 6 take-aways:

This is a great issue! So many excellent papers!

This is so crazy. What is up with this? Is this due to a decrease in dining out that is counted as services?

The Council of Economic Advisers is currently recruiting interns for the 2024 fall semester. If you are interested in applying, please see the full position description and application guidance on our website. whitehouse.gov/cea/work-for-u…

Looking for a predoc position for next year? I’m hiring! Come work with me at The Wharton School BEPP. You will work on a variety of topics related to upward mobility, local labor markets, migration, and the effectiveness of government policy. Apply by May 31: wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recruiti…