Schmerz ist nicht israelisch, Schmerz ist nicht palästinensisch, Schmerz ist universell! Danke Sophia Maier dass du diese Stimmen hörbar machst und nicht vergessen wird worum es geht: Menschen zu bleiben!

Ever wonder why your insurer charges a copay for statins (and other high-value meds)?

Don’t they want to prevent heart attacks, strokes, etc?

Copays never made sense to me.

In this new paper in QJE, we show copays kill. 🧵

tinyurl.com/nhk4v93f

If we want to talk about ending the occupation, and this is exactly the kind of conversation I have with my Israeli friends, many of whom tell me THEY DO NOT WANT THE OCCUPATION EITHER we have to talk about peace deals.

Netanyahu has for years pursued a strategy of labeling opposition to him personally, and to policies of the Israeli government in general, as antisemitism. Let's not fall for it.

Anyways, I think my takeaway is that the conditions at these protests vary by university, and at the same universities they also vary day by day. So individual incidents are worth taking seriously, but what matters is the organizers rooting out problematic participants.

Die #srfarena diskutiert über die Gesundheitskosten inkl. nicht gedeckelte Löhne der Krankenkassenchefs bzw. Prämienentlastungsinitiative – und einmal mehr erscheint die Debatte letztlich ein Symptom des politikwissenschaftlich erwiesenen Reichenbonus im #parlCH ⬇️

LMICs are typically characterised by high levels of informality, which has significant implications for firms & workers.

Gabriel Ulyssea's #VoxDevLit summarises research on the causes & consequences of informality for economic development. Read here: voxdev.org/voxdevlit/info…

When you teach students econometrics -- at all levels -- emphasize that they should always look at the most basic output -- such as how many observations are used -- to see if it corresponds to expectations. Especially for panel data.

PhD Position in Geneva

🧑‍💻 Jon Gruber’s #DEDP MicroMasters course, Microeconomics, is now available with Spanish subtitles. Enroll by May 14 ⬇️ j-p.al/r12

📢 Are you a policymaker, researcher, or practitioner interested in evaluating the impact of social programs and policies? Apply for our Evaluating Social Programs Course happening in Ghana from 19-23 Aug to learn about #RandomizedEvaluations ➡️ j-p.al/ESP-2024

Immer wieder sehen wir in letzter Zeit rechte und rechtsextreme politische Gruppierungen, welche uns jüdische Menschen vorschieben, um hetzerische Kampagnen gegen andere Minderheiten zu fahren. Ich hoffe, die meisten Leute durchschauen diese perfide Taktik.

Healing in crisis: Investing in women’s mental health and child development in refugee camps has huge benefits

Asad Islam Monash CDES, Tanvir Ahmed Mozumder, Tabassum Rahman, PhD, Tanvir Shatil BRAC Institute of Governance and Development & Abu Siddique Royal Holloway Economics Department outlined research in Bangladesh: voxdev.org/topic/health/h…

Want to learn more about #RCTs ? Check out our #ResearchResources on the elements of randomized evaluation for an intro to theory of change, measurement, study design, data analysis & more! povertyactionlab.org/resource/eleme…

🌟 Grant Spotlight: $97,000 grant from Effective Altruism Funds' Global Health and Development Fund to Evidence Action to conduct baseline coverage surveys of iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation in two Indian states, Karnataka and Tripura. (1/3)

My new blog post on how to collect data on social networks (with JUNI SINGH). World Bank Research

blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu…

Gaza remains at serious risk of famine. Isaac Chotiner asked the chief economist of the United Nations World Food Programme about the very serious long-term health consequences of starvation, especially for children. Read their full conversation: nyer.cm/5kfu020

Call for Applications: 23rd Summer School In International And Development Economics; 3-6 September 2024 in Italy

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Call for Papers - The KIEL-CEPR African Economic Development Conference: mailchi.mp/cepr/cepr-kiel…