We're excited to announce the creation of a new Short Paper submission option at the Journal of Public Economics! AERI rules apply, submissions are now open! See details here: journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-pub…

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP18417 Aid Effectiveness and Donor Motives Axel Dreher Axel Dreher Uni Heidelberg KOF Swiss Economic Institute Valentin Lang Valentin Lang #UniMannheim, Bernhard Reinsberg Bernhard Reinsberg University of Glasgow ow.ly/G0xx50PK19z #CEPR_DE

Immigration and Nationalism in the Long Run | Valentin Lang, Stephan A. Schneider #EconTwitter cesifo.org/en/publication…

Our paper "The Global Distribution of Gains from Globalization" (Marina M. Tavares) is published in the Journal of Economic Inequality link.springer.com/article/10.1... Main result: globalization promotes a dual trend: - income convergence across countries - income divergence within countries

My first paper "The Minimum Wage and the Wage Distribution in Portugal" was just published in 𝐿𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝐸𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑠 EALE! It shows how the minimum wage has shaped the wage distribution and reduced wage inequality over the last thirty years. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The University of Mannheim is looking to fill two temporary positions in Macroeconomics starting in Fall 2024: a visiting position for one year and a 3-year position. W3 salary level, some publications required. If interested, email me.

Exited to see this article /w Valentin Lang Axel Dreher out in HeavenTime: Our fresh look at over 250 articles in the aid effectiveness literature suggests that aid is effective when assessed against its intended goals. IDOS_research @DEval_Institute ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social World Bank

idw-online.de/de/news833287 Marina M. Tavares Valentin Lang

The EU's regional funds are one of the biggest spending items of the EU and a key sticking point in the next budget negotiations. In a new paper, Valentin Lang, @DanBischof and I use new data to see who benefits from them. And we show they need fundamental reforms. Here's why:

In der Süddeutschen Zeitung schreibt Jan Diesteldorf heute über unser neues Policy Paper zu den Verteilungseffekten von EU-Regionalgeldern mit Valentin Lang und @DanBischof. Wer möchte findet darin alles, was man wissen muss. sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/eu-…

"Any attempt to mess with agricultural or regional handouts will meet howls of indignation[]. But the world is changing. And so must the bloc. It is time for a bold gambit," writes Christian Odendahl in this week's The Economist, featuring our work with Valentin Lang and @DanBischof.

In l'Opinion, Jade Grandin de l'Eprevier has penned a great piece on the reform needs of EU cohesion policy, drawing on our study with Valentin Lang and @DanBischof. lopinion.fr/international/…

Our paper on the ideological biases of international bureaucrats is now published in the #AJPS. AJPS We use individual-level data to trace the influence of #IMF staff on policy conditionality. @akentikelenis on bsky L Wellner Open access here: doi.org/10.1111/ajps.1…

📢 New article in AJPS: "Biased bureaucrats and the policies of international organizations" A thread on how ideological biases of international bureaucrats shape the political economies of countries in the Global South. 🌐 ✅ Open access: doi.org/10.1111/ajps.1…

The latest ESM Working Paper “The distributional implications of the euro area crisis: Evidence from macroeconomic adjustment in Greece and Portugal” by Misina Cato, Olga Francova and Valentin Lang is published ow.ly/gl8z50UEeB0 #ESMWP