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At the Growth Lab, we place economic diversity and complexity at the center of any country, region, or city's growth story.
How do economies become more complex? (1/12)
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At the Growth Lab, an interdisciplinary team of researchers explores the secret of
#EconomicGrowth
from both an academic and applied angle. These are our most important academic papers of the past decade on
#EconomicComplexity
. (1/22)
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The Growth Lab team has generated hundreds of charts, graphics, data dashboards, & prototypes over the past year. In this new article, we share 15 notable Growth Lab visual insights &
#dataviz
from 2020.
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What drives contemporary
#populism
?
This paper examines the largely overlooked factor of social mobility, which is found to have far greater explanatory power than the traditional arguments of
#inequality
or
#culture
.
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A special thank you to
@mihretum
, Governor of
@NBEthiopia
for today's
#DevTalks
"Economic Policymaking in a World of Deep Disorder."
@andyneumeyer
@ricardo_hausman
@Kennedy_School
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We're thrilled to be launching our exciting new
#dataviz
tool,
#Metroverse
: The Growth Lab’s Urban Economy Navigator. Join us on Weds, June 2nd at 12pm EDT for the global launch of Metroverse featuring
@ricardo_hausman
,
@FrankNeffke
,
@anniewhite
.
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Our report summarizing the findings of our two-year engagement research in
#SouthAfrica
is out!
This thread highlights its main points. 1/12🧵
🔗
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Be the first to try the Atlas of Economic Complexity's beta Country Profiles! The Country Profiles take you on a new, interactive journey through a country's economic structure and growth patterns:
@Atlas_Facts
@ricardo_hausman
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The Growth Lab invites Colombians around the world to take part in our new
#diaspora
survey. Your input will inform Colombia's policy on economic internationalization and diversification, the survey is available in Spanish and in English.
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Thank you
@GalorOded
for sharing insights today from your new book, "The Journey of Humanity." If you missed today's book talk
@Kennedy_School
, we'll be posting the video soon.
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The Atlas of Economic Complexity has recently been updated with 2018
#data
. Explore The Atlas with new 2018
#trade
data, plus a reimagined Complexity Rankings page & a new
#visualization
.
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Our brand new
#Metroverse
data visualization platform is now publicly available.
Engage with the tool and explore unprecedented economic data for more than 1,000 cities in 79 countries by visiting .
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New research by
@FrankNeffke
shows that a high level of education is insufficient to earn high wages at work. What is equally as important is whether your coworkers have skills that complement your own.
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In the last decade,
#Albania
’s economy achieved an extraordinary turnaround from annual per capita income growth of 1.2% in 2013, to surpass 4.4% in 2018. Read this brief analysis by Growth Lab researchers on Albania’s economic growth story.
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The Atlas of Economic Complexity's
#CountryProfiles
are officially live! For a tutorial on how to explore this new tool:
@ricardo_hausman
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Post-apartheid housing programs in the urban periphery have perpetuated
#SpatialExclusion
. Zoning laws prevent density.
#SouthAfrica
needs to remove restrictions to empower people’s choice of where to live and work.
Explore our recommendations. 9/12
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We're excited to announce the latest update to our Atlas of Economic Complexity (
@Atlas_Facts
), which brings new & improved navigation to the Explore panel & integrates elements from the
#CountryProfiles
.
@ricardo_hausman
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🚨Just released: New Economic Complexity Index Country Rankings & 2030 Growth Projections.
China, Vietnam, Uganda, Indonesia, & India are projected to be among fastest-growing economies to 2030.
ECI Top 5: Japan, Switz, Germany, Korea, & Singapore.
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What drives economic development? New research by
@ricardo_hausman
@NeaveOClery
& Muhammed Ali Yıldırım studies the role of locally embedded productive capabilities & how countries build on existing capabilities to move into new economic activities.
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🚨New Growth Projections & Economic Complexity rankings.
📈China, India, Indonesia, Uganda, & Vietnam project to be among the fastest-growing economies to 2031.
🔍Japan, Switzerland, S. Korea, Germany, & Singapore are the most complex countries.
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Listen to Growth Lab Director
@ricardo_hausman
discuss how our
#COVID19
Task Force is helping developing countries with their economic & epidemiological responses to the pandemic on this episode of
@Kennedy_School
#PolicyCast
.
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The Growth Lab's data visualization projects, stories, and dashboards are now available to explore on our
#VizHub
platform. Watch our team provide a live demonstration of this tool and how to use it.
1
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What is
#economics
? Why does it matter for our society? Watch Growth Lab Director
@ricardo_hausman
reflect on these questions in his recent
@AgeofEconomics
interview.
1
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Which cities are most similar to
#Boston
?
The
#Metroverse
city comparison feature shows us that
#Philadelphia
,
#Vancouver
,
#Tampa
,
#Montreal
and
#Milwaukee
are most similar (when using the population benchmark). [1/2]
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The Growth Lab is actively
#recruiting
a
#ResearchAssistant
to join our diverse team of faculty and research fellows working on international development research and policy. Learn more about the role & apply today.
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Join us on Weds, June 30th at 12pm EDT for the first seminar of the Growth Lab
#DevTalks
event series featuring
@ToniAlvaL
, who will discuss economic policy challenges in
#Peru
during the
#COVID19
pandemic. Learn more & register today.
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How can state capability help us understand the current state of
#development
?
Watch
@ricardo_hausman
discuss the coevolution of political development with
#EconomicDevelopment
at
#GEM19
:
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The Growth Lab is
#recruiting
Research Fellows! This is a unique opportunity to
work on a combination of frontier
#research
and the application of research to address real world
#development
problems, working closely w/
@ricardo_hausman
.
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How have we engaged w/ global
#diasporas
around the world to inform our research & what have we learned? Join us next Thursday, April 1st at 12pm ET for a panel discussion with Growth Lab researchers, led by
@ricardo_hausman
, to learn more about this work.
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The Growth Lab's Atlas of Economic Complexity (
@Atlas_Facts
) has just been updated with 2019 trade data.
Use the Atlas to explore global trade and understand the economic dynamics and new growth opportunities for every country worldwide.
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We're thrilled to announce that the Atlas of Economic Complexity's new tool,
#CountryProfiles
, has been longlisted for the
@infobeautyaward
in the Politics and Global category!
@ricardo_hausman
@Atlas_Facts
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Watch the livestream of our global launch event for
#Metroverse
: The Growth Lab’s Urban Economy Navigator, featuring a presentation and live demo by
@ricardo_hausman
,
@frankneffke
,
@anniewhite
.
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Join us for the livestream of the Atlas of Economic Complexity’s
#CountryProfiles
w/
@ricardo_hausman
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Which extremely valuable idea isn't currently a part of the
#development
agenda?
Growth Lab Director
@ricardo_hausman
and
@riseprogramme
Director Lant Pritchett discuss the significance of
#migration
on developing economies and why it's often overlooked.
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"The goal for developing countries should not be to stop global warming by restricting domestic emissions, but to carve out a role for themselves in a rapidly greening world economy." Read
@ricardo_hausman
's latest op-ed for
@ProSyn
on green development.
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Data viz has become an integral part of the global
#research
we do at the Growth Lab. Using our newly launched Viz Hub, you can access all of our team's data visualization projects including Atlas Country Profiles, data dashboards, and stories, and more.
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The
@VisualCap
recently published a succinct summary of the Atlas Of Economic Complexity's ability to visualize productive
#knowledge
& rank the
#complexity
of over 130 countries.
Read their summary on the Atlas:
@ricardo_hausman
@Atlas_Facts
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How does
#BusinessTravel
impact a country’s economy? Latest Growth Lab research finds direct link between country's incoming business travel & the growth of new & existing industries.
@CNTR4growth
@ricardo_hausman
@mikk_c
@FrankNeffke
@NatureHumBehav
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If economic analysis were automated, how would a machine describe economic
#development
? Growth Lab
#research
using machine-learned patterns suggests that
#diversification
drives economic growth.
@ricardo_hausman
@GomezLievano
@RSocPublishing
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Economic diversification can be seen via the evolution of export baskets.
@ricardo_hausman
@NeaveOClery
& Muhammed Yildirim identified a Product Ecosystem that enables products to be exported competitively & constructed the Eco Space directed network.
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Growth Lab researchers explore how knowhow grows at the local level, how it diffuses and how it is coordinated within individuals, firms, and value chains. Explore this list of our most important academic papers of the last decade on Economic Complexity.
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NEW EVENT: Our next
#DevTalks
seminar is "A New Agenda for African Continental Integration" w/
@DonaldKaberuka
.
🗓️Thursday, Feb. 17, 12pm EST
REGISTER NOW:
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From
@Davos
panel / The Future of Industrial Policy:
"It's not just about what are you going to do to lower your emissions. What are you going to do to enable the rest of the world to lower its emissions?" (29:02)
-
@ricardo_hausman
w/
@sarakgoo
, et al
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#Argentina
is currently facing yet another economic crisis.
@eduardoyeyati
believes there are deep roots in
#Argentina
that make this economic crisis Aristotelian in nature.
Listen to our latest
#podcast
with Eduardo &
@carolina_ines_p
to learn more:
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What is the impact of
#BusinessTravel
on a country’s economy? This Growth Lab research finds a direct link between the country's incoming business travel & the growth of new & existing industries.
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Test the Atlas of Economic Complexity's beta Country Profiles. With Profiles for 133 countries, explore the 6 new visualizations and each country's unique growth narrative:
@Atlas_Facts
@ricardo_hausman
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At the border of
#Colombia
&
#Venezuela
, we see a double
#crisis
of both insecurity & humanitarian plight. In this Growth Lab
#podcast
,
@AnnetteIdler
describes her research on the border effect and its long-term implications for stability in the region.
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How can you identify binding constraints to
#EconomicGrowth
in developing countries?
Growth Lab researchers use the
#GrowthDiagnostics
method. Learn more about this methodology & how it's been used at the national and sub-national levels:
@ricardo_hausman
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Our new
#dataviz
tool provides unprecedented economic data for more than 1,000 cities in 79 countries. Join us for the global launch of
#Metroverse
on June 2nd at 12pm EDT featuring a presentation & live demo by
@ricardo_hausman
@FrankNeffke
@anniewhite
.
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Thanks to
@JoHenrich
@elianalaferrara
and
@Kennedy_School
@Harvard
students for today's discussion on Culture, Psychology and Economic Development. If you missed today's session, we hope to have the video posted in the coming days.
#DevTalks
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Growth Lab Director
@ricardo_hausman
featured as
#25
in this list of top 100
#economists
, along with
@Kennedy_School
's
@rodrikdani
@LHSummers
.
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Register for our workshop (Mon. 11/16) "New Economic Geographies in a Changing World" with
@PKU1898
including
@FrankNeffke
,
@IammarinoSimona
, Philip McCann of
@sheffielduni
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The Growth Lab
#Albania
team is conducting a survey to understand the driving forces behind skilled
#migration
& future prospects for Albanian talent in the
#diaspora
post 2000's.
@ricardo_hausman
@efrasheri
@daniela_muhaj
@MarkKosmo
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The Growth Lab team has generated hundreds of charts, graphics, data dashboards, & prototypes over the past year. Read this new article with 15 notable Growth Lab visual insights &
#dataviz
from 2020.
0
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32
New Growth Lab research on global
#BusinessTravel
used aggregated/anonymized data to map business travel flows. See its impact on national economies.
@CNTR4growth
@ricardo_hausman
@mikk_c
@frankneffke
0
17
32
What is
#economics
? Why does it matter for our society? Watch Growth Lab Director
@ricardo_hausman
reflect on these questions in a recent interview with
@AgeofEconomics
.
0
8
32
How do economies become more complex?
Our team has studied this question through wide range of academic
#research
focused on economic transformation,
#knowledge
and
#technology
diffusion, and the coordination of
#knowhow
.
@ricardo_hausman
@FrankNeffke
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14
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We're thrilled to announce the launch of our Viz Hub, a portfolio of interactive
#visualizations
powered by our
#research
. Join us on Tues, Sept 15th at 12PM EST for the virtual launch event w/
@ricardo_hausman
,
@anniewhite
, & Tim O’Brien. Register today.
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Congratulations to our Director
@ricardo_hausman
on this much-deserved honor! A true pioneer in his field and an inspirational leader at
@Kennedy_School
and
@Harvard
!
Honored to have received the Economy Award 2023 from the EU’s Joint Research Center for my “pioneer and outstanding scientific contributions to Economic Complexity” and the relevance of this for Smart Specialization and the Partnerships for Regional Integration” of the EU.
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Growth Lab Director
@ricardo_hausman
presenting on high bandwidth
#development
policies at our Cutting Edge
@HKSExecEd
course.
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Growth Lab Director
@ricardo_hausman
joined
@Kennedy_School
#PolicyCast
to discuss our
#COVID19
Task Force that is helping developing countries develop economic & epidemiological responses to the global pandemic.
0
13
29
El Growth Lab ha trabajado en identificar sectores de alto potencial para la diversificación productiva en Loreto, en la Amazonía Peruana. Lee más acerca de Loreto y el proyecto.
@miguelsantos12
@ricardo_hausman
@JorgeFTudela
@dougbarrios
0
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Use the Growth Lab’s 2027 Growth Projections to find out if your country is one of the 5 fastest growing economies:
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🌆
#SpatialExclusion
. Cities do not work effectively as labor markets in
#SouthAfrica
. Cities have low-density, disconnected structures, leading to high commuting costs/reservation wages & low foot traffic near homes. 8/12
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9
30
The Atlas of Economic Complexity (
@Atlas_Facts
) has officially hit it's 1,000,000th unique user!
Visit to utilize the new
#CountryProfiles
and explore economic growth patterns for over 130 countries.
@ricardo_hausman
1
13
29
What is
#Knowhow
and why is it critical to spur
#EconomicDevelopment
?
Growth Lab Director
@ricardo_hausman
discusses the challenge of bringing "new"
#knowhow
into a country or region in this
#throwback
video:
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10
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🏛️
#StateCapacity
Electricity, transport infrastructure, security, water/sanitation services have sharply deteriorated, squandering
#SouthAfrica
’s comparative advantage in cheap, coal-fired electricity. 5/12
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Today we launch
#Metroverse
, our new
#dataviz
tool that provides unprecedented economic data for more than 1,000 cities in 79 countries. Join us at 12pm for a launch event featuring a presentation & live demo by
@ricardo_hausman
@FrankNeffke
@anniewhite
.
0
17
29
Which cities are most similar to
#Istanbul
?
The Growth Lab's
#Metroverse
city comparison feature reveals
#Mumbai
,
#MexicoCity
,
#Bangkok
, and
#Seoul
are most similar when using population and income per capita as benchmarks.
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9
29
"Just when developing countries need to manage the
#pandemic
, most have seen their fiscal space evaporate & face large funding gaps."
@ricardo_hausman
proposes 4 ways to give developing countries financial capacity to flatten the
#COVID19
curve.
@ProSyn
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📢We are now accepting applications for our 2023 Research Assistant Program for
@Harvard
,
@Kennedy_School
students.
⏰ Application deadline is Oct. 20th.
Learn more about this part-time program and apply:
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Comparative advantage of a location shapes its industrial structure. New research by
@ricardo_hausman
Dan Stock & Muhammed Yildirim suggests a component of long-term evolution of comparative advantage is already implied in today’s patterns of production.
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6
27
"Economic unfairness, measured in terms of low social mobility, is strongly associated with populist voting patterns in recent elections."
One of our latest Growth Lab working papers is featured in
@FT
's Letter to the Editor:
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12
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For nearly 3 decades, a deep-rooted collaboration involving the Growth Lab,
@HarvardCID
,
@Kennedy_School
, and
@ePC_UCBEscuela
in
#Bolivia
has thrived by supporting the development of homegrown public policy and research programs that share our mission.
0
2
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We're excited to officially launch our Atlas of Economic Complexity's
#CountryProfiles
tomorrow at 4:15pm!
Attend the live event at HKS or stream via Twitter.
@ricardo_hausman
0
6
27
We’re now live with
@ricardo_hausman
@governwell
from
@Kennedy_School
to learn more about what's happening this semester and hear why you should consider our upcoming 10-week online course Leading Economic Growth.
#HKSEE
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📉
#SouthAfrica
is failing to achieve growth and inclusion. Growth is slow, slowing and vulnerable.
#Inequality
and unemployment are among the highest in the world.
The gap between Black and White has widened. But why? 3/12
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3
27
New research by
@ricardo_hausman
,
@inaganguli
, & Martina Viarengo examines gender gaps in career dynamics in the legal sector using rich panel data from one of the largest global law firms in the world.
1
8
27
Lant Pritchett,
@riseprogramme
Director, on Atlas
#CountryProfiles
: “This is like adding the Periodic Table to chemistry. It organizes knowledge in a way that helps everyone: from student to journalist to policymaker to investors to economic experts.”
1
19
27
Given the astronomical costs of efforts to flatten the
#COVID19
curve, policymakers are under growing pressure to reopen the
#economy
. But how can they do so safely?
Growth Lab Director
@ricardo_hausman
addresses this issue in his latest
@ProSyn
op-ed.
1
11
27
Congrats to our team for winning the Best Paper Award at
#Druid23
for their research, "Eight Decades of Changes in Occupational Tasks, Computerization and the Gender Pay Gap."
@LjubicaNed
@shreyasgm
James McNerney
@aassumpcao_
@dario_diodato
@FrankNeffke
1/3
1
6
27
There's been a big emphasis on 'schooling' to help transform poor societies to rich societies, but it isn't actually leading to gains in
#development
.
@ricardo_hausman
and
@riseprogramme
's Lant Pritchett discuss
#education
vs. schooling in this video.
1
8
22
How can large, emerging
#cities
become autonomous engines of growth? The Growth Lab engaged in a research project aimed at decoupling
#BuenosAires
growth trajectory from the rest of
#Argentina
. Read the
#GrowthDiagnostic
.
@miguelsantos12
@ricardo_hausman
0
5
24
The Atlas
#CountryProfiles
have been shortlisted for an
@infobeautyaward
in the Politics & Global category!
Show your support for the tool by voting for
#CountryProfiles
here:
@ricardo_hausman
@atlas_facts
#IIBAwards
0
11
25
Many differences in per capita income across countries are due to
#productivity
, but what exactly is productivity and how does it vary across countries?
@ricardo_hausman
and
@riseprogramme
Director Lant Pritchett explain in this throwback video:
1
10
25
Fighting
#COVID19
has forced countries around the world to make trade-offs between lives and livelihoods. Read this
@voxeu
article by
@ricardo_hausman
&
@ulrich_schetter
on how this trade-off is even more excruciating for developing countries.
0
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The comparative advantage of a location shapes its industrial structure. This paper by
@ricardo_hausman
, Dan Stock & Muhammed Yildirim calculates a measure of implied comparative advantage that explains much of a location’s current industrial structure.
0
5
25
Now Hiring: Research Fellows! Contribute to our research agenda while collaborating with gov't leaders & development practitioners to apply research to policy problems.
@HarvardCID
@ricardo_hausman
Apply by end of day TOMORROW, February 10➔
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🚨NEW EVENT
Book Talk - The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth & Inequality w/
@GalorOded
of
@PSTC_Brown
,
@BrownUniversity
🗓️Thu. March 24 @ 12:00PM EST
@Kennedy_School
.
In-person or Zoom, please register ⤵️
#UnifiedGrowthTheory
#EconTwitter
0
12
24
Taking the model to
#cities
:
@GomezLievano
, Patterson-Lomba, and
@ricardo_hausman
ask: Why do larger cities exhibit higher wages and more innovation, but also more rare diseases and crimes? Because these all are socially complex phenomena. (7/22)
1
7
24
The Growth Lab's interdisciplinary team of researchers explores the secret of
#EconomicGrowth
from both an academic and applied angle. Explore our most important academic papers of the past decade on
#EconomicComplexity
.
@ricardo_hausman
@FrankNeffke
0
3
24
The Growth Lab's videos directory features a wide range of content on our
#research
and
#dataviz
projects, including Director
@ricardo_hausman
on the first episode of 'Economists on Zoom Getting Coffee' w/
@dany_bahar
.
0
7
24
New research finds global GDP loss of not inoculating all the countries against
#COVID19
is higher than the cost of manufacturing and distributing vaccines globally. Read more in The Economic Case for Global Vaccinations paper.
0
12
23
New research by
@ricardo_hausman
, Carlo Pietrobelli, &
@miguelsantos12
finds that economic complexity explains a larger fraction of the wage gap in Chiapas, Mexico than any individual factor, which suggests that the problem is Chiapas and not Chiapanecos.
0
9
23
How do economies become more complex? The Growth Lab studies this question through wide range of academic
#research
focused on economic transformation,
#knowledge
and
#technology
diffusion, and the coordination of
#knowhow
.
@ricardo_hausman
@FrankNeffke
1
12
21
Thank you to
@suman_bery
, Vice Chair
@NITIAayog
,
@akshmathur
&
@ricardo_hausman
@Kennedy_School
for today's
#DevTalk
on Investment in the
#EnergyTransition
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