Mathilde Lebrand
@LebrandMathilde
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Economist at @WorldBank working on trade, transport, urban, and economic geography topics.
Washington, DC
Joined March 2015
How can we lower transport costs to bring companies and consumers closer together? New research provides some answers: https://t.co/6IXU2BpJYi
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How can we make freight #transport cheaper and more efficient? While different countries may need different strategies, top priorities include: ✅ Increasing competition ✅ Reducing empty trips ✅ Investing in quality infrastructure Learn more: https://t.co/P09tJv1TOu
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JUST LAUNCHED📘✨! Our new book assesses the key factors affecting shippers’ economic costs of freight #transport—economic distance—and identifies the frictions that keep transport prices high, shipping times long, and reliability low: https://t.co/UurAAx9qVN
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Why is it more expensive and time-consuming to move goods in developing countries? 🚚💡 Find out why—and how to fix it—in our latest report! Discover how markets and places can reduce the economic distance. @WBG_Transport
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This is the fabulous @WorldBank team behind the forthcoming World Development Report on how middle-income countries can break into the ranks of the wealthiest economies—and how all economies can achieve high-quality #growth. Watch out for it later this summer. #WDR2024
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NEW Discussion Paper: An economic theory of mental illness to study its macroeconomic implications. By @Boaz_Abramson (@Columbia_Biz), Job Boerma (@WIeconomics) & Aleh Tsyvinski (@YaleEconomics): https://t.co/u30OZ0sFFP
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"For the 1st time in the history of our study, new billionaires acquired greater wealth through inheritance than entrepreneurship During the next 20-30 years, over 1,000 billionaires are likely to transfer more than $5.2 trillion to their heirs" https://t.co/ygAVoA93oq
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*********************************** !!! JUST ACCEPTED !!! *********************************** "Energy Price Shocks and Current Account Balances: Evidence from Emerging Market and Developing Economies" has been accepted for publication at Energy Economics. This paper
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I want to give a short summary of my paper “Corporate Tax Cuts and the Decline of the Manufacturing Labor Share”, which, I am happy to announce, is now forthcoming at Econometrica. This is a joint paper with the amazing Baris Kaymak. (1/n)
Corporate tax cuts in both the US & OECD countries have caused a significant decline in manufacturing labor shares, Baris Kaymak and @ImmoSchott find. Lower corporate tax rates reduce the labor share by raising the market share of capital-intensive firms https://t.co/lhdh507zO1
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Le sujet numéro 1 de la politique économique en France ? Le voici 👇👇👇
Une start-up nation avec des profs paupérisés, est-ce bien sérieux ? Une chronique signée @EtienneWasmer 👉 https://t.co/bG6ZgAn1s0
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This year’s economic sciences laureate Claudia Goldin showed that female participation in the labour market did not have an upward trend over a 200 year period, but instead forms a U-shaped curve. The participation of married women decreased with the transition from an agrarian
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L’économiste Daniel Cohen vient de s’éteindre. À @ENS_ULM, il avait formé plusieurs générations d’économistes @PSEinfo. Deux anciens élèves, @LevyAntoine et @ElenaMaximin, lui rendent hommage. À lire absolument. https://t.co/mRB8nnDliW
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L’économiste Daniel Cohen vient de s’éteindre. Ce « médecin généraliste » au chevet des plus fragiles était aussi l’un des derniers maîtres dans sa discipline, obsédé par la confrontation des idées...
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📢The Africa Debt Database with @davidmihalyi is finally out! A new, free ressource for all. We cover 7000 external sovereign loans and bonds by African governments, 2000-2020. A key insight: Chinese & private debts charge higher interest 👇 Full access: https://t.co/HZZmhf8Vuk
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SURVEY : The Economics of Cities: From Theory to Data | Stephen J. Redding @ReddingEcon
https://t.co/3yygOqEEIX via @nberpubs #economics #EconTwitter #cities #agglomeration #urban #transportation #infrastructure #survey
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A sharp, long-lasting slowdown is expected to hit developing countries this year. The global economy is projected to grow by just 1.7% in 2023. #WBGEP2023
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Martin Wolf: The threat of a lost decade in development
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A way has to be found to resolve the debt problems that are now emerging for the world’s most vulnerable
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2022 has been a fantastic year for papers about growth/innovation and firm heterogeneity. Here is a short thread summarising the ones I enjoyed reading the most. In no particular order 🧵👇
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Saviez-vous que le chocolat blanc émet 4 fois moins de gaz à effet de serre que le chocolat noir aux fruits ? Ma chronique pour @LesEchos explique pourquoi c’est important pour comprendre la puissance des marchés carbone, dont l’extension devrait être une priorité. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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Global trade has contributed to growth and poverty reduction in the past three decades but gains from #trade can be more inclusive. In this new #Infra4Dev blog, @LebrandMathilde explores emerging research on this key policy issue: https://t.co/G8o2kJJTnC
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Thank you @Cercle_eco for the nomination! It's an honor to have been nominated for the best Young French Economist Prize. Congrats to Laureate @MonnetEric ! Delighted to be alongside @CdeChaisemartin and @alexandraroulet. Thanks @lemondefr for a great panel.
👏 @MalgouyresClme1, 37 ans, est nominé #PMJE 2022. Il s’intéresse notamment aux politiques publiques et aux effets de la mondialisation sur le marché du travail. @IPPinfo @PSEinfo @iza_bonn @cdf1530 Son interview dans @lemondefr :
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