D. Yanagizawa-Drott
@YanagizawaD
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Professor, Dept of Economics and @ubscenter, University of Zürich. Academic affiliations @cepr_org, @JPAL.
Zurich, Switzerland
Joined May 2009
So much fun with @joachim_voth
What can 14 million images tell us about cultural change? @YanagizawaD and I have a new working paper that argues - a lot! To fix ideas, check out this handsome young man who graduated from Cupertino high school in 1972. Steve Jobs was wearing a tux, bow tie and long hair
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If you have a paper at the intersection of AI and Economics, submit your paper! 👇.
Call for Papers: . The 4th Annual Zurich Workshop in AI+Economics. to be held Dec 5-6, 2025, hosted by ETH Zurich and University of Zurich. illuminating keynote to be given by @testingham (OpenAI). organized with @sergallet @YanagizawaD @joachim_voth . Info:
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Fun convo with @timsvengali on how to make AI work for Global South.
🆕 What role can (should) economists play in shaping the future of AI? 📢. Today on #VoxDevTalks w/ @timsvengali, @YanagizawaD (@econ_uzh) discusses how economists should think about the future of AI:
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RT @econ_uzh: 📣 Pre-Doc positions in economics and applied machine learning with a focus on developing countries (with Prof. @YanagizawaD)….
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‼️Job alert ‼️ . Pre-Doc positions: Are you a highly motivated person that wants work on cutting-edge research exploring the role of AI technologies in Global South?. @predoc_org @econ_ra.
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RT @joachim_voth: What is the meaning of life? What would you remember as bringing satisfaction, meaning, and purpose to your life? These a….
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RT @DevonSpika: 📢 Unique #funding opportunity!. The LRF Center for Economics of Breastfeeding at @econ_uzh has launched a Fellowship progr….
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RT @asheshrambachan: New working paper with @m_sendhil and Jens Ludwig on using LLM outputs in empirical research. Thread coming soon. L….
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Large language models (LLMs) are being used in economics research to form predictions, label text, simulate human responses, generate hypotheses, and even produce data for times and places where...
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Had a nice @ubscenter chat with @ellliottt of @ETH_en on how AI could be locally tailored to solve concrete problems in the Global South. We discuss the importance of partnerships between policymakers, economists and AI engineers.
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RT @ubscenter: AI opportunities for Global South – Join us live at 5pm CET 🔴 @YanagizawaD of @econ_uzh presents recent research on the im….
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RT @ubscenter: Today's live webcast with @YanagizawaD of @econ_uzh is brought to you in association with @cepr_org, a distributed network o….
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RT @joachim_voth: Do u work too hard ? Of course u do! But can people work so much that they reduce their earnings because of exhaustion? J….
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Feeling exhausted? . But also “don’t have time” for a break?. @SchubertLexi, my amazing PhD student on the market, delivers a beautiful and clever experiment in her JMP. Maybe some of us are working too much… . Thought provoking results on the labor-leisure tradeoff.
#JMP Alert #EconTwitter . Restful activities can boost productivity, allowing you to earn more by working less. But do people get this trade-off right? In my JMP, we show they don’t.
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RT @paulnovosad: Why Leopold Aschenbrenner didn't go into economic research. From This was a great listen, and @l….
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Noteworthy: we also see convergence in persistence.
What about women? If we measure individualism as style similarity in each school, they start off really high. Interestingly, the period 1965-2010 sees repaid *convergence* of men and women.
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RT @joachim_voth: What can 14 million images tell us about cultural change? @YanagizawaD and I have a new working paper that argues - a lot….
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RT @YanagizawaD: 💥Come work with me as a PreDoc at @econ_uzh in Zurich, Switzerland! 💥. For more info and how to apply click the link below….
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