Iván Torre
@ivantorrewb
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Senior Economist at @WorldBank. Office of the Chief Economist for Europe and Central Asia @WorldBankECA. Tweets are my own. RT ≠ endorsement
Distrito de Columbia, USA
Joined September 2018
What drives technology adoption among firms? What is the impact on production? And are the skills of workers in Europe adequate to face this challenge? Our report on the Future of Work in Europe is out! Check it out:
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RT @WorldBankECA: The quality of education across middle-income countries in Europe and Central Asia has deteriorated substantially in rece….
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Our new report is just out! .Since 1990, 27 countries have reached high-income status. 10 were from Europe and Central Asia. What lessons can these countries offer other countries in the region and beyond?.Discover insights in the #GreaterHeights report (link in the next tweet).
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RT @yashodunn: 🚨 📑 New Working Paper 📊. From Conflict to Compromise:.Experimental Evidence on Occupational Downgrading in Migration from My….
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In particular, households in the bottom decile of the consumption distribution faced inflation that was, on aveagre, 2.3 percentage points higher than the inflation faced by households in the top decile. The difference reached 5 percentage points in some countries.
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Just published - our paper with M. Lokshin and Z. Sajaia on the impact of the 2022 inflation shock in Europe and Central Asia: we estimate household-level inflation indexes and find that poor households were disproportionately more affected than rich ones
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This paper constructs household-specific Laspeyres indexes for different groups of households to quantify the differences in the distribution of the burden of high inflation among the populations of...
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RT @LFLopezCalva: Pleased to share our latest @WorldBank Policy Research Working Paper, "Growing Vulnerability: What Happened to Europe’s M….
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The Europe and Central Asia Chief Economist Office at the World Bank is looking for a research assistant to work in topics related to labor economics and, more generally, applied microeconomics. The application deadline is January 19, 2025. Please share!
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RT @WorldBankECA: Education quality is declining across much of Europe and Central Asia, hurting economic growth. The @WorldBank's @IvailoI….
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RT @WorldBankECA: How can improving education help countries across Europe and Central Asia reach high income status?. Read this blog by th….
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Check out the latest edition of the ECA Economic Update - focusing on how to make the talent of ECA flourish and boost growth in the region by improving education systems!.
How can developing economies across Europe and Central Asia jumpstart growth?. Revamping education, especially higher ed, can unlock the region's potential. Read the @WorldBank's new #ECAUpdate report to learn more.
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Countries in Europe and Central Asia are at a development stage where they need to shift to an innovation-led model to keep growing. Check out our blog with @IvailoIzvorski and Misha Lokshin on the need to improve education to reach high-income status.
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To boost growth across the developing economies of Europe and Central Asia, the region needs to act on education reform, particularly higher education systems
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Join us now at 8:00 am EST / 2:00 pm CET for the launch of the Fall 2024 ECA Economic Update!.
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RT @yashodunn: 🚨New Working Paper 🚨📄🦗.Plague, war, and exodus? The effects of desert locust swarms on migration intentions in Yemen https:/….
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RT @yashodunn: 🚨 New Working Paper 📄. We employ a new approach to measure migration intentions among high-skilled youth in Myanmar. A sur….
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Our paper with @ademirguckunt & Misha Lokshin on Social Protection spending during the pandemic has been published in World Development! We find that job protection spending is associated with faster recovery, although the effect is mediated by SP systems.
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RT @yashodunn: 🚨 📄 New Discussion Paper.Reviewing the evidence on Social Protection and Labour Market policies on Informally employment in….
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It was great presenting (in Italian!) the Future of Work report at the gorgeous “Sala delle Colonne” of Luiss. Check below some pictures of the event.
Al via, nel Campus Luiss di Viale Pola, la presentazione del Report della Banca Mondiale "Il futuro del lavoro. Implicazioni per l'equità e la crescita in Europa". Con Massimo Temussi, @leoiacovone, @ivantorrewb, Fabiano Schivardi, @FrancescaLotti6, @JackVibes, Fabio Rapiti e
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RT @UniLUISS: Al via, nel Campus Luiss di Viale Pola, la presentazione del Report della Banca Mondiale "Il futuro del lavoro. Implicazioni….
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