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VoxEU is a policy portal run by @cepr_org . It posts research based policy analysis from leading economists. Visit our development economics branch @vox_dev

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How to rebuild Ukraine
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Homeownership and intergenerational income mobility
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“Containment policies…account for roughly half the observed change in the growth rates of cases and deaths”, find @VC31415 , Hiro Kasahara & Paul Schrimpf #CovidEconomics #EconTwitter
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Esther Duflo, winner of the #NobelPrize in #Economics says she hopes her award "is going to inspire many, many other #Women to continue working & many other men to give them the #Respect they deserve". Prior to the award Esther was involved in @cepr_org @UBS #WomenInEconomics :
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Monica de Bolle of @PIIE , discusses why #nationalist leaders may be benefiting from a surge of popularity during the current crisis, but in a post- #Covid19 world, they are likely to be held to account for poor #policy decisions by the electorate: @bollemdb
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"Automation has created more jobs in the US than it has destroyed." Katja Mann & Lukas Püttmann present their striking research in a new VoxEU column:
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In memory of Alberto Alesina
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Marx & followers were partially accurate on the effects of capital accumulation on income inequality, yet underestimated the potential for institutional adjustments within a capitalist society. @CharlyBartels @DIW_Berlin_en , F Kersting, N Wolf @HumboldtUni
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Marx and modern microeconomics
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What economists study: A guide for the curious
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Alleviating poverty with experimental research: The 2019 Nobel laureates
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Policies increasing minimum wages are ineffective, if they result in reductions in working hours, unless welfare/tax credit policies balance them -an example of using #microdata to inform #policy from Richard Blundell @R_Blundell_UCL @EconUCL video @voxeu
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Women are substantially under-represented in the field of #Economics . A new CEPR/VoxEU book, edited by @ShellyJLundberg , shows how #Women face clear barriers to field entry & professional success that are distinct from those in other maths-focused fields -
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Urban economics, historical data, and machine learning
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Keynesian economics without the Phillips curve
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Globalisation, specialisation, and the division of labour
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Susan Dynarski @dynarski talking to @voxeu at #AEA2019 : @UMich piloted a scheme to specifically target #low -income high school students with info about their promise of 4 years free #college and more than doubled applications from that group
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Natural experimenters: Nobel laureates David Card, Joshua Angrist, and Guido Imbens
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@sguriev @EBRD explains why the #European value chain model works well for participating countries, and shows how in the #COVID19 crisis, even seemingly largely self-sufficient countries such as the #US are found to be reliant on external sources -
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Teaching #economics this year? Read this essential guide on how to make your course applicable to the 21st century
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The World Trade Historical Database
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20 #economists and global #health experts have one simple message: this #crisis is global and requires unprecedented cooperation across countries and disciplines. => The COVID-19 pandemic: A letter to #G20 leaders <= #covid -19
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Weekend watching Reliance on #GDP as a measure of #economics progress fails to take into account that the economy is no longer production-based but instead a #ServiceEconomy - a better metric could be built around how people use their time @DianeCoyle1859
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The integration of economic history into economics
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See our most read column this week
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Geographic diversity of economics journals editorial boards
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A network analysis of economic history
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Nobel laureate Edward Prescott, 1940-2022
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Russia under sanctions. The political economy of Putin's war in Ukraine Sanctions against Russia continue to multiply. @sguriev of @ScPoEcon discusses what will their effect be on the Russian state and its people? #Russia #Ukraine #Sanctions
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Alberto Alesina. A free-spirited economist
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Behavioural economics is also useful in macroeconomics
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Capitalism without capital: the rise of the intangible economy
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How networks of influential individuals helped destroy one of the world’s most durable democracies and legitimise a racist, authoritarian state
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#Innovators and #inventors can be inspired to excel through interaction and #knowledge -share with peers. Just knowing that there are people 'better' than them provokes better efforts. @S_Stantcheva @Harvard . @econfilm #video for @voxeu @cepr_org
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Decomposing demand and supply shocks during COVID-19
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The state of modern macro
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“Central bank digital currencies would not only have domestic macroeconomic and financial implications for the issuing economy, they would also have implications for the rest of the world,” according to this column #EconTwitter
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The economic benefits of immigration
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The ideas of Kenneth Arrow
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Technology transfer and early industrial development
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Monetisation: Do not panic The #covid -19 crisis has raised fears that large-scale monetisation will result in a major inflation episode, @pisaniferry @sciencespo & @ojblanchard1 @PIIE think central banks are doing the right thing and see no reason to panic
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"Modern (post-1980) academic macroeconomics has not been of much practical use to economic policymakers” - Narayana Kocherlakota in a Practical Macroeconomic Policy Evaluation
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Trade theory and trade policy: The work of Max Corden, 1927-2023
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Helicopter money: The time is now
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The economic impact of ancient colonisation
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New models for macroeconomic policy
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The macroeconomic effects of structural reforms
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Why The Japanese Love Twitter But Not Facebook
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Capitalism without capital: the rise of the intangible economy
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Human capital formation during the first Industrial Revolution
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Women are substantially under-represented in the field of #Economics . Our CEPR/VoxEU book, edited by @ShellyJLundberg , shows how #Women face clear barriers to field entry & professional success that are distinct from those in other maths-focused fields:
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Olivier Blanchard @ojblanchard1 @PIIE discusses causes of #inflation in the #USA and the cost of bringing it back to target in terms of #unemployment . Check out this #Voxtalks recorded at the recent @PSEinfo - @cepr_org policy forum. #Econtwitter
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Rethinking the macroeconomics of resource-rich countries: A new eBook
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“Applying machine learning to rich historical data sources provides the opportunity to draw novel insights for fields such as urban and spatial economics,” say authors of this column #EconTwitter
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Populism, bureaucratic expertise, and government performance
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The supply side matters: Guns versus butter, COVID-style
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Nobel Laureates on the future of economics
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Digitalisation of money and the future of monetary policy
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Nick Crafts, a distinguished British economist who passed away in Oct 2023, is remembered for his significant contributions to the field of economic history. S Broadberry @OxfordEconDept , B Gupta @warwickecon , T Hatton @UoE_Economics , @timleunig @LSEEcHist
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The intergenerational effects of a large wealth shock
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Forty years of inequality in Europe
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The Spanish Christmas Lottery as an unconventional fiscal policy tool
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W. Arthur Lewis and the tradeoffs of economics and economists
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The new globalisation and income inequality
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Quantitative easing and helicopter money: Not so distant cousins
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Credit supply and housing speculation|Loose credit boosted prices during the boom, and tight credit exacerbated the bust. Credit fluctuations and asset price fluctuations are closely connected| @AtifRMian @Princeton , Amir Sufi @profsufi @ChicagoBooth |
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In this #VoxEU video @ufukakcigit @UChicago explains that a key factor in the observed decline in #Business dynamism in the #US is the lack of knowledge diffusion from leader to follower #Firms . New technologies need to be diffused widely in order for the #Economy to benefit...
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Behavioural economics is also useful in macroeconomics
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From credit boom to systemic bust
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“Due to differences in labour market informality, fiscal capacity, healthcare infrastructure, and demographics, blanket lockdowns appear less effective in developing countries”, say @TitanAlon , @LagakosDavid et al. #CovidEconomics #EconTwitter
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Revisiting the rise of #Italian fascism Daron Acemoğlu, Giuseppe De Feo, Giacomo De Luca, Gianluca Russo @DrDaronAcemoglu presents the paper in this video from @cepr_org 's Political Economy Webinar Series
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Capitalism without capital: the rise of the intangible economy
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What economists study: A guide for the curious
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Revisiting the causal effect of democracy on long-run development
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This column emphasises modern industrial policy's broader objectives beyond traditional sectoral support, noting positive impacts with nuances in implementation & efficacy. @juhreka13 @ubcVSE , @straightedge @OxfordEconDept , @rodrikdani @Kennedy_School
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The wage curve across the wealth distribution
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Central banks and the sterilisation of capital flows in the first era of globalisation
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What’s worth knowing in economics? A global survey among economists
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Recorded by @econfilm at #CEPRParisSymposium , @sguriev @sciencespo looks at whether the rise in #populism and the wide spread of mobile broadband internet are related. Is internet a liberation or disinformation technology?
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“When a supply shock asymmetrically affects different sectors of the economy, it can produce a contraction in demand even larger than the original shock,” say @VeronicaGuerri7 , @guido_lorenzoni , @ludwigstraub & @IvanWerning
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To celebrate the joint winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Economics we are republishing key @voxeu columns from each of them. #NobelPrize From August 2010: Cutting the corruption tax: A way out for Greece Paul Romer @paulmromer @NYUStern
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Francis Fukuyama against mainstream economics
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A significant share of #German municipalities have amended building codes to restrict solar installations, impacting #ClimateChange goals. S Carattini @GeorgiaStateU , @BelaFigge @analysisgroup , A Gordan @NOAA , @andreasloeschel @ruhrunibochum #CEPRin2022
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