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Samuel Bentolila
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Labor economist at Cemfi
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 7d
The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries.

In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.

www.iza.org/publications...

🧵 thread—>
1. Less skilled labor is abundant. 2. Skilled emigration is a brain drain. 3. Development substitutes for migration. 4. Migration substitutes for failing development, but doesn't cause development.

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CEMFI @cemfi.es · 8d
Olympia Bover has been appointed president of the Catalan Statistics Council
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Brian Albrecht @briancalbrecht.bsky.social · 8d
So Instacart showed different people different prices for eggs. Shocking?

Before the outrage, ignore the Twitter press release. Look at what they actually found.

Understand the facts and the economic theory to make sense of it

www.economicforces.xyz/p/instacarts...
Instacart's price discrimination isn't price discrimination
On the meaning of price discrimination
www.economicforces.xyz

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Samuel Bentolila @samben8.bsky.social · 9d
Attending a session on the 50 years of the Simposio at the SAEe 2025 at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona to learn about how it and the Association were created

Reposted by Samuel Bentolila, Carlos José

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Nada es Gratis @nadaesgratis.bsky.social · 11d
VIII Premio TFG de la Asociación Española de Economía nadaesgratis.es/pedro-rey-bi... Vía @nadaesgratis.bsky.social #Economía
VIII Premio TFG de la Asociación Española de Economía
Por Ana I. Moro-Egido (@anaimoro) y Pedro Rey Biel (@pedroreybiel) Como en años anteriores (aquí y aquí), escribimos estas líneas mientras preparamos nuestra asistencia al Simposio de la Asociación E...
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Reposted by Nicholas A. Christakis, Samuel Bentolila, Miranda J. Lubbers

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 11d
New evidence that short-term rentals--like those on Airbnb--increase neighborhood rodent infestations, traffic collisions, and crime.

Reposted by Dani Rodrik, Harry Garretsen, Steve Peers , and 18 more

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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 14d
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US

This view is wrong

A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵

Reposted by Gema Zamarro, Samuel Bentolila, Luis A. Puch

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Santiago Sanchez-Pages @sanpages.bsky.social · 14d
Nada es Gratis pública al año unas 200 entradas sobre análisis económico con un rigor y claridad sin rival en España. Es un blog plural e independiente. Si lo piensas bien, es casi un milagro que exista. Y seguirá existiendo solo si personas como tú contribuis a ello.
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Porque Nada es Gratis
Junta Directiva (Antonia Díaz, José Penalva, José Luis Ferreira y Beatriz González López-Valcárcel) y equipo editorial (Cristina Bellés, Andreu Arenas, Jordi Paniagua, Luis Puch y Santiago Sánchez-Pag...
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Samuel Bentolila @samben8.bsky.social · 14d
Si piensas que Nada es Gratis no se debería convertir en una especie en peligro de extinción, dona un importe, por modesto que sea. Estarás contribuyendo a un bien público

Reposted by Samuel Bentolila, Luis A. Puch, Carlos José

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Nada es Gratis @nadaesgratis.bsky.social · 14d
Porque Nada es Gratis nadaesgratis.es/editores/por... Vía @nadaesgratis.bsky.social #Economía
Porque Nada es Gratis
Junta Directiva (Antonia Díaz, José Penalva, José Luis Ferreira y Beatriz González López-Valcárcel) y equipo editorial (Cristina Bellés, Andreu Arenas, Jordi Panigua, Luis Puch y Santiago Sánchez-Page...
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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 15d
Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Perils of the Paperwork: The Impact of Information and Application Assistance on Social Benefit Take-Up in India" by Sarika Gupta. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Perils of the Paperwork: The Impact of Information and Application Assistance on Social Benefit Take-Up in India
(Forthcoming Article) - Governments worldwide administer social programs for vulnerable groups, yet many eligible citizens fail to benefit. This paper studies barriers to take-up of an unconditional c...
www.aeaweb.org

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Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 15d
The ultra-rich escape taxation. Effective income tax rates climb steadily for most of the population but fall sharply for billionaires and centi-millionaires.

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Samuel Bentolila, Scott A. Imberman

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 15d
Update on JOE postings -- things are worse: paulgp.com/2025/12/10/q...
Economics Job Market Update: December 2025 - Still Very Bad
paulgp.com

Reposted by Samuel Bentolila

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 21d
@nickbloom.bsky.social P Bunn @paulmizen.bsky.social P Smietanka, & G Thwaites estimate that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6%-8%, w/ the impact accumulating gradually due to a combination of uncertainty, reduced demand, & misallocation of resources.
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#EconSky
Four graphs showing the estimated impact of Brexit on GDP, Business investment, Whole economy employment, and Whole economy productivity. roadly speaking, the macro- and micro‑based estimates of the impact on GDP, investment, employment and productivity line up reasonably well, with the macro estimates typically being the larger of the two. The UK is once again debating why its economy has grown slowly since the mid‑2010s. This column examines the impact of the decision to leave the European Union in 2016. Using almost a decade of data since the referendum, the authors combine simulations based on macro data with estimates derived from micro data. These estimates suggest that by 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. Investment, employment, and productivity were all affected, reflecting a combination of elevated uncertainty, reduced demand, diverted management time, and increased misallocation of resources.

Reposted by Samuel Bentolila, Luis A. Puch, Carlos José

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Nada es Gratis @nadaesgratis.bsky.social · 21d
NeG, la historia de un blog (parte II) nadaesgratis.es/admin/neg-la... Vía @nadaesgratis.bsky.social #Economía
NeG, la historia de un blog (parte II)
Por Andreu Orestes @AndreuOrestes En la primera parte de esta entrada sobre la historia de Nada es Gratis me centré en explicar brevemente el análisis que había hecho con técnicas de análisis textu...
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Reposted by Samuel Bentolila, Luis A. Puch, Carlos José

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Nada es Gratis @nadaesgratis.bsky.social · 22d
NeG, la historia de un blog (parte I) nadaesgratis.es/admin/neg-la... Vía @nadaesgratis.bsky.social #Economía
NeG, la historia de un blog (parte I)
Por Andreu Orestes @AndreuOrestes El 16 de junio de 2009, un reducido grupo de académicos interesados en la economía española puso en marcha lo que después se convertiría seguramente en el blog de ec...
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CEMFI @cemfi.es · 24d
🎓 CEMFI grads launch successful careers at the World Bank, IMF, ECB, KPMG, Santander, Oliver Wyman, Compass Lexecon, and top PhD programs like Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, and LSE

👉 Learn more: cemfi.es/programs/mas...

🗓️ Applications deadline May 31, 2026

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KSNET @ksnet.bsky.social · 25d
🎄 ¡Capítulo 3️⃣!
🖊️ @olgacanto.bsky.social y @elenacostas.bsky.social

🤱 Pobreza infantil
🔹 Con una de las tasas más altas de la UE, el sistema español de apoyos es insuficiente: poco impacto por baja generosidad y alto non take-up
🔹 IMV y CAPI son oportunidades: reforma, mayor cobertura y evaluación

Reposted by Samuel Bentolila

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KSNET @ksnet.bsky.social · Nov 26
🎄 Empieza el calendario de adviento de @ksnet.bsky.social!

¿Sabíais que hemos publicado un libro?

📘 "Diez políticas para una década. Evidencias para entender cómo ha cambiado España". Léelo en ksnet.eu/impactnet/

📆 Os traemos el resumen de un capítulo cada día. ¡No os lo perdáis!
KSNET Knowledge Sharing Network - ImpactNET
En ImpactNET centralizamos las actividades de divulgación de KSNET. Para ello, utilizamos distintos canales como conversaciones, debates y reflexiones de
ksnet.eu

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Fedea @socialfedea.bsky.social · Nov 26
🗓️ 1/12/25 🕛 12:00h ⭕️ Presentamos junto a @BBVAresearch el Boletín no.15 del Observatorio Trimestral del Mercado de Trabajo. Contaremos con @samben8.bsky.social y Carmen Pagés Serra para hablar de cambios en la demanda de #empleo y el papel de la #FP.
📺 En DIRECTO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwTY...
Presentación Observatorio Trimestral del Mercado de Trabajo 2025-T3
YouTube video by socialfedea
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Reposted by Samuel Bentolila, Carlos José

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Nada es Gratis @nadaesgratis.bsky.social · Nov 25
The kids are Alt-right: la tolerancia de los jóvenes frente al autoritarismo nadaesgratis.es/cabrales/the... Vía @nadaesgratis.bsky.social #Economía
The kids are Alt-right: la tolerancia de los jóvenes frente al autoritarismo
El jueves me desperté con una noticia muy triste: una cuarta parte de los jóvenes ve preferible en determinadas circunstancias un régimen autoritario. Y buscando un poco en la literatura, me doy cuent...
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Eva Vivalt @evavivalt.bsky.social · Nov 24
🚨 New working paper!

How well do people predict the results of studies?

@sdellavi.bsky.social and I leverage data from the first 100 studies to have been posted on the SSPP, containing 1,482 key questions, on which over 50,000 forecasts were placed. Some surprising results below.... 🧵👇

Reposted by Michael A. Clemens, Mathieu Lefèbvre, David K. Evans , and 4 more

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Joël Machado @joelmachado.eu · Nov 24
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With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, we are happy to announce the CfPapers for the

4th edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration

on May 26-27, 2026 @uc3meconomics.bsky.social, Spain.

Submit until February 1, 2026 on economig2026.sciencesconf.org

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drodrik.bsky.social
Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · Nov 21
China’s export machine is a wake-up call for other nations. But it requires targeted and separate responses for national security, innovation, and jobs—objectives that are too often conflated. My latest. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/c...
How to Respond to Chinese Imports
Dani Rodrik explains what governments should be doing to address the risks to national security, innovation, and jobs.
www.project-syndicate.org

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Samuel Bentolila @samben8.bsky.social · Nov 21
In this new working paper @yaninadomenella.bsky.social and I study how intensive support can help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities find jobs. Spoiler: it not only does but also significantly raises their well-being
cemfi.es CEMFI @cemfi.es · Nov 19
New Working Paper! 📢
Read it here: cemfi.es/ftp/wp/2528....

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CEMFI @cemfi.es · Nov 20
New Working Paper! 📢
Read it here: cemfi.es/ftp/wp/2529....

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CEMFI @cemfi.es · Nov 19
New Working Paper! 📢
Read it here: cemfi.es/ftp/wp/2528....

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · Nov 11
There are huge differences in death rates from road injuries, even across high-income countries
Horizontal bar chart showing number of deaths from road injuries per 100,000 people in 2021 for 16 high-income countries; deaths include drivers and passengers, motorcyclists, cyclists, and pedestrians. Highest is Saudi Arabia at 45 per 100,000, followed by Oman 36 and United Arab Emirates 20. United States 11, Chile 9.5. Mid-range examples: Australia 4.8, Italy 4.8, Canada 4.4, France 4.4, Spain 3.7, Germany 3.3. Lower end: Japan 2.2, United Kingdom 2, and Norway, Singapore, and Sweden each 1.9. Annotation states that death rates in Middle Eastern high-income countries are 10 to 24 times higher than in those with the safest roads. Data source listed as IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2024); note that the metric is age-standardized for cross-country comparisons; image marked CC BY.

Reposted by Ludger Woessmann, Samuel Bentolila, Georg Weizsäcker

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CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · Nov 11
How much does out-of-school learning influence foreign-language acquisition? Our new analysis shows that historical national decisions to subtitle imported TV content systematically result in a large positive effect on English-language skills.

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · Nov 7
Depressing new evidence on work conditions for Amazon delivery drivers (and interesting comparisons with UPS), by Danny Schneider and David Weil theconversation.com/the-unraveli...
The unraveling of workplace protections for delivery drivers: A tale of 2 workplace models
A first-of-its-kind study finds Amazon’s delivery drivers earn less and face more instability than their unionized counterparts.
theconversation.com