Sharon Traiberman
@straiberman.bsky.social
Reposted by Sharon Traiberman
In the early US, greater state capacity led to complex tariff codes and more specific tariffs-curbing evasion and raising revenue. Developing a model to explain this pattern, then and now, from Erik Madsen, Martin Rotemberg, Sharon Traiberman, and Shizhuo Wang https://www.nber.org/papers/w34143
August 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
In the early US, greater state capacity led to complex tariff codes and more specific tariffs-curbing evasion and raising revenue. Developing a model to explain this pattern, then and now, from Erik Madsen, Martin Rotemberg, Sharon Traiberman, and Shizhuo Wang https://www.nber.org/papers/w34143
Future work: thinking about high school tracking/testing, modeling the education supply side (cost of capacity), and thinking more about the extensive margin (college or not).
May 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Future work: thinking about high school tracking/testing, modeling the education supply side (cost of capacity), and thinking more about the extensive margin (college or not).
3. Relaxing these constraints following a shock allows workers to better reallocate---especially those with low earnings potential.
May 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
3. Relaxing these constraints following a shock allows workers to better reallocate---especially those with low earnings potential.
2. We examine the GDP consequences of education systems that rely on capacity constraints and rationing. We find small GDP bumps from relaxing capacity constraints (caveat: we don't have costs).
May 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
2. We examine the GDP consequences of education systems that rely on capacity constraints and rationing. We find small GDP bumps from relaxing capacity constraints (caveat: we don't have costs).
1. Field choice changes both aggregate and distributional predictions of GE models. Aggregate effects are larger (sure, you can reallocate), but distributional consequences also manifest differently.
May 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
1. Field choice changes both aggregate and distributional predictions of GE models. Aggregate effects are larger (sure, you can reallocate), but distributional consequences also manifest differently.
New paper on the importance of modeling field choice to understand labor market shocks. We use Danish data to estimate a model of occupational choice on the labor market and field of study choice in college. Three big findings:
Field-of-study choices shape economic resilience as flexible college programs ease adaptation to trade and AI shocks, boosting GDP and aiding lower earners, from Valerie Smeets, Lin Tian, and Sharon Traiberman https://www.nber.org/papers/w33728
May 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
New paper on the importance of modeling field choice to understand labor market shocks. We use Danish data to estimate a model of occupational choice on the labor market and field of study choice in college. Three big findings: