Adam Aboobaker
@adamaboobaker.bsky.social
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Development Economics at the University of Manchester researching growth, structural transformation, and class conflict.
The Growth and Distribution research group at the GDI is hosting a conference on the future of development economics at the end of the year. Please consider submitting an abstract/paper (further details below). Keynotes by Ravi Kanbur and Anandi Mani.
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Call for Papers: Conference on the Future of Development Economics - Global Development Institute Blog
December 11-12, 2025, University of Manchester, UK. With support from The University of Manchester’s Global Development Institute Journal of Development Studies Conference Fund Keynote speakers: Ravi ...
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September 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The Growth and Distribution research group at the GDI is hosting a conference on the future of development economics at the end of the year. Please consider submitting an abstract/paper (further details below). Keynotes by Ravi Kanbur and Anandi Mani.
blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/call-for-pap...
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A new paper co-authored with Peter Skott. We study the recent compression of wage inequality in the US, with a critical outlook on ‘running the economy hot’ and Bidenomics.
Since COVID, US wage inequality has sharply narrowed -undoing ~⅓ of the rise since 1980 🇺🇸
@adamaboobaker.bsky.social & P. Skott show why tight labor markets alone can’t explain it: policy design, turbulence & shifting power matter.
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
@adamaboobaker.bsky.social & P. Skott show why tight labor markets alone can’t explain it: policy design, turbulence & shifting power matter.
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
The recent compression of US wage inequality: tightness, turbulence, and power-biased policy - WID - World Inequality Database
The recent compression of US wage inequality: tightness, turbulence, and power-biased policy This paper evaluates the extent to which the recent wage compression in the US can be explained by the gene...
wid.world
August 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
A new paper co-authored with Peter Skott. We study the recent compression of wage inequality in the US, with a critical outlook on ‘running the economy hot’ and Bidenomics.
A new paper co-authored with Peter Skott. We study the recent compression of wage inequality in the US, with a critical outlook on ‘running the economy hot’ and Bidenomics.
Since COVID, US wage inequality has sharply narrowed -undoing ~⅓ of the rise since 1980 🇺🇸
@adamaboobaker.bsky.social & P. Skott show why tight labor markets alone can’t explain it: policy design, turbulence & shifting power matter.
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
@adamaboobaker.bsky.social & P. Skott show why tight labor markets alone can’t explain it: policy design, turbulence & shifting power matter.
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
The recent compression of US wage inequality: tightness, turbulence, and power-biased policy - WID - World Inequality Database
The recent compression of US wage inequality: tightness, turbulence, and power-biased policy This paper evaluates the extent to which the recent wage compression in the US can be explained by the gene...
wid.world
August 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
A new paper co-authored with Peter Skott. We study the recent compression of wage inequality in the US, with a critical outlook on ‘running the economy hot’ and Bidenomics.
Reposted by Adam Aboobaker
Peter Skott and I have a new paper exploring cyclical patterns of employment, wage inequality and the functional distribution of income postkeynesian.net/media/workin...
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https://postkeynesian.net/media/working-papers/PKWP2512.pdf…
May 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Peter Skott and I have a new paper exploring cyclical patterns of employment, wage inequality and the functional distribution of income postkeynesian.net/media/workin...
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Peter Skott and I have a new paper exploring cyclical patterns of employment, wage inequality and the functional distribution of income postkeynesian.net/media/workin...
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https://postkeynesian.net/media/working-papers/PKWP2512.pdf…
May 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Peter Skott and I have a new paper exploring cyclical patterns of employment, wage inequality and the functional distribution of income postkeynesian.net/media/workin...
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