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Casey B. Mulligan
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Price Theory is Essential for Causal Inference!

Don't miss out -- understanding these 18 minutes will change how you do economic measurement.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zcI...
Difference-in-Differences in the Marketplace
YouTube video by Chicago Price Theory
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Reposted by Casey B. Mulligan
Vertical integration
December 16, 2024 at 1:43 PM
In defense of diplomas:

With 40-years old data, Katz & Murphy predicted that the skill premium in wages would grow 3 percent per year minus any movement down the demand curve due to increased skills in the workforce. 3 percent is a lot; rarely since WWII has skill accumulated enough to reduce...1/3
December 30, 2024 at 11:53 PM
December 12, 2024 at 10:16 PM
This gem of price theory is useful for public, macro, and labor. Once seen, it's obvious. Yet is quite rare, at least in published textbooks or article.
1/3
youtu.be/qv1JFjT8QeM?...
Progress and Incidence: Output and factor incomes as areas under the marginal product schedules
YouTube video by Chicago Price Theory
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November 26, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Short and sweet from Cass Sunstein.
casssunstein.substack.com/p/a-note-on-...
November 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Murphy, Topel, Philipson, and Mulligan: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY7Y...
How Chicago Economics is Helping End a Pandemic: Enabling Choice and Competition in Healthcare
YouTube video by The University of Chicago
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November 19, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Reposted by Casey B. Mulligan
A thread by @dieworkwear.bsky.social argued that clothes are not made as well as in the past. IMO that is also the case for appliances. Now other durables as well according to WSJ. Why a reduction in durability of durables, as tech progress advances?

www.wsj.com/lifestyle/co...
Your New $3,000 Couch Might Be Garbage in Three Years. This Is Why.
Furnishings that used to last for a decade or more fall apart much sooner now. Think fast fashion for furniture.
www.wsj.com
November 17, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Price Theory is Essential for Causal Inference!

Don't miss out -- understanding these 18 minutes will change how you do economic measurement.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zcI...
Difference-in-Differences in the Marketplace
YouTube video by Chicago Price Theory
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2024 at 2:52 PM