Marcelo LaFleur
@lafleur.bsky.social
Senior economist at the UN. Focus on innovation, technology, and structural transformation.
String interest on innovative data, methods, and models that balance precision with practical impact. www.linkedin.com/in/marcelolafleur
Opinions are my own
String interest on innovative data, methods, and models that balance precision with practical impact. www.linkedin.com/in/marcelolafleur
Opinions are my own
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In today's JMP blog, @economiyaki.bsky.social shows how even 3 hours/day of kindergarten in Indonesia is enough to increase women's employment (by 13 p.p.) & does not crowd out care offered by relatives blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...?
Scaling short days: Even limited childcare can transform family labor. Guest post by Dyah Pritadrajati
blogs.worldbank.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In today's JMP blog, @economiyaki.bsky.social shows how even 3 hours/day of kindergarten in Indonesia is enough to increase women's employment (by 13 p.p.) & does not crowd out care offered by relatives blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...?
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**NEW WORKING PAPER**
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
w/ Ali Almelhem, Murat Iyigun & Austin Kennedy
Available at: docs.iza.org/dp16674.pdf
Short 🧵 below…
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Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
w/ Ali Almelhem, Murat Iyigun & Austin Kennedy
Available at: docs.iza.org/dp16674.pdf
Short 🧵 below…
1/7
December 19, 2023 at 1:01 PM
**NEW WORKING PAPER**
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
w/ Ali Almelhem, Murat Iyigun & Austin Kennedy
Available at: docs.iza.org/dp16674.pdf
Short 🧵 below…
1/7
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
w/ Ali Almelhem, Murat Iyigun & Austin Kennedy
Available at: docs.iza.org/dp16674.pdf
Short 🧵 below…
1/7
A really excellent take and exactly what I think is problematic about our field.
open.substack.com/pub/rottenan...
open.substack.com/pub/rottenan...
Taking Our Chances
This one's for the academy, I guess
open.substack.com
January 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A really excellent take and exactly what I think is problematic about our field.
open.substack.com/pub/rottenan...
open.substack.com/pub/rottenan...
Anyone know of work that looks at algorithms as a form of capital? It strikes me that they are powerful ways to generate and extract returns in an increasingly digital economy
January 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Anyone know of work that looks at algorithms as a form of capital? It strikes me that they are powerful ways to generate and extract returns in an increasingly digital economy
Happy 2025! For the first time I feel that the wave of AI will be a strong one on our profession. We’ll either surf it or get tossed about. But it should make for very interesting times
January 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Happy 2025! For the first time I feel that the wave of AI will be a strong one on our profession. We’ll either surf it or get tossed about. But it should make for very interesting times
Happy birthday www.un.org/en/about-us/...
Universal Declaration of Human Rights | United Nations
A milestone document in the history of human rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected. It has been translated...
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December 11, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Happy birthday www.un.org/en/about-us/...
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What happens after anesthesia rollup acquisitions?
Within six months, prices increase 18%. Within two years, they increase 25 to 30%.
New working paper by my amazing student Aslihan Asil (on the law market this year!) and her co-authors:
www.nber.org/papers/w33217
Within six months, prices increase 18%. Within two years, they increase 25 to 30%.
New working paper by my amazing student Aslihan Asil (on the law market this year!) and her co-authors:
www.nber.org/papers/w33217
December 3, 2024 at 10:15 PM
What happens after anesthesia rollup acquisitions?
Within six months, prices increase 18%. Within two years, they increase 25 to 30%.
New working paper by my amazing student Aslihan Asil (on the law market this year!) and her co-authors:
www.nber.org/papers/w33217
Within six months, prices increase 18%. Within two years, they increase 25 to 30%.
New working paper by my amazing student Aslihan Asil (on the law market this year!) and her co-authors:
www.nber.org/papers/w33217
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It is almost like this was predictable and yet there seems to be no self-reflection by the legacy media. Perhaps that is why they are losing trust, influence and customers.
During the campaign, Donald Trump swore he had “nothing to do with” Project 2025. Now, as president-elect, Trump has filled his administration with people who have ties to the right-wing policy blueprint that would overhaul the federal government. nyti.ms/3BhAxxA
November 30, 2024 at 5:44 PM
It is almost like this was predictable and yet there seems to be no self-reflection by the legacy media. Perhaps that is why they are losing trust, influence and customers.
This is better than the Isaacson biography: bsky.app/profile/nied...
in other "look at where this guy comes from" news, Elon Musk's father just did a lengthy podcast episode that opens with the host saying "I bet the last time you had this many black people in your house someone was trying to rob you"
youtu.be/KH1U5x8LXgs?...
youtu.be/KH1U5x8LXgs?...
EPISODE 613 | ERROL MUSK On Growing Up in SA, Elon Musk,Donald Trump,Dating Step Daughter,Ex Wife’s
YouTube video by MacG
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November 27, 2024 at 8:05 PM
This is better than the Isaacson biography: bsky.app/profile/nied...
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finally a reasonable take
November 23, 2024 at 6:50 PM
finally a reasonable take