Pietro Geuna
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Pietro Geuna
@pgeuna.bsky.social
PhD student PSE | Labour, Market Power, Political Economy | History, Chess, Self Deprecation | Formerly UCL

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Randomly ended up reading this JMP: absolutely amazing
Allison Green's job market paper studies the role of networks in facilitating migration, using quasi-random ship assignment of US Navy sailors during World War II. allie-e-green.github.io/public/WW2_A...
November 12, 2024 at 1:36 AM
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Now at 530 signatures
There are 1700 IZA Research Fellows worldwide

436 out of the 1700 have signed a letter committing to resign on Jan 1 if Armin Falk is elevated to IZA's top leadership

This was organized in just a few days
The open letter from 400+ IZA fellows to the Deutsche Post Foundation in response to the new leadership announcement at IZA is online: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 15, 2023 at 4:10 AM
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early morning classes lower students’ course grades & the likelihood of future STEM course enrollment & pursuing the corresponding major, increasing the chance of choosing a lower-earning major
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
How Early Morning Classes Change Academic Trajectories: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Using a natural experiment which randomized class times to students, this study reveals that enrolling in early morning classes lowers students’ course grades a
papers.ssrn.com
November 5, 2023 at 2:56 AM
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What we're seeing is a potentially major shift in the American labor market.

We saw it with labor market tightness, leading to wage hike at the bottom.

Now we're seeing union strength we've not seen in a long time.
Union workers score big pay gains as labour action sweeps US
UAW’s tentative deal with Ford is latest to reflect revived power at the negotiating table
www.ft.com
October 28, 2023 at 6:50 PM
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Unions are taking advantage of labor market conditions to lock in the gains.

And winning.
October 13, 2023 at 12:29 PM
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When I first read Andrew Goodman-Bacon's paper on DiD and understanding the underlying 2x2 DiDs associated with every Two Way Fixed Effects, it really blew my mind. I found it tough to navigate, but i went step by step. I enclose below the Stata code, which does a simple GB DiD step by step. Enjoy.
October 5, 2023 at 2:38 AM
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"Worker Mobility in Production Networks" -- neat paper that brings together employer-employee data and firm-to-firm transactions to demonstrate the role played by production networks in shaping the job search and matching process. #EconSky 📈

🔗 steg.cepr.org/sites/defaul...
October 3, 2023 at 8:57 PM
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I’ve been trying to make this happen in one form or another for almost 7 years, and it’s finally out. Data on income inequality and mobility within detailed demographic groups, nationally and at the state level, designed with researchers and the public in mind. www.minneapolisfed.org/institute/in...
Income Distributions and Dynamics in America | Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute
www.minneapolisfed.org
October 2, 2023 at 5:36 PM
(To introduce myself, I take advantage of this crazy ass story. I’m a first year PhD student at the Paris School of Economics and I [intend to] work on market power, bargaining power, and their political implications. What an insane timeline!)
President Biden joined striking autoworkers on a picket line in Michigan, in an extraordinary show of support by a sitting president. The United Auto Workers must negotiate separate deals with General Motors and Stellantis on issues, including pay. nyti.ms/3taFgwV
September 26, 2023 at 6:43 PM