Sébastien Turban
ptitseb.bsky.social
Sébastien Turban
@ptitseb.bsky.social
Economist @OECD
What It Takes to Get Lunch Delivered to the 70th Floor www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/w...
What It Takes to Get Lunch Delivered to the 70th Floor
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October 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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July 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
For Some Patients, the ‘Inner Voice’ May Soon Be Audible www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...
For Some Patients, the ‘Inner Voice’ May Soon Be Audible
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August 15, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts
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August 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Don’t Blame AI For The Rise in Recent Graduate Unemployment employamerica.org/labor-market...
Don’t Blame AI For The Rise in Recent Graduate Unemployment
AI may be a hot topic, but there isn't strong evidence that it’s responsible for the weaker labor market for recent college graduates.
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July 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The AI Becker problem
Who will train the next generation?
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July 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Racial Inequality in France nber.org/papers/w34013 "We study racial inequality in 21st century France. Using parents’ nationality at birth, we overcome the lack of ethno-racial statistics stemming from the country’s “color-blind” approach."
Racial Inequality in France
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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July 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Trump thinks Americans consume too much. He has a point
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
From The Economist
Trump thinks Americans consume too much. He has a point
He will not like the remedy, however
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June 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Comment mesurer l'évolution du pouvoir d'achat de l'ensemble des ménages ? blog.insee.fr/mesurer-l-ev...
Comment mesurer l'évolution du pouvoir d'achat de l'ensemble des ménages ?
Si la crise inflationniste des années 2022 et 2023 a remis la question du pouvoir d’achat au centre des préoccupations des Français, elle a aussi ravivé les
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June 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Spy Factory
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May 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
How Xi sparked China’s electricity revolution ft.com/content/f867... via @financialtimes.com
How Xi sparked China’s electricity revolution
Beijing’s aggressive pursuit of energy self-sufficiency could give it the upper hand in the trade war with the US
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May 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Location Effects or Sorting? Evidence from Firm Relocation www.nber.org/papers/w33779 "location effects...account for only 2%–5% of the total variance in log wages...Differences in worker composition across cities explain ~ 30%..., diff in firm composition...an additional 15%."
Location Effects or Sorting? Evidence from Firm Relocation
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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May 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Understanding the Effects of Tariffs www.aei.org/research-pro... This is really well written
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May 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Should We Worry About Global Imbalances?
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Should We Worry About Global Imbalances?
On the significance of safe asset shortages
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May 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Is Dollar Dominance Good for the U.S.?
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Is Dollar Dominance Good for the U.S.?
Thoughts on the U.S.'s so-called exorbitant privilege.
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April 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Daily Pill May Work as Well as Ozempic for Weight Loss and Blood Sugar www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/h...
Daily Pill May Work as Well as Ozempic for Weight Loss and Blood Sugar
Eli Lilly said clinical results of its GLP-1 in pill form showed safety and efficacy data similar to blockbuster injectable drugs.
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April 18, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our blog post on the recently-released OECD Economic Survey of Türkiye (aka the Sürviye) is up oecdecoscope.blog/2025/04/17/e... via @oecdeconomy.bsky.social We discuss the macroeconomy and structural reforms to ensure sustainable growth!
Ensuring high but sustainable growth in Türkiye
By Sébastien Turban, Economist, OECD Türkiye has been one of the fastest-growing economies in the OECD over the past decade, leading to a significant improvement of labour market and social outcome…
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April 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM