Sehyun Hong
@shong95.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @pse.bsky.social | Public economics and health economics
https://sites.google.com/view/sehyunhong/
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Amid rising China–EU tensions, how do Germans really see Chinese foreign investment?
And can facts, positive narratives, or negative narratives change those views?
We answer this using:
🧪 A survey experiment in SOEP-IS (N = 2,365)
🇨🇳 A mirrored national survey in China (N = 2,000)
🧵 A thread.
Amid rising China–EU tensions, how do Germans really see Chinese foreign investment?
And can facts, positive narratives, or negative narratives change those views?
We answer this using:
🧪 A survey experiment in SOEP-IS (N = 2,365)
🇨🇳 A mirrored national survey in China (N = 2,000)
🧵 A thread.
As China became the EU's largest trading partner, public concerns about the country's economic and political influence have grown. This new #WP looks at how German citizens perceive the opportunities and risks of engaging with China, and how much these perceptions align with reality.
bit.ly/4oJ7O8b
bit.ly/4oJ7O8b
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
🇩🇪💼🇨🇳
Amid rising China–EU tensions, how do Germans really see Chinese foreign investment?
And can facts, positive narratives, or negative narratives change those views?
We answer this using:
🧪 A survey experiment in SOEP-IS (N = 2,365)
🇨🇳 A mirrored national survey in China (N = 2,000)
🧵 A thread.
Amid rising China–EU tensions, how do Germans really see Chinese foreign investment?
And can facts, positive narratives, or negative narratives change those views?
We answer this using:
🧪 A survey experiment in SOEP-IS (N = 2,365)
🇨🇳 A mirrored national survey in China (N = 2,000)
🧵 A thread.
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📢 Virtual Workshop on French Economic History
At 5:00 pm CET, @zhexunmo.bsky.social (Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, CUNY) will present:
“Soldiers versus Laborers: Legacies of Colonial Military Service and Forced Labor in Mali”
Interested in joining? Email me for the Zoom link.
At 5:00 pm CET, @zhexunmo.bsky.social (Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, CUNY) will present:
“Soldiers versus Laborers: Legacies of Colonial Military Service and Forced Labor in Mali”
Interested in joining? Email me for the Zoom link.
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📢 Virtual Workshop on French Economic History
At 5:00 pm CET, @zhexunmo.bsky.social (Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, CUNY) will present:
“Soldiers versus Laborers: Legacies of Colonial Military Service and Forced Labor in Mali”
Interested in joining? Email me for the Zoom link.
At 5:00 pm CET, @zhexunmo.bsky.social (Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, CUNY) will present:
“Soldiers versus Laborers: Legacies of Colonial Military Service and Forced Labor in Mali”
Interested in joining? Email me for the Zoom link.
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Does #equality promote #inclusion and #productivity, or hinder #growth❓
🔴Our new study revisits this long-running debate — finding a strong positive link between equality and development over the long run.
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
🔴Our new study revisits this long-running debate — finding a strong positive link between equality and development over the long run.
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
Equality and Development: A Comparative & Historical Perspective 1800-2025 - WID - World Inequality Database
Equality and Development: A Comparative & Historical Perspective 1800-2025 This paper combines income and wealth inequality series from the World Inequality Database (WID) and new global series on hou...
wid.world
October 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Does #equality promote #inclusion and #productivity, or hinder #growth❓
🔴Our new study revisits this long-running debate — finding a strong positive link between equality and development over the long run.
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
🔴Our new study revisits this long-running debate — finding a strong positive link between equality and development over the long run.
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
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There is a strong positive association between equality and development over the long run — that's what this new study based on our historical series available on wid.world is clearly showing.
Key findings in thread 🧵(1/9)👇
Key findings in thread 🧵(1/9)👇
Does #equality promote #inclusion and #productivity, or hinder #growth❓
🔴Our new study revisits this long-running debate — finding a strong positive link between equality and development over the long run.
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
🔴Our new study revisits this long-running debate — finding a strong positive link between equality and development over the long run.
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
Equality and Development: A Comparative & Historical Perspective 1800-2025 - WID - World Inequality Database
Equality and Development: A Comparative & Historical Perspective 1800-2025 This paper combines income and wealth inequality series from the World Inequality Database (WID) and new global series on hou...
wid.world
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
There is a strong positive association between equality and development over the long run — that's what this new study based on our historical series available on wid.world is clearly showing.
Key findings in thread 🧵(1/9)👇
Key findings in thread 🧵(1/9)👇
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New @stone-lis.bsky.social Working Paper by Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Zhexun Mo, coauthored by Sehyun Hong, Nak Nyeon Kim, and our Affiliated Scholar Li Yang. This fascinating paper assesses income #inequality in South Korea during the course of nearly a century. @zhexunmo.bsky.social 👇👇👇
South Korea's transformation from one of the poorest countries to an economic powerhouse masked significant disparities in income and opportunity. A new WP by @shong95.bsky.social, Nak Nyeon Kim, @zhexunmo.bsky.social, and Li Yang provides new inequality estimates from 1933 to 2022.
bit.ly/4nTm91E
bit.ly/4nTm91E
October 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
New @stone-lis.bsky.social Working Paper by Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Zhexun Mo, coauthored by Sehyun Hong, Nak Nyeon Kim, and our Affiliated Scholar Li Yang. This fascinating paper assesses income #inequality in South Korea during the course of nearly a century. @zhexunmo.bsky.social 👇👇👇
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South Korea's transformation from one of the poorest countries to an economic powerhouse masked significant disparities in income and opportunity. A new WP by @shong95.bsky.social, Nak Nyeon Kim, @zhexunmo.bsky.social, and Li Yang provides new inequality estimates from 1933 to 2022.
bit.ly/4nTm91E
bit.ly/4nTm91E
October 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
South Korea's transformation from one of the poorest countries to an economic powerhouse masked significant disparities in income and opportunity. A new WP by @shong95.bsky.social, Nak Nyeon Kim, @zhexunmo.bsky.social, and Li Yang provides new inequality estimates from 1933 to 2022.
bit.ly/4nTm91E
bit.ly/4nTm91E
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📢 We’re excited to announce that the 3rd edition of the World Inequality Conference will take place on 4–5 June 2026 in Paris.
📄The call for papers is now open — submit by December 1!
▶️ inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...
@pse.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social
📄The call for papers is now open — submit by December 1!
▶️ inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...
@pse.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social
World Inequality Conference 2026 - World Inequality Lab
The World Inequality Lab is organizing the third edition of the World Inequality Conference, to be held at the Paris School of Economics on June 4-5, 2026.
inequalitylab.world
September 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
📢 We’re excited to announce that the 3rd edition of the World Inequality Conference will take place on 4–5 June 2026 in Paris.
📄The call for papers is now open — submit by December 1!
▶️ inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...
@pse.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social
📄The call for papers is now open — submit by December 1!
▶️ inequalitylab.world/en/event/wor...
@pse.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social
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Now available in english *A History of Political Conflict. Elections and Social Inequalities in France 1789-2022* 📚
Our book with Julia Cagé is out at @harvardpress.bsky.social >>> www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
All data sets available below 👇
Our book with Julia Cagé is out at @harvardpress.bsky.social >>> www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
All data sets available below 👇
September 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Now available in english *A History of Political Conflict. Elections and Social Inequalities in France 1789-2022* 📚
Our book with Julia Cagé is out at @harvardpress.bsky.social >>> www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
All data sets available below 👇
Our book with Julia Cagé is out at @harvardpress.bsky.social >>> www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
All data sets available below 👇
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What would a just distribution of socio-economic and environmental resources look like at the global level from 2025 to 2100 – both between and within countries?
From now to June 2026, the #GlobalJusticeProject will help provide answers.
inequalitylab.world/en/global-ju...
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From now to June 2026, the #GlobalJusticeProject will help provide answers.
inequalitylab.world/en/global-ju...
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Global Justice Project - World Inequality Lab
The Global Justice Project (GJP) aims to provide a platform to stimulate research, policymaking, and citizen engagement to shape a fairer, more democratic and sustainable 21st century.
inequalitylab.world
June 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
What would a just distribution of socio-economic and environmental resources look like at the global level from 2025 to 2100 – both between and within countries?
From now to June 2026, the #GlobalJusticeProject will help provide answers.
inequalitylab.world/en/global-ju...
[1/5]🧵
From now to June 2026, the #GlobalJusticeProject will help provide answers.
inequalitylab.world/en/global-ju...
[1/5]🧵
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Recently accepted by #QJE, “What Drives Risky Prescription Opioid Use? Evidence from Migration,” by Finkelstein, Gentzkow, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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Pending Publication
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August 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “What Drives Risky Prescription Opioid Use? Evidence from Migration,” by Finkelstein, Gentzkow, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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Congratulations to Stefanie Stantcheva (@s-stantcheva.bsky.social) of @harvard.edu, winner of the 2025 John Bates Clark Medal! #econsky www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...
Stefanie Stantcheva, Clark Medalist 2025
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April 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Congratulations to Stefanie Stantcheva (@s-stantcheva.bsky.social) of @harvard.edu, winner of the 2025 John Bates Clark Medal! #econsky www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...
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Just posted updated version of our DID textbook! We now have drafts of all chapters, including the one on general designs! Now you can tell your friends still on X that they are DID-outdated :-) Happy easter for those of you that celebrate it. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Credible Answers to Hard Questions: Differences-in-Differences for Natural Experiments
This book introduces applied researchers to modern Differences-in-Differences (DID) methods, that they can use to obtain credible answers to hard causal inferen
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April 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Just posted updated version of our DID textbook! We now have drafts of all chapters, including the one on general designs! Now you can tell your friends still on X that they are DID-outdated :-) Happy easter for those of you that celebrate it. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Just finished teaching a class on taxation in the Economics and Public Policy master's at @sciencespo.bsky.social.
My slides, heavily inspired by courses by Charles Brendon, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and Emmanuel Saez, are here:
👉 wouterleenders.eu/KAFP3355/06_...
Feedback very welcome!
My slides, heavily inspired by courses by Charles Brendon, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and Emmanuel Saez, are here:
👉 wouterleenders.eu/KAFP3355/06_...
Feedback very welcome!
April 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Just finished teaching a class on taxation in the Economics and Public Policy master's at @sciencespo.bsky.social.
My slides, heavily inspired by courses by Charles Brendon, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and Emmanuel Saez, are here:
👉 wouterleenders.eu/KAFP3355/06_...
Feedback very welcome!
My slides, heavily inspired by courses by Charles Brendon, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and Emmanuel Saez, are here:
👉 wouterleenders.eu/KAFP3355/06_...
Feedback very welcome!
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New study by @rowaida96.bsky.social on #land #inequality in Egypt 🇪🇬 shows that:
🔹Egypt's 1952 agrarian reform reduced persistent inequality: the top 1% landowners share ↘️ from 42% to 27% by 1980
🔹... but failed to lift up the poorest landowners and the landless
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
🔹Egypt's 1952 agrarian reform reduced persistent inequality: the top 1% landowners share ↘️ from 42% to 27% by 1980
🔹... but failed to lift up the poorest landowners and the landless
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
Egypt's 1952 agrarian reform reduced persistent inequality and the dominance of the landed elite, but failed to lift up the poorest landowners and the landless - WID - World Inequality Database
Egypt's 1952 agrarian reform reduced persistent inequality and the dominance of the landed elite, but failed to lift up the poorest landowners and the landless In this paper, Rowaida Moshrif analyzes ...
wid.world
April 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
New study by @rowaida96.bsky.social on #land #inequality in Egypt 🇪🇬 shows that:
🔹Egypt's 1952 agrarian reform reduced persistent inequality: the top 1% landowners share ↘️ from 42% to 27% by 1980
🔹... but failed to lift up the poorest landowners and the landless
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
🔹Egypt's 1952 agrarian reform reduced persistent inequality: the top 1% landowners share ↘️ from 42% to 27% by 1980
🔹... but failed to lift up the poorest landowners and the landless
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
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EGYPT’S 1952 AGRARIAN REFORM curbed deep-rooted inequality and weakened the landed elite, but failed to reach the poorest landowners and the landless.
Read my new WP:
“Long-Term Land Inequality and Post-Colonial Land Reform in Egypt (1896–2020)”
More findings 👇
#Egypt #Inequality #LandReform
Read my new WP:
“Long-Term Land Inequality and Post-Colonial Land Reform in Egypt (1896–2020)”
More findings 👇
#Egypt #Inequality #LandReform
New study by @rowaida96.bsky.social on #land #inequality in Egypt 🇪🇬 shows that:
🔹Egypt's 1952 agrarian reform reduced persistent inequality: the top 1% landowners share ↘️ from 42% to 27% by 1980
🔹... but failed to lift up the poorest landowners and the landless
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
🔹Egypt's 1952 agrarian reform reduced persistent inequality: the top 1% landowners share ↘️ from 42% to 27% by 1980
🔹... but failed to lift up the poorest landowners and the landless
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
Egypt's 1952 agrarian reform reduced persistent inequality and the dominance of the landed elite, but failed to lift up the poorest landowners and the landless - WID - World Inequality Database
Egypt's 1952 agrarian reform reduced persistent inequality and the dominance of the landed elite, but failed to lift up the poorest landowners and the landless In this paper, Rowaida Moshrif analyzes ...
wid.world
April 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
EGYPT’S 1952 AGRARIAN REFORM curbed deep-rooted inequality and weakened the landed elite, but failed to reach the poorest landowners and the landless.
Read my new WP:
“Long-Term Land Inequality and Post-Colonial Land Reform in Egypt (1896–2020)”
More findings 👇
#Egypt #Inequality #LandReform
Read my new WP:
“Long-Term Land Inequality and Post-Colonial Land Reform in Egypt (1896–2020)”
More findings 👇
#Egypt #Inequality #LandReform
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Congratulations to @rowaida96.bsky.social for this very important historical work – a first of its kind in any country or land reform context.
EGYPT’S 1952 AGRARIAN REFORM curbed deep-rooted inequality and weakened the landed elite, but failed to reach the poorest landowners and the landless.
Read my new WP:
“Long-Term Land Inequality and Post-Colonial Land Reform in Egypt (1896–2020)”
More findings 👇
#Egypt #Inequality #LandReform
Read my new WP:
“Long-Term Land Inequality and Post-Colonial Land Reform in Egypt (1896–2020)”
More findings 👇
#Egypt #Inequality #LandReform
New study by @rowaida96.bsky.social on #land #inequality in Egypt 🇪🇬 shows that:
🔹Egypt's 1952 agrarian reform reduced persistent inequality: the top 1% landowners share ↘️ from 42% to 27% by 1980
🔹... but failed to lift up the poorest landowners and the landless
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
🔹Egypt's 1952 agrarian reform reduced persistent inequality: the top 1% landowners share ↘️ from 42% to 27% by 1980
🔹... but failed to lift up the poorest landowners and the landless
Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...
April 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Congratulations to @rowaida96.bsky.social for this very important historical work – a first of its kind in any country or land reform context.
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The Paris School of Economics Stone center on Global Wealth Dynamics is offering fully-funded PhD fellowships for student working on inequality. Deadline May 4. Details and applications here
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PhD Fellowship | Stone Center PSE
stone-center-pse.eu
April 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Paris School of Economics Stone center on Global Wealth Dynamics is offering fully-funded PhD fellowships for student working on inequality. Deadline May 4. Details and applications here
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stone-center-pse.eu/grants/phd-f...
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stone-center-pse.eu/grants/phd-f...
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🚨 We're hiring!
Join us to update the World Inequality Database🌐
We're looking for someone available full-time for at least 12 months starting July or Sept with:
✅ Master 1/2
✅ 0–2 years experience
✅Knowledge of Stata
✅Ability to collaborate on computer code
👉 inequalitylab.world/en/job/junio...
Join us to update the World Inequality Database🌐
We're looking for someone available full-time for at least 12 months starting July or Sept with:
✅ Master 1/2
✅ 0–2 years experience
✅Knowledge of Stata
✅Ability to collaborate on computer code
👉 inequalitylab.world/en/job/junio...
April 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🚨 We're hiring!
Join us to update the World Inequality Database🌐
We're looking for someone available full-time for at least 12 months starting July or Sept with:
✅ Master 1/2
✅ 0–2 years experience
✅Knowledge of Stata
✅Ability to collaborate on computer code
👉 inequalitylab.world/en/job/junio...
Join us to update the World Inequality Database🌐
We're looking for someone available full-time for at least 12 months starting July or Sept with:
✅ Master 1/2
✅ 0–2 years experience
✅Knowledge of Stata
✅Ability to collaborate on computer code
👉 inequalitylab.world/en/job/junio...
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Come work with us!
📢 Ever wanted to work on taxation & public policy? Now’s your chance!
We’re hiring a Senior Policy Advisor to join our amazing policy team — turning cutting-edge research into real-world impact through policy recommendations.
Apply by May 4: www.taxobservatory.eu/senior-polic...
We’re hiring a Senior Policy Advisor to join our amazing policy team — turning cutting-edge research into real-world impact through policy recommendations.
Apply by May 4: www.taxobservatory.eu/senior-polic...
April 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Come work with us!
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JOB ALERT❗At the Department of Finance of
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social we are looking for 4 Full-time Teaching and Research Assistants (TRAs) for next academic year. Deadline to apply: May 6th!
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social we are looking for 4 Full-time Teaching and Research Assistants (TRAs) for next academic year. Deadline to apply: May 6th!
April 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
JOB ALERT❗At the Department of Finance of
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social we are looking for 4 Full-time Teaching and Research Assistants (TRAs) for next academic year. Deadline to apply: May 6th!
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social we are looking for 4 Full-time Teaching and Research Assistants (TRAs) for next academic year. Deadline to apply: May 6th!
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The child mental health crisis has existed for decades, but the link between poor mental health and youth suicide is mediated by policy and can be broken, from Janet Currie https://www.nber.org/papers/w33632
April 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The child mental health crisis has existed for decades, but the link between poor mental health and youth suicide is mediated by policy and can be broken, from Janet Currie https://www.nber.org/papers/w33632
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@wid.world's team and WIL Fellows around the world are doing tremendous, important work to expand the World Inequality Database and advance research on inequality. Thank you to everyone involved, including our partners, funders, and journalists who support this effort.
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☕Take a break. Flip through our Activity Report ▶️ indd.adobe.com/view/00786bf...
Last year was a milestone for global #taxjustice - thx to great collaborations with @taxobservatory.bsky.social @taxjustice.net @icrict.bsky.social...
Thx to all WID Fellows for advancing research on #inequality👏
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Last year was a milestone for global #taxjustice - thx to great collaborations with @taxobservatory.bsky.social @taxjustice.net @icrict.bsky.social...
Thx to all WID Fellows for advancing research on #inequality👏
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April 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
@wid.world's team and WIL Fellows around the world are doing tremendous, important work to expand the World Inequality Database and advance research on inequality. Thank you to everyone involved, including our partners, funders, and journalists who support this effort.
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Now out, a compilation of my writing on inequality and what we can do about it. Published by @oxfordunipress.bsky.social. Available to order and will ship on April 6: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
March 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Now out, a compilation of my writing on inequality and what we can do about it. Published by @oxfordunipress.bsky.social. Available to order and will ship on April 6: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Healthcare employment in the US has skyrocketed since 1980. Healthcare is a middle-class jobs engine, but "manufacturing-to-meds" transitions are not saving the Rust Belt, from @gottliebecon.bsky.social, @nealemahoney.bsky.social, Kevin Rinz, and Victoria Udalova https://www.nber.org/papers/w33583
March 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Healthcare employment in the US has skyrocketed since 1980. Healthcare is a middle-class jobs engine, but "manufacturing-to-meds" transitions are not saving the Rust Belt, from @gottliebecon.bsky.social, @nealemahoney.bsky.social, Kevin Rinz, and Victoria Udalova https://www.nber.org/papers/w33583
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Patients who are trained as physicians have 19.8 percent fewer visits to the emergency department, principally due to fewer avoidable visits, from Pragya Kakani, Simone Matecna, and Amitabh Chandra https://www.nber.org/papers/w33573
March 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Patients who are trained as physicians have 19.8 percent fewer visits to the emergency department, principally due to fewer avoidable visits, from Pragya Kakani, Simone Matecna, and Amitabh Chandra https://www.nber.org/papers/w33573