Simon Galle
@simongalle.bsky.social
🇧🇪 Economist interested in trade & development, technology, and labor market inequality.
PhD UC Berkeley. Associate Prof at BI, Oslo.
https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/
PhD UC Berkeley. Associate Prof at BI, Oslo.
https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/
November 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The model has 3 key elasticities: the input substitution elasticity (sigma), the final demand elasticity (psi), and the labor reallocation elasticity (kappa).
Proposition 1 explains how cost shocks translate into wage changes as a function of these three elasticities.
Proposition 1 explains how cost shocks translate into wage changes as a function of these three elasticities.
August 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The model has 3 key elasticities: the input substitution elasticity (sigma), the final demand elasticity (psi), and the labor reallocation elasticity (kappa).
Proposition 1 explains how cost shocks translate into wage changes as a function of these three elasticities.
Proposition 1 explains how cost shocks translate into wage changes as a function of these three elasticities.
New version of our paper "The Labor Market Impact of Technical Change: Inspecting the Mechanisms," with F. Carpena.
www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/wp-c...
We present a stylized, tractable model on how occupation-specific technical change affects the wage distribution.
#EconSky
www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/wp-c...
We present a stylized, tractable model on how occupation-specific technical change affects the wage distribution.
#EconSky
August 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
New version of our paper "The Labor Market Impact of Technical Change: Inspecting the Mechanisms," with F. Carpena.
www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/wp-c...
We present a stylized, tractable model on how occupation-specific technical change affects the wage distribution.
#EconSky
www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/wp-c...
We present a stylized, tractable model on how occupation-specific technical change affects the wage distribution.
#EconSky
"The machine learning community should use centaur evaluations, in which humans and AI jointly solve tasks. Centaur Evaluations refocus machine learning development toward human augmentation instead of human replacement."
Paper by Haupt and @erikbryn.bsky.social www.andyhaupt.com/assets/paper...
Paper by Haupt and @erikbryn.bsky.social www.andyhaupt.com/assets/paper...
May 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"The machine learning community should use centaur evaluations, in which humans and AI jointly solve tasks. Centaur Evaluations refocus machine learning development toward human augmentation instead of human replacement."
Paper by Haupt and @erikbryn.bsky.social www.andyhaupt.com/assets/paper...
Paper by Haupt and @erikbryn.bsky.social www.andyhaupt.com/assets/paper...
My cooking is not usually appreciated this strongly.
May 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My cooking is not usually appreciated this strongly.
The economics behind Trump's trade war are insane.
The geopolitics seem even worse...
I do hope a large coalition of the willing emerges to counter the total destabilization of the world order.
The geopolitics seem even worse...
I do hope a large coalition of the willing emerges to counter the total destabilization of the world order.
April 3, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The economics behind Trump's trade war are insane.
The geopolitics seem even worse...
I do hope a large coalition of the willing emerges to counter the total destabilization of the world order.
The geopolitics seem even worse...
I do hope a large coalition of the willing emerges to counter the total destabilization of the world order.
None of the committee's recommendations are a panacea, as they readily admit. Still, these ones seem quite useful to me. 2/2
February 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
None of the committee's recommendations are a panacea, as they readily admit. Still, these ones seem quite useful to me. 2/2
Economists broadly agree their publication process is inefficient, and disagree on its meritocratic nature.
Glad we have at least those facts established now. 1/2
Glad we have at least those facts established now. 1/2
February 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Economists broadly agree their publication process is inefficient, and disagree on its meritocratic nature.
Glad we have at least those facts established now. 1/2
Glad we have at least those facts established now. 1/2
Trump's approval rating shrinking from +8.2 points a month ago to +1.3 today.
projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/approv...
projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/approv...
February 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Trump's approval rating shrinking from +8.2 points a month ago to +1.3 today.
projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/approv...
projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/approv...
Looking forward to presenting our paper on technical change at The Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Association of Economists. samfunnsokonomene.no/app/uploads/...
November 28, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Looking forward to presenting our paper on technical change at The Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Association of Economists. samfunnsokonomene.no/app/uploads/...
The pro-poor impact of generative A.I. on real income along the distribution of initial income,
according to our counterfactual exercise. #EconSky
Paper: www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/wp-c...
according to our counterfactual exercise. #EconSky
Paper: www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/wp-c...
November 21, 2024 at 8:14 PM
The pro-poor impact of generative A.I. on real income along the distribution of initial income,
according to our counterfactual exercise. #EconSky
Paper: www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/wp-c...
according to our counterfactual exercise. #EconSky
Paper: www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/wp-c...
The combined shock also has the strongest distributional effects, hitting the rustbelt (and the Eastern Heartland more broadly) strongest.
March 26, 2024 at 12:33 PM
The combined shock also has the strongest distributional effects, hitting the rustbelt (and the Eastern Heartland more broadly) strongest.
We show that the China shock has stronger distributional effects than automation, but its impact on aggregate gains is less than a third of automation’s impact.
The combined shock (automation+China) fits the data better than either of the shocks separately.
The combined shock (automation+China) fits the data better than either of the shocks separately.
March 26, 2024 at 12:31 PM
We show that the China shock has stronger distributional effects than automation, but its impact on aggregate gains is less than a third of automation’s impact.
The combined shock (automation+China) fits the data better than either of the shocks separately.
The combined shock (automation+China) fits the data better than either of the shocks separately.
Time for self-promotion :).
Now published in the Journal of International Economics:
"The Unequal Effects of Trade and Automation across Local Labor Markets." -- joint work with Linnea Lorentzen.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Now published in the Journal of International Economics:
"The Unequal Effects of Trade and Automation across Local Labor Markets." -- joint work with Linnea Lorentzen.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 26, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Time for self-promotion :).
Now published in the Journal of International Economics:
"The Unequal Effects of Trade and Automation across Local Labor Markets." -- joint work with Linnea Lorentzen.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Now published in the Journal of International Economics:
"The Unequal Effects of Trade and Automation across Local Labor Markets." -- joint work with Linnea Lorentzen.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
During this fall's local elections, I learned I am a political extremist according to Norwegian standards 🙃.
November 17, 2023 at 9:35 AM
During this fall's local elections, I learned I am a political extremist according to Norwegian standards 🙃.
As much as I like well-identified empirical research, this map indicates we may be overusing Scandinavian social registry data in economics...
November 2, 2023 at 9:21 AM
As much as I like well-identified empirical research, this map indicates we may be overusing Scandinavian social registry data in economics...
Reposting from the old website, for keepsake.
Here, I tried to make my exam problem as realistic as possible:
Here, I tried to make my exam problem as realistic as possible:
October 2, 2023 at 2:54 PM
Reposting from the old website, for keepsake.
Here, I tried to make my exam problem as realistic as possible:
Here, I tried to make my exam problem as realistic as possible:
This kid turned three yesterday.
He claims to be doing well.
He claims to be doing well.
October 2, 2023 at 2:52 PM
This kid turned three yesterday.
He claims to be doing well.
He claims to be doing well.