Vivek Moorthy
@vmoorthy.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics at the College of the Holy Cross. Studies economic demography, development economics, and economic history.
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Vivek Moorthy
@vmoorthy.bsky.social
· Dec 12
Is it already January? Yes! The Jan 2025 issue of The Economic Journal is out @resmedia.bsky.social with a fascinating mix of topics. Check it out!
academic.oup.com/ej/issue/135...
academic.oup.com/ej/issue/135...
Volume 135 Issue 665 | The Economic Journal | Oxford Academic
The Economic Journal is the Royal Economic Society's flagship title, and is one of the founding journals of modern economics. The journal provides a platform for and imaginative economic research for ...
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Excited to see my paper "Agricultural Technological Change, Female Earnings, and Fertility" out in press alongside these other fascinating papers.
So far, both my publications have made January issues of their respective journals. Let's see if I can somehow keep this up.
So far, both my publications have made January issues of their respective journals. Let's see if I can somehow keep this up.
Happy Earth Day! 🌎 If you want a small break from the pessimistic news cycle- taking some time to volunteer locally isn't just a symbolic gesture. We show it can genuinely improve the health of your community.
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Every Day Is Earth Day: Evidence on the Long-Term Impact of Environmental Activism
(January 2023) - We use variation in weather to study the long-term effects of activism during the original Earth Day on attitudes, environmental outcomes, and children's health. Unusually bad weather...
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April 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Happy Earth Day! 🌎 If you want a small break from the pessimistic news cycle- taking some time to volunteer locally isn't just a symbolic gesture. We show it can genuinely improve the health of your community.
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Coverage of our recent working paper studying how the salience of social/religious norms impact fertility
Nice writeup on Lakshmi Iyer's recent paper on the influence of papal speeches on fertility patterns in Latin America. Have a read! @biglabnd.bsky.social @keoughglobalnd.bsky.social news.nd.edu/news/who-the...
‘Who the messenger is matters’: Cultural leaders can positively influence population growth
Fertility rates across the world have been steadily dropping since 1950. Pinpointing the reasons is at the heart of Lakshmi Iyer's work as a professor o...
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March 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Coverage of our recent working paper studying how the salience of social/religious norms impact fertility
Additionally, historical institutions and differential human capital investments contribute to the Nigerian case. Interesting example of how a comprehensive understanding of economic, cultural, and historical factors is needed to explain within country differences
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
December 31, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Additionally, historical institutions and differential human capital investments contribute to the Nigerian case. Interesting example of how a comprehensive understanding of economic, cultural, and historical factors is needed to explain within country differences
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Vivek Moorthy
Babies are small.
Macroeconomies are big.
Put 'em together and you get an absolutely fascinating paper from Claudia Goldin.
TLDR: Economic growth that outpaces social growth can dramatically lower fertility rates.
Macroeconomies are big.
Put 'em together and you get an absolutely fascinating paper from Claudia Goldin.
TLDR: Economic growth that outpaces social growth can dramatically lower fertility rates.
December 30, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Babies are small.
Macroeconomies are big.
Put 'em together and you get an absolutely fascinating paper from Claudia Goldin.
TLDR: Economic growth that outpaces social growth can dramatically lower fertility rates.
Macroeconomies are big.
Put 'em together and you get an absolutely fascinating paper from Claudia Goldin.
TLDR: Economic growth that outpaces social growth can dramatically lower fertility rates.
Excited to see my paper "Agricultural Technological Change, Female Earnings, and Fertility" out in press alongside these other fascinating papers.
So far, both my publications have made January issues of their respective journals. Let's see if I can somehow keep this up.
So far, both my publications have made January issues of their respective journals. Let's see if I can somehow keep this up.
Is it already January? Yes! The Jan 2025 issue of The Economic Journal is out @resmedia.bsky.social with a fascinating mix of topics. Check it out!
academic.oup.com/ej/issue/135...
academic.oup.com/ej/issue/135...
Volume 135 Issue 665 | The Economic Journal | Oxford Academic
The Economic Journal is the Royal Economic Society's flagship title, and is one of the founding journals of modern economics. The journal provides a platform for and imaginative economic research for ...
academic.oup.com
December 12, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Excited to see my paper "Agricultural Technological Change, Female Earnings, and Fertility" out in press alongside these other fascinating papers.
So far, both my publications have made January issues of their respective journals. Let's see if I can somehow keep this up.
So far, both my publications have made January issues of their respective journals. Let's see if I can somehow keep this up.
Reposted by Vivek Moorthy
Same with economists' view about IV.
Views of health insurance are a lot like views of the economy in recent years.
If you ask people how American health coverage is in general, they say it’s pretty bad.
If you ask people how much they like their own insurance, they say it’s pretty good.
If you ask people how American health coverage is in general, they say it’s pretty bad.
If you ask people how much they like their own insurance, they say it’s pretty good.
December 8, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Same with economists' view about IV.
Always enjoy that deep dive into new contexts when working on a project. But then eventually I have to actually write up and contribute something tangible to that context
December 4, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Always enjoy that deep dive into new contexts when working on a project. But then eventually I have to actually write up and contribute something tangible to that context