The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries.
In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.
www.iza.org/publications...
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🚨 New Research on Carbon Taxation in Emerging Economies 🚨
What happens when a large emerging economy introduces a carbon tax?
Our new paper studies South Africa—the first African country to implement a nationwide carbon tax
@unu-wider.bsky.social @nber.org
Rodrigo Oliveira
Michael Clemens
Deep breath.
I'm honored and excited to join the faculty of America's oldest research university, Johns Hopkins.
I'll start this summer as a full professor, one of the founding faculty at the brand-new School of Government and Policy.
We're building something unique & important, even historic.
I've been talking about this with some folks over the past few months and am happy to see @severinborenstein.bsky.social write it up so well.
For many places, the status quo is subsidized insurance: taxes ⬇️ when price ⬆️, but not the reverse.
energyathaas.wordpress.com/2026/05/18/n...
Spiking petroleum prices from Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz have infuriated politicians across the US and across the political spectrum. There is nothing state or local politicians can do…
energyathaas.wordpress.com
I'm delighted to announce the release of the Flagship Report of the Global Climate Policy Project at Harvard and MIT Working Group on Climate Coalitions on "Building a Climate Coalition: Aligning Carbon Pricing, Trade, and Development."
ceepr.link/3VmgC7g
A 🧵 on what we do/find:
Why did U.S.Consumer Sentiment Index fall as unemployment and inflation returned to normal 2023-24?
@umn-econ.bsky.social JMC Leonardo Barreto @leonardo-barreto.bsky.social builds dynamic general equilibrium model with rich consumer heterogeneity to answer the question.
www.leonardo-barreto.com
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 was awarded "for having explained innovation-driven economic growth" with one half to Joel Mokyr "for having identified ...
www.nobelprize.org
👋I'm on the #EconJobMarket!
❓My JMP, together with @dkaenzig.bsky.social, Lixing Wang and Donghai Zhang studies how green innovation varies over the business cycle.
💡We find that green innovation is countercyclical, while non-green innovation is procyclical.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/4b45h979
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🚨 Postdoctoral opportunities! 🚨
Hello #econsky! We are hiring 2 postdocs in the department of economics at UCalgary for those working in *electricity economics*
Term: 2 years
Pay: $80,000/yr + benefits + $10k research allowance
Start: July 2026
Details in next two posts 👇
