Hi #econsky. This is the last week to submit your best work on policy evaluation at the COMPIE conference and join us in Paris on June 24-26, 2026.
Deadline: February 28!
Submit at: editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conf...
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📈 What is driving the current surge in sick leave uptake across developed countries?
In a new working paper with Josep Amer-Mestre,
we use Spain admin data (2018–2023) as a case study to examine which factors explain this trend.
📣 Thread with results below
📝Link to the paper: shorturl.at/LFadK
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵