Interesting result here is that it's all tradables — including tradable services like finance — that are associated with higher productivity in rich countries

Another great data job by colleagues from Faculty of Economics and Business - UG making #productivity level comparisons easier at sector level.

Denk niet te makkelijk over het afschaffen van Engelstalig bachelor-onderwijs, waarschuwt @CaAl. De maatregel zal leiden tot massale ontslagen aan universiteiten, het verdwijnen van kleine opleidingen en een brain drain naar het buitenland. scienceguide.nl/2023/11/verpli…

An inspiration to all economists. We will miss you Bob Solow.

Robert Robert Inklaar and John Fernald point out that the UK is indeed in a TFP slump. However, its not a UK-specific problem. Everyone else also seems to slow down #econtwitter #econhist

This viral post is so wrong. In so many ways! Cuba was richer than Haiti in 1959 unlike what this post claims. In fact, it was one of the richest places in Latin America. It also had one of the lowest rates of infant mortality already (ref 1, 2). Today, Cuba is one of the

Sick of degrowth? Too bad! My venture into the degrowth debates. The core problem: neglecting the role of prices in saving the planet! Hayek, always underappreciated by noneconomists economicforces.xyz/p/i-read-the-d…

Poster Day at our department Global Economics and Management(Faculty of Economics and Business - UG). Lots of opportunities to learn about each others' research!

A few more pictures from GEM's Poster Day at Faculty of Economics and Business - UG. In a few minutes all department members will have seen more about 30 7-minute poster presentations, and have given about 10 of these!

The quality of education will go down if we switch to Dutch-taught economics bachelor programs. Our opinion piece is out today, cosigned by 18 full prof in my department. Adriaan Soetevent 🇺🇦 Marco Haan Roelof Salomons Jochen Mierau Sandra Phlippen dvhn.nl/meningen/Opini…

The Wealth of Dragons - existentialcomics.com/comic/540

📢📣 We are hiring a *full professor* in #macroeconomics. Come and join us in #Groningen Faculty of Economics and Business - UG! Great research environment and high quality of life. Please RT 📢📣 #econtwitter #econjobmarket #womenineconomics rug.nl/about-ug/work-…

📢📢We are hiring a Full Professor in Macro at the University of Groningen: rug.nl/about-ug/work-… ✅very competitive conditions incl. 30% tax break if outside NL ✅great colleagues: rug.nl/about-ug/pract… ✅lovely students & programmes ✅Groningen = quality of life hidden gem!

My friend (and now co-author) Alexis Akira Toda has a paper (with multiple co-authors) in the Journal of Econometrics that causes significant damage to the pre-1960 inequality estimates of Piketty, Saez and Zucman. Probably even more than those of Auten, Splinter, Phil Magness

For the full piece, see Appendix D of our larger paper: rug.nl/ggdc/docs/the_…

ESCoE work on comparing emissions embodied in imports from four global MRIO databases, presented by Faculty of Economics and Business - UG’s Robert Inklaar. Authors - Lena Kilian and Dr. Anne Owen (University of Leeds) and Rutger Hoekstra (Leiden University). #IARIW2024 ONS Focus

New markups paper alert! 👇👇👇👇 How do markups vary over time along the supply chain? To address this question, I'm very excited to share a new working paper from the HBS Pricing Lab, joint with Santiago Alvarez Blaser, Alex MacKay, and Paolo Mengano: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

I am recruiting for a fully funded, 4-year PhD position in economics focused on migration&human capital, involving an impact evaluation of a major migration-related project in Central America. The application deadline is September 29. See details here: rug.nl/about-ug/work-….