“The effect of income on fertility is not even remotely consistent across cultures.” Lyman Stone (in SF Sep 4-6) 石來民 🦬🦬🦬 ifstudies.org/blog/more-mone…

This 600-year-old painting is one of the most mysterious in history. That mirror at the back is just 3 inches wide — yet it reflects the entire room in immense detail. Look closer at it and you'll realize nothing is as it seems… (thread) 🧵

Eventos académicos | En el Seminario de Microeconomía Aplicada se presenta un trabajo que estima el poder del mercado laboral de más de 13.000 establecimientos manufactureros en 82 países de ingresos bajos y medios de todo el mundo. Más información 👉 ow.ly/VOuj50TfwHt

¿En busca de prácticas universitarias? Ya está abierta la convocatoria de #PrácticasBanRep para el I semestre de 2025, disponible en 9 ciudades del país y 29 carreras diferentes. Inscripciones hasta el 12 de septiembre de 2024. Más información 👉 ow.ly/fO8650Thv6a

Many people think that government fertility policy has no effects on fertility. You don't need to be a genius to see the year France instituted means testing, reducing benefits and resulting in lowered fertility.

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Este documental de Platzi sobre Radio Sutatenza está muy emocionante. Lo acaban de estrenar. Tuve el honor de ser parte del maravilloso equipo de producción, como el investigador. Los invito a verlo y compartir: youtu.be/XgbrYUZiJiQ?si…

Venezuelan migration: a major demographic shift in South America— The chart shows net migration trends for Venezuela, Peru, Chile, and Colombia from 1950 to 2023. This is the net difference between immigrants coming into a country and emigrants leaving. This data published by

For PhD students working on inequality, the Stone Center in NYC has opened two postdoc positions focusing on wealth inequality and economic inequality.

The topography of Colombia.

Predoc opening with Professor Marcella Alsan (Marcella Alsan), Director of the Health Inequality Lab at the Harvard Kennedy School Find more details at: healthinequalitylab.org/researchfellow…

Prenatal exposure to the cholera epidemic in Peru increased COVID-19 mortality thirty years later. Long-term effects on cardiovascular health and economic vulnerability were identified as potential mediators. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Two years at Harvard! Applications are invited from fields across the social sciences (especially, but not limited to, economics, sociology, and political science. inequality.hks.harvard.edu/postdoctoral-f…

Bueno, después de un año difícil por fin logro tener novedades en la tienda. Pillen🧵... 1. Ya están en preventa en Cucharitadepalo.co/tienda estas tres ediciones limitadas de reproducciones Gliclée, en los dos tamaños tradicionales; firmadas, numeradas y, si quieren, con marco.

Call For Papers Submission Deadline Today! The deadline for submitting 300-500 word Academic and New Researcher paper proposals for the 2025 EHS Conference, to be held at the University of Strathclyde, is today. For more info and to submit: ehs.org.uk/conference/

Excited to launch my European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant at @UCL! I will hire Predoc/RAs starting early 2025 and a PhD Student + Postdoc starting Autumn 2025. Experience with admin data, linked employer-employee data, causal inference are a plus. Sounds like you? Get in touch!

I’ve set up a website to host supplementary material for my forthcoming book “King Cotton and the Whale: How Slavery Made American Capitalism.” The first content is a critique of a recent NBER working paper by Hoyt Bleakley and Paul Rhode, which I’ll summarize here. 1/18

Considering a graduate degree but need more experience first? Come work with me on socially impactful, frontier research at Stanford!