“Cross-regional heterogeneity in health and economic outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of Japan” in the JJIE. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… We draw a tradeoff curve b/w health and economic outcomes and compute the implied MRS for each of the 47 prefectures in Japan.

What?! EALE #EALE2023

Very happy to see our paper out at the Journal of Public Economics Journal of Public Economics ! TL; DR: Governments can substantially increase the take-up of public services using digital tools! with Ben Roseth Ana Cuesta & Mario Sanchez authors.elsevier.com/a/1i0KNAlw9tB3b

Why do some people strongly support protecting workers against layoffs while others don’t? A survey of 7000 individuals in 14 countries conducted by Yi Ji World Bank, Romain Duval, Chris Papageorgiou, Ippei Shibata & bene IMF finds that...

1/9 Why are European workers putting in less hours than they did prior to the pandemic, even though employment has more than fully recovered? We look at this conundrum in our new IMF working paper: bit.ly/48xjCm1. We find:

My joint paper “Dissecting the Decline in Average Hours Worked in Europe” with coauthors is out. #Europe #LaborMarket #HoursWorked #IntensiveMargin #COVID19

VOXEU column on my joint paper on average hours worked is out. cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

Average hours per worker in #Europe have not recovered to their pre-COVID level. This follows a long-term trend that predates #COVID-19 & reflects worker preferences. D Astinova New York University, R Duval, N Hansen, H Park, Ippei Shibata & F Toscani IMF ow.ly/oskZ50QI8Bq

FT (ft.com/content/4e319d…) and Economist (economist.com/finance-and-ec…) mentioned our joint work on hours worked.

Happy to receive the Best Research Paper award for a paper on fintech and banking, published in LAJCB. First time to receive such an award! Many thanks to my amazing coauthors. linkedin.com/posts/latin-am…

Why do some people support labor market regulation while others oppose it? Does one’s opinion reflect endowments (such as income and wealth) or beliefs, rooted in ideology (e.g. political views) and (mis)information? Check out our newly published paper: academic.oup.com/economicpolicy…