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Miles Corak

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Professor of economics @GC_CUNY Senior Scholar @stone_lis #socialmobility #childrights #inequality #cdnecon #EconTwitter

New York, NY and Ottawa, Canada Katılım Ağustos 2011
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Max Roser
Max Roser@MaxCRoser·
The death rate from drug use has increased six-fold in Canada and the US. Especially in the US drug deaths have become much more common than in the rest of the world. This is @OurWorldInData's Daily Data Insight today — written by my colleagues Fiona Spooner and Mojmir Vinkler.
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Maclean’s Magazine
Maclean’s Magazine@macleans·
The great wealth transfer stands to widen the inequality gap to a gulf, where a person’s success in this country is determined not by hard work or education, but by how rich their parents were. macleans.ca/society/the-ja…
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Doug Saunders
Doug Saunders@DougSaunders·
If you need proof that the minutiae of policy make a difference, look at the difference between Canada and UK here.
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Equitable Growth
Equitable Growth@equitablegrowth·
🚨Our first early career scholars #RFP is now live! If you’re a current Ph.D. student or pre-tenure scholar conducting policy-relevant research related to how inequality affects economic growth, here’s how you can apply to become an #EGgrantee: equitablegrowth.org/research-paper…
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Ryan Briggs
Ryan Briggs@ryancbriggs·
It's PISA time, so this is your reminder that Canada appears to do well on PISA tests mainly because in Canada low performing kids are way less likely to take the test. link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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Guido Alfani
Guido Alfani@guido_alfani·
Finally out! My new book, As Gods Among Men. A History of the Rich in the West, @PrincetonUPress - a loooong time in the making, but now it is finally available! 🥂
Princeton University Press@PrincetonUPress

Now available, @guido_alfani's As Gods Among Men explores how the rich and the super-rich throughout Western history accumulated their wealth, behaved (or misbehaved) & helped (or didn’t help) in times of crisis. Learn more: hubs.ly/Q027LnNc0 (UK/Europe 30 January pub)

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Miles Corak@MilesCorak·
@hpatrinos Thanks. It is the last sentence that I was looking for.
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Harry A. Patrinos
Harry A. Patrinos@hpatrinos·
The chart only shows top performers in math. The decline in scores can be interpreted as such: results are scaled to fit approximately normal distributions, with means around 500 score points and standard deviations around 100 score points. So an increase of 11 points is 1/10 of a sd; or about 1/2 year gain. A decrease of more than 20 points is about a year's worth of learning loss.
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Tax Policy Center
Tax Policy Center@TaxPolicyCenter·
Extending the Child Tax Credit to more low-income families provides huge benefits. And there are ways to do it that come at a fairly small fiscal cost. tpc.io/46DNrzR
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Miles Corak@MilesCorak·
@hpatrinos Harry can you offer some intuition on the meaning of the PISA test scores, the in which I assume is presented in this chart?
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Harry A. Patrinos
Harry A. Patrinos@hpatrinos·
A few countries improved since 2018, the last time PISA was implemented, all from East Asia oecd.org/pisa/
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Steven N. Durlauf
Steven N. Durlauf@sndurlauf·
Great conversation with @guido_alfani. Many books are touted as "must reads"; Guido's As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West really is one, erudite, insightful and very wise.
UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility@UCStoneCenter

The U.S. is among the most inegalitarian of large Western countries, yet the belief in American exceptionalism in the embodiment of egalitarian ideals persists. Why? Listen to Stone Center Director @sndurlauf and @Unibocconi Professor @guido_alfani discuss how the echoes of 19th-century American exceptionalism, in terms of egalitarian standing among Western nations, continue to shape an exaggerated view of modern American mobility. The book "As Gods Among Men" from @PrincetonUPress is available tomorrow, December 5, 2023. Find it here: bit.ly/3QVj1mK New episodes are released every three weeks; listen here: Spotify: bit.ly/3qO0KhP Apple: bit.ly/3phD0SP Google: bit.ly/3Jp2BjH #EconHist #AmericanExceptionalism

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NYT Metro
NYT Metro@NYTMetro·
London, Stockholm and Singapore have become real-life testing grounds for congestion pricing, as New York is on the verge of becoming the first U.S. city to charge drivers for entering its busiest areas. nyti.ms/3GnLpcq
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The Economist
The Economist@TheEconomist·
Markets have dealt young people a bad hand. They could be playing it better. This is how they should invest econ.st/40Vj1Yu 👇
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Michele Belot
Michele Belot@BelotMichele·
Our new paper shows striking differences in success of econ job market candidates depending on gender and field (years 2018/19 and 2019/20): Women are faring better than men when they specialize in male fields. hub.cepr.org/discussion-pap…
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Diego Castañeda
Diego Castañeda@DiegoCastaneda·
Thrilled to share the publication of my latest academic paper! 🤓📊 Dive into the complexities of wealth inequality in Mexico during the 19th century. A captivating journey through a century of state formation and elite dynamics. #EconTwitter #inequality #Mexico
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