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Monisankar Bishnu

@MoniBishnu

Professor of Economics, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) - Delhi || Public Finance and Macro || ISI veteran (MSQE and faculty)|| Views personal

New Delhi Katılım Ekim 2020
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Paul Niehaus
Paul Niehaus@PaulFNiehaus·
this morning we posted machine-learned estimates of the cost of ~ending extreme poverty using direct income transfers. we get 0.3% of global GDP I think this price is attractive! (it is a fraction of spend on, say, cosmetics or alcoholic beverages) cega.berkeley.edu/end-of-poverty/
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Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan@skalemliozcan·
I am honored and deeply excited to serve in this role, @Watson_School @Brown_Economics @BrownUResearch. At a time when global markets, policy frameworks, and geopolitical forces are rapidly reshaping one another, the center’s mission has never been more important. Following the long time director @MkBlyth and building on the center’s existing strengths, I look forward to expanding the community that brings rigorous academic research to the forefront of policy debates, training the next generation of international economists, and deepening our understanding of the world’s most pressing global challenges.
Watson School at Brown@Watson_School

Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan to serve as next director of the #RhodesCenter — Global economics leader and @BrownUniversity alum @skalemliozcan will become the next Rhodes Center director, bringing deep expertise in international economics & finance in July 2026. ow.ly/8GC550XtEAY

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Monisankar Bishnu@MoniBishnu·
Having worked on social security, pensions, and intergenerational transfers mainly in the context of developed countries for years, I see “Social Security for everyone” in India as a game changer-one of the biggest reforms in this context I would say.@PMOIndia
Narendra Modi@narendramodi

These Codes will serve as a strong foundation for universal social security, minimum and timely payment of wages, safe workplaces and remunerative opportunities for our people, especially Nari Shakti and Yuva Shakti.

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Stefan Schubert
Stefan Schubert@StefanFSchubert·
Astonishing chart showing that since 1995, average Spanish pensions have grown 1.9%, while average salaries have grown 0.2%. Over time that's added up to pensions growing ~65%, while salaries have barely grown at all in real terms. A problem in many countries.
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pablo@pablogguz_

uno de los comentarios que más estoy recibiendo es "el problema no son las pensiones, es que los salarios son bajos; luchad por subir los salarios y ya está". vamos a ver por qué este argumento no se sostiene. primero, ignora completamente lo que ha pasado en las últimas tres décadas. desde 1995, la pensión media de jubilación ha crecido casi un 2% anual en términos reales, mientras que la compensación por asalariado apenas se ha movido. no son un par de años malos: llevamos tres décadas con los salarios arrastrándose. pero ahora, por lo visto, nos parece una buena idea confiar en que esta trayectoria se va a revertir por ciencia infusa. segundo, imaginemos que mañana baja el espíritu santo, se alinean los planetas y los salarios empiezan a crecer al mismo ritmo que la pensión media (o más). pues bien: sin reducir la generosidad del sistema o detraer recursos públicos de otras partidas, el sistema seguiría sin cuadrar. ¿por qué? por la demografía. con la estructura de población que vamos a tener en 2050 y las reglas actuales, incluso asumiendo subidas muy optimistas de la productividad, los números simplemente no salen. puedes tener toda la fe que quieras en el crecimiento y en la movilización social, pero cuando hay dos jubilados por cada tres trabajadores, la aritmética no perdona.

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Benjamin Born
Benjamin Born@bornecon·
Got a rejection and finished a marathon today. Both hurt in different ways…
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Philipp Heimberger
Philipp Heimberger@heimbergecon·
This paper shows that authors from low-income countries remain excluded from top-ranked economics journals and receive less attention from other economists. Developing country authors are far less likely to be published in top journals even when holding citation counts constant.
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Monisankar Bishnu@MoniBishnu·
Thrilled to share that my ISI - Delhi colleague Debasis Mishra has been named one of the 25 new Fellows of the Econometric Society this year! Huge congratulation!!
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Ashwini_Deshpande
Ashwini_Deshpande@_ADeshpande·
We are hiring! Join the stellar @EconAtAshoka faculty & further enrich the most diverse range of research expertise in 🇮🇳. Esp if you work on environmental econ & finance: the 2 areas we are looking to strengthen. #econtwitter @AshokaUniv
Priyam Verma@PriyamEcon

📢📢 Hiring 📢📢 Econ dept. at Ashoka invites applications for faculty positions across all ranks. Come work with us with a 2+1 teaching load and a generous research support. Deadline is Nov 30. More info - apply.interfolio.com/175072 📷 - Arish Azmat

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Areendam Chanda
Areendam Chanda@areendam_c·
Excited to announce a Call for Papers in Economic Inquiry in honor of Louis Putterman. We welcome contributions in a) Experimental Economics and b) Long Run Growth. I am honored to be coediting the growth section w/ @ola_olsson1971 @OmerOzakEcon. Due Aug 31, 2026. #econtwitter
Ömer Özak@OmerOzakEcon

📢 Call for Papers: Economic Inquiry Special Issue in honor of Louis Putterman (Brown University). Topics: Experimental Economics & Long-Run Growth. Submission deadline: Aug 31, 2026. Details 👉 drive.google.com/file/d/1E_Jtnw… #EconTwitter Coediting with @areendam_c @ola_olsson1971

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VoxDev
VoxDev@vox_dev·
China’s New Rural Pension Scheme unexpectedly lowered the high cost of migration by freeing younger workers from household duties – boosting migration, wages, household welfare, and even national GDP. Read this week's article to learn more: voxdev.org/topic/social-p…
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Monisankar Bishnu@MoniBishnu·
No need to win in every small thing. Win when it is actually needed :)
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David Baqaee
David Baqaee@DBaqaee·
Recently, I posted about measuring aggregate efficiency with heterogeneous agents. Here, we apply that idea to incomplete markets. We quantify misallocation in domestic and international settings, without assumptions on productivity shocks, financial frictions, ownership of assets, etc. Misallocation across households in the US is very large (lots to be gained from insuring against idiosyncratic consumption risk) equivalent to a loss of around 20% of aggregate consumption in every date and state. Misallocation across countries, on the other hand, is equivalent to a loss of 5% of consumption in every date, state, and country --- but only if we include rapidly growing countries like China and India in the sample. Among developed nations, misallocation losses from incomplete markets are much smaller -- around 1%. @arielburst
NBER@nberpubs

The inability of households to share risks across states of nature or to smooth consumption over time is a form of resource misallocation. A new study quantifies this misallocation, from @Dbaqaee and @arielburst nber.org/papers/w34233

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IMF
IMF@IMFNews·
Global current account imbalances are widening again, reversing a post-crisis trend and signaling possible structural shifts, according to the IMF’s 2025 External Sector Report. imf.org/en/Publication…
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