Simon Franklin

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Simon Franklin

Simon Franklin

@SimondFranklin

Associate professor at Queen Mary University of London. Interested in developing country cities, labour markets, public housing.

Katılım Kasım 2011
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Simon Franklin
Simon Franklin@SimondFranklin·
Very excited to see this summary come at @vox_dev. The accepted paper is also online at AER @AEAjournals this week [aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…]. The paper estimates the effects of a large public works program (UPSNP) on the urban poor in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 🧵👇@clem_imbert
VoxDev@vox_dev

🆕 Fighting urban poverty: Public works increase the welfare of the poor in Addis Ababa by 20% Simon Franklin @qmuleconomics, Clement Imbert @sciencespo, Girum Abebe @WorldBankAfrica & Carolina Mejia-Mantilla @wb_research outline their research: voxdev.org/topic/social-p…

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Lorenzo Germinetti
Lorenzo Germinetti@LGerminetti·
🚨 Don't miss it! 🚨 Join us for the 7th QMUL Workshop for PhD Students & Post-Docs! 📅 May 22-23 | 📍QMUL ✨ Keynotes: Tim Besley & Martin Pesendorfer 🏨 Accommodation available 📝 Apply by March 14 → bit.ly/4hTaZHj #EconTwitter #EconConf bit.ly/3EKwPhv
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Laura Pérez Cervera@lauraperezcerv·
It's happening again!!🤩 The CFP of the 6th @qmuleconomics PhD & Post-doc Workshop is out. Apply by March 29th!👇🏼
Giulia Tozzi@Giulia_Toz

🚨Hello #EconTwitter! @qmuleconomics call for papers for our 6th PhD & Post-doc Workshop is now out🌐 Please apply by March 29th for two days of learning, discussions, and fun. We look forward to hosting you here in London on May 30th & 31st. More info: shorturl.at/ijpH8

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Camille Terrier
Camille Terrier@CamilleTerrier1·
Hi PhD students and Postdocs! Make sure to apply to the workshop we organize at @qmuleconomics. A brilliant opportunity to visit QMUL and get feedback on your paper (with keynote from @GUlyssea and @pauldegrauwe!) More info in @Giulia_Toz's post 👇🏼
Giulia Tozzi@Giulia_Toz

🚨Hello #EconTwitter! @qmuleconomics call for papers for our 6th PhD & Post-doc Workshop is now out🌐 Please apply by March 29th for two days of learning, discussions, and fun. We look forward to hosting you here in London on May 30th & 31st. More info: shorturl.at/ijpH8

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Simon Franklin@SimondFranklin·
That’s just one highlight from the paper. Please do read the post and paper to find out more!
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Simon Franklin@SimondFranklin·
Although the resulting approach looks similar to a shift-share design used in trade and migration economics, it’s rarely used in RCTs of social programs. Our approach yields significantly larger estimates than commonly used approaches. Wages increased by nearly 20% citywide.
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Simon Franklin@SimondFranklin·
We address this problem by measuring *exposure* to the program through the network of commuting flows between all neighbourhoods before and after the program was rolled out. For this, we collected detailed commuting data for everyone in our sample, which is rare in this context.
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Simon Franklin@SimondFranklin·
So the usual approach will (i) miss gains to workers in untreated areas, and (ii) underestimate the effects on treated areas because wages rise in the (untreated) comparison group. In other words, there is no control group: everywhere is treated to some extent!
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Simon Franklin@SimondFranklin·
A core insight of the paper is our approach to estimating those wage effects that addresses spatial spillovers -- potentially useful for researchers studying other social protection and labour policies.
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Simon Franklin@SimondFranklin·
The program was randomised across neighbourhoods within the city. The usual approach would be to compare wages between residents of treated versus untreated neighbourhoods. But these neighbourhoods are highly interconnected: residents of areas may work in treated areas.
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Simon Franklin@SimondFranklin·
Here, I'd like to highlight part (ii): the wage effects. The program led workers to leave the labour force for public works, potentially increasing wages citywide due to reduced labour supply.
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Simon Franklin@SimondFranklin·
We use data from a large survey of households, a randomized experiment at scale, and a spatial equilibrium model. We quantify i) the direct effects of program earnings on beneficiary households, ii) equilibrium wage effects, and iii) improvements in urban amenities from the work.
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Simon Franklin
Simon Franklin@SimondFranklin·
Very excited to see this summary come at @vox_dev. The accepted paper is also online at AER @AEAjournals this week [aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…]. The paper estimates the effects of a large public works program (UPSNP) on the urban poor in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 🧵👇@clem_imbert
VoxDev@vox_dev

🆕 Fighting urban poverty: Public works increase the welfare of the poor in Addis Ababa by 20% Simon Franklin @qmuleconomics, Clement Imbert @sciencespo, Girum Abebe @WorldBankAfrica & Carolina Mejia-Mantilla @wb_research outline their research: voxdev.org/topic/social-p…

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Ezgi Kurt
Ezgi Kurt@ezgi_kurt_·
Are you PhD/post-doc? Come to London to discuss your research at the 5th @qmuleconomics PhD & Post-doc Workshop on May 25-26! Submission deadline: March 31. PS. we can also offer accomodation. shorturl.at/iGPV8 #EconTwitter @econ_conf
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Marc Witte
Marc Witte@marcjosefwitte·
Labor market interventions and social networks can interact and affect job search outcomes in unexpected ways. If you want to find out more, check out this short blog post about our paper "Searching with Friends" (forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Economics)
VoxDev@vox_dev

Job-search assistance can adversely affect individuals who do not receive help by weakening job-search networks. Today on VoxDev, @caria_stefano @warwickecon, @SimondFranklin @qmuleconomics & @marcjosefwitte @iza_bonn outline their research in Ethiopia: ow.ly/2U3H50Nmmta

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Marco Caliendo
Marco Caliendo@MCcaliendo·
⚠️New call for proposals @GLMLIC⚠️Fantastic opportunity to implement great research🖥️. Please help to spread the news!!! @DavidLam_UMich @KateVyborny @elsayed_iza @taryndinkelman @PJakiela @ClareHofmeyr @OwenOzier @jannekepieters @caria_stefano @kanmahajan @SimondFranklin
G2LM|LIC@GLMLIC

📢📢 Call for proposals alert! Large- and small research grants are offered on issues related to gender, labor and growth in LICs. Deadline for submission is April 10, 2023. Check details here: g2lm-lic.iza.org/call-for-propo… We are looking forward to receiving many great proposals!

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