Peter Brummund

🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Francesco Amodio, @bakonomics, @pb_econ, @nico_de_roux, and @micdimaio estimate the labor market power of manufacturing firms in 82 low- and middle-income countries and find that wage markdowns vary widely across countries. rfberlin.com/network-paper/…

The tragedy (and puzzle) of Donald Trump is that he is doing something too few Presidents have had the courage to do: incur large, widespread short-run pain--while being reasonably transparent about it--in the service of long-run gain. (The tragedy is he is mistaken on the LR.)

Apparently it is once again time to bring back the lesson on tariffs from Ferris Bueller

It has also helped ~8 millions kids be born HIV free! And it’s saved ~26 million lives total. It’s the best thing GW Bush ever did. PEPFAR is bipartisan, popular, and an amazing return on investment. It is helping to win the fight against AIDS. npr.org/sections/goats…

Please share ... CIDER development economics pre-doctoral fellows program now accepting applications for July 2025 start date. Come work with me, Jenny Aker, Heather Schofield,@jhaushofer, @UptonJoannaB, @MartinaOccelli, @JohnHoddinott6, and perhaps more! cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellCareerP…

🧵The United States faces serious economic and social challenges. To address them, the "grand bargain committee" met throughout 2023 to craft a path forward for the nation. bipartisanpolicy.org/report/toward-…

@Stata I like “tabulate” as it helps me understand and check my data

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🚨New working paper🚨 "Monopsony and Religious Clubs: Evidence from Indonesia" with @pb_econ docs.iza.org/dp16999.pdf Researchers keep finding evidence of monopsony power, but where is it coming from? We've got a new answer! (Narrator: it's not *new* new, but it's interesting!)

@mikemakowsky Congratulations!!

Received notice of self-actualization today.

“Son preference” among American parents appears to have gone away. nber.org/system/files/w…

Please join us for the second annual Development Economics in the South (DevSouth) workshop on April 19! Hosted by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Submit your paper by March 1st! We welcome submissions in all areas of development economics. haslam.utk.edu/event/developm…

Come work with me, @danielascur @UptonJoannaB @JohnHoddinott6 Jenny Aker Heather Schofield, etc. We are launching a Cornell pre-doc program in development economics. (Despite the formal HR language, we can petition for visa support if needed.) Join us! cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellCareerP…

Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) fellowship program is now accepting research proposals for its 2024 cohort. 1/2 barrett.dyson.cornell.edu/staars/staars-…

A modest proposal: editors should state which subset of referee comments should be responded to. If it's not in the list, it's not grounds for rejection at the next stage. Some editors do this to some extent already 🙏🙏🙏 But it can be even more explicit. 1/5

I consider this chart to be the clearest indictment of our country’s path over the last several decades: In 1980, the U.S. had a typical life expectancy for an affluent country. Today, the U.S. has the lowest life expectancy of any affluent country:

@kaushikcbasu The sculpture park in Graz is very good: museum-joanneum.at/skulpturenpark

Call for papers! Conference on industrial policy @Columbia, Nov. 10, 2023. Keynote: Michael Kremer. Details here: cdep.sipa.columbia.edu/content/new-th… Submit by Sept. 15, 11:59pm EDT. Co-hosts: Center for Political Economy, @Columbia_CDEP, @ColumbiaSIPA Tech & Innovation Initiative.

📣Spread the word - We are hosting the 2023 convening of the North East Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) on Nov. 4–5, 2023! 🖇 Accepting papers June 17 - August 17, 2023 bit.ly/3XfgHKf #NEUDC

I'm re-upping this announcement for papers. Don't miss out.

LAST CHANCE TO APPLY to present at the Firms, Labor Markets, and Development Workshop on 22-23 June 2023 at @CollegioCA in Turin, Italy. Deadline: 15 April For more information: ow.ly/NMH050NHl5o #STEGEvents #EconTwitter