Excited to be batting leadoff tomorrow morning at #NBERSI Real Estate/Urban Econ!
I'll be presenting my job market paper on the origins of modern NIMBYism. Hint: it's about school quality, property taxes, and a well-meaning policy gone wrong.
if you’re the kind of person who is privileged to sit in the room, listens to an interesting session, and then shares trash talk (anon, of course) ... STOP and THINK! it was a thought-provoking exchange, a very wise person in the room called it “NBERSI at its best” ....
Compelling evidence presented at #NBERSI today by Attila Lindner & others shows how German national minimum wage raised wages, had no real employment effect overall - but led to substantial reallocation of workers from low-wage 'bad' firms to high-wage 'good' ones. 1/.
As economists gather at #NBERSI to discuss empirical research we shouldn’t forget this truth: one of the most rigorous methods we have is counting. Yes, counting.
Interesting paper on racial disparities in policing from #NBERSI : Police more likely to give white drivers a break. conference.nber.org/confer//2017/S…
Looking forward to my first NBER Summer Institute presentation today at 1pm EST!
Remember when we used to Uber to restaurants? I show that ridesharing *drives* amenity and real estate growth in transit-inaccessible neighborhoods across a suite of U.S. cities.
Excited to be presenting our joint paper with Juan Matta and Ana María Montoya on gender differences in the returns to pursuing a degree in technology and engineering tomorrow at 4:50 at the #NBERSI . Thread
Really impressed with Danielle Li’s talk in #NBERSI Labor today on sophisticated machine learning methods to improve firms’ hiring process. Exploring untapped minority groups can increase diversity AND make employer learning more effective 👇 conference.nber.org/conf_papers/f1…
Today, we present “Causal Effects of Early Career Sorting on Labor and Marriage Market Choices: A Foundation for Gender Disparities and Norms” @ #NBERSI Labor Studies & Personnel Economics (2:25 pm ET) @Sonesta or youtube.com/nbervideos #EconTwitter 1/20
