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David Escamilla-Guerrero

@descamillag.bsky.social

AP @econstandrews, economic history, labor, and development. ResAff @iza_bonn & @OxfordESH https://www.escamilla-guerrero.com/

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VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🆕 How conflict shocks travel along food supply chains Today on VoxDev, Marco Alfano (Economics at Southampton) & Thomas Cornelissen (University of Essex) show how violence along transport routes in Somalia raised maize prices even in distant, peaceful markets: https://ow.ly/TZWl50Z53OB

How conflict shocks travel along food supply chains

Conflict disrupting transport routes in Somalia raises food prices and worsens household welfare in distant, peaceful markets, showing that the economic costs of violence travel far beyond the front line through supply chains. Aid strategies focused on areas with active fighting should be complemented by protection of key transport corridors and supply-chain monitoring to reach all affected communities.

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VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Conflict disrupting transport routes in Somalia raises food prices and worsens household welfare in distant, peaceful markets, showing that the economic costs of violence travel far beyond the front line through supply chains.

Conflict and maize prices
VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🆕 How conflict shocks travel along food supply chains Today on VoxDev, Marco Alfano (Economics at Southampton) & Thomas Cornelissen (University of Essex) show how violence along transport routes in Somalia raised maize prices even in distant, peaceful markets: https://ow.ly/TZWl50Z53OB

Michael Clemens@mclem.org · 8mo ago

Deep breath. I'm honored and excited to join the faculty of America's oldest research university, Johns Hopkins. I'll start this summer as a full professor, one of the founding faculty at the brand-new School of Government and Policy. We're building something unique & important, even historic.

Home - JHU School of Government and Policy

Johns Hopkins School of Government and Policy advances governance with research, data-driven analysis, and innovative solutions to today’s challenges.

sgp.jhu.edu

UM Population Studies Center@um-psc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

ICYMI: International migration is one of the most powerful tools for poverty reduction and economic development. This @voxdev.bsky.social review by @profdeaner.bsky.social synthesizes rigorous quantitative evidence on the impact of migration on origin countries. myumi.ch/VVmGx

International Migration

International migration is one of the most powerful tools available for poverty reduction and economic development. This review synthesises rigorous quantitative evidence on the impact of migration on...

myumi.ch

AEA Journals@aeajournals.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "The Effect of Low-Skill Immigration Restrictions On U.S. Firms and Workers: Evidence from a Randomized Lottery" by Michael A. Clemens and Ethan G. Lewis.

The Effect of Low-Skill Immigration Restrictions On U.S. Firms and Workers: Evidence from a Randomized Lottery

(Forthcoming Article) - U.S. firms hiring foreign workers in low-skill nonfarm jobs face a binding quota on the ‘H- 2B’ visa, allocated in part through a randomized lottery. We evaluate the quota’s marginal impact using the lottery, a novel firm survey, and a pre-analysis plan. Firms exogenously employing more H-2B workers in low-skill jobs increase production (elasticity 0.20–0.22), investment (1.5–2.1), and profits (0.15). The elasticity of substitution between H-2B and U.S. workers is very low (0.8–2.2). Thus the effect on U.S. employment is zero or positive overall, and positive in rural areas. Forensic analysis suggests similarly low substitutability of black-market labor.

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo@karenguzzo.bsky.social · 8mo ago

“Strong financial support for mothers from the government can make motherhood more affordable and promote gender equality in economic resources.” Investing in mothers and families - even if it doesn’t raise the birth rates - is worth doing.

Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms

Two researchers found that Danish government benefits do not fully offset moms’ lost earnings. But they do help offset lost income for working women with kids.

theconversation.com

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Egypt’s persistently low female labour force participation reflects not a lack of education, but structural barriers that prevent women’s educational gains from translating into sustained employment. Read today's article to learn more:

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🆕 Why is female labour force participation still so low in Egypt? Today on VoxDev, Rana Hendy (American University in Cairo) discusses how Egypt's persistently low FLFP does not reflect a lack of education, but rather structural barriers: https://ow.ly/pEQA50Y5OVG

Thor Berger@thorberger.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Everyone talks about the "credibility revolution", but I think one of the most valuable shifts in econ over the last decade has been the rise of rigorous descriptive historical work like this in top journals:

The Quarterly Journal of Economics@qjeharvard.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Price of Housing in the United States, 1890–2006,” by Lyons (@ronanlyons), Shertzer (@econhist-allday), Gray (@econhistoryorbust), and Agorastos: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🆕 Climate adaptation and vulnerability in Mexico Today on VoxDev w/ IEA, Sandra Aguilar-Gomez (Technologico de Monterrey) discusses why a one-size-fits-all approach to climate change won’t work in Mexico: https://voxdev.org/topic/energy-environment/climate-adaptation-and-vulnerability-mexico

Climate adaptation and vulnerability in Mexico

A one-size-fits-all approach to climate change won’t work in Mexico, where climate adaptation is highly unequal. Currently, private responses such as air conditioning, migration, and financial adjustment play a central role. These mechanisms are often more accessible to higher-income households while exacerbating inequality and shifting climate risks onto poorer, informal, and rural populations, as well as overburdening health, labour, and financial systems.

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Upjohn Institute@upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Funding Opportunity! We are now taking applications for our Early Career Research Awards. These awards provide support to recent PhD earners researching policy and employment issues. Those working in economics, sociology, public policy, political science, and related fields may apply. #Econsky

ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin@rfberlin.bsky.social · 9mo ago

(1/5) 🧠RFBerlin Research Insights: New research by Dustmann, Otten, Schoenberg and Stuhler — “Immigration, Jobs and Wages: Separating Regional and Worker Effects” — shows that immigration affects places and people very differently. www.rfberlin.com/research-ins...

Immigration, Jobs and Wages: Separating Regional and Worker Effects

How does immigration affect jobs and wages? Public debates often conflate regional labour market outcomes with the experiences of individual workers. The effects of immigration on “places” and “people...

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Joshua Goodman@joshua-goodman.com · 10mo ago

Amazing example of how to infer people's valuation of their time. Ryanair has determined customers are willing to pay $1.17 per extra two rows forward they can sit on an airplane, allowing them to disembark a bit sooner. If that saves 1 minute, customers value their time at about $70/hour.

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