We did a write-up on our recent work about perceived labor market competition and out-group attitudes in East African refugee-hosting contexts! And VoxDev ran it!

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There is no scientific evidence for any meaningful climate benefits of "grass-fed" beef, as many people, including myself and @gnrosenberg.bsky.social, have long been saying. This news study in PNAS further strengthens this point.
newrepublic.com/article/1637...

If you're interested in attitudes towards refugees and how they relate to perceptions of migrants and job competition, I hope you check out our new paper 👇. This was a super interesting and important project undertaken by an awesome team.

What compels governments to license occupations? My husband Jason Hicks and his stellar team have been pouring so much thought and care into this history/political economy project for years. I am so excited to see their WP out in NBER! www.nber.org/papers/w33580

Organized Crime and Economic Growth: Evidence from Municipalities Infiltrated by the Mafia (July 2024) - This paper studies the long-run economic impact of dismissing city councils infiltrated by organized crime. Applying a matched difference-in-differences design to the universe of Italian...

We are reading Fenizia and Saggio's NBER WP on organized crime this week for Honors class, and hot dang this paper is cool. They demonstrate meaningful development gains after municipal governments are purged in response to suspected mafia activity. It's out in AER www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Geocoding addresses in British Columbia in R and I am off to a rouggggggh start 🤣

a drag queen wearing a red dress and red earrings is making a face ALT: a drag queen wearing a red dress and red earrings is making a face

The resubmission is resubmitted!

This is one month of food aid for one refugee in Kebribeyeh refugee camp in June 2022. Powdered milk, salt, split peas, cooking oil. From the field report of this 2022 WB/Fafo survey microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/ca...

I love working with our Hono(u)rs undergraduate thesis students. But deprogramming them from using passive voice has got me like

Where can I find more books like these? They're all fantastic reads for thinking about production, pollution, and regulation. I'm seeking out more.

A new dichotomous trope for talking about refugee hosting - as if "blessing or burden?" and "crisis or opportunity?" weren't ick enough...

I am loving the newest R Leaflet base maps, particularly this Hard Rock Hallelujah one ❤️☠️