Figure showing the proliferation of methods used in NBER and CEPR working papers. Instrumental variables (IV) peak around 2010, twoway fixed effects (TWFE) five years later.

The rise and fall of instrumental variables and twoway fixed effects. From: arxiv.org/abs/2501.06873

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New study: serious illness leads to long-term earnings losses in Finland, hitting migrants harder. Average loss ≈ €4,000/year for migrants vs. €2,600 for natives. Gaps stem from job conditions.

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Serious illness leads to long-term earnings losses as migrants are hit harder in Finland In Finland, serious illness can reduce earnings for years, with migrants facing substantially larger income losses than native-born individuals, according to a recent study published in the Journal

New study: serious illness causes long-term earnings losses. Migrants are hit harder (≈€4,000/year) than native-born Finns (≈€2,600), mainly due to job conditions.

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www.utu.fi/en/news/pres...

Why the difference?
Much of the disparity is related to employment conditions rather than migrant status.
Health and labour-market policies matter, and they need to be better tailored, rather than one-size-fits-all, to reduce long-term inequalities.

Key findings
Health shocks lead to long-term earnings losses for everyone, but the losses are larger and more persistent for migrants than for natives.

The effects differ by gender and by region of origin.

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📢 Our new paper in Journal of Migration and Health
doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...

We examined the impact of sudden health shocks on individuals' earnings in Finland, focusing on differences between migrants and natives.

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