💧New research from the Faculty on water management in Catalonia!
🔝Our researchers Germà Bel & @joelliambuehler.bsky.social have published a study in the journal Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society analysing the evolution of the remunicipalisation of urban water services in Catalonia🧵👇🏼
Thanks to @adamtooze.bsky.social for sharing my work with @brankomilan.bsky.social about homoploutia on his Substack (h/t @joelliambuehler.bsky.social):
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We find that individuals move up either because of labor income only, or because of aligned capital and labor income upward movement. But even for individuals whose labor and capital income trajectories both point upwards, labour income jumps dominate at the mean and for about 90% of individuals.
Ever wondered whether capital or labor income makes individuals move up the income ladder? So did my fantastic co-authors @marcoranaldi.bsky.social and @robertoiacono.org and I!
Short answer: It's mostly LABOR income! 1/2
Do individuals move ⤴️ or⤵️ the income ladder because of jumps in labor or capital income, or both?
👉Upward mobility is primarily driven by labor income but almost never by capital alone, find @marcoranaldi.bsky.social @joelliambuehler.bsky.social @robertoiacono.org
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🚨New Working Paper🚨
"Understanding the link between heat and intimate partner violence”
Together with @juditvall.bsky.social and Laura Schmitz, we study how high temperatures affect intimate partner violence (IPV) in Spain over 15 years.
Curious about our results? This is what we find ⬇️
Do you have / plan to have an answer on the points raised by Burgis? To me, it makes a lot of sense what he says, especially in the last part of the piece. But I would be interested in a counter-critique, because it might also just be related to pessimism about how to plan well :)
🆕#WorkingPaper: “Privatisation and Remunicipalisation of Urban Water in Catalonia: Between Monopolisation, State and the Commons” by Germà Bel and @joelliambuehler.bsky.social.
Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/mcjdwutubh
#EconSky #Privatization #WaterPolitics #GovernmentMonopolies
This is residents in San Diego telling Ice-Gestapo agents to get TF out of their neighborhood. More of this please. 💙👊
We are currently writing another paper on the issue, this time more targeted to the causal inference crowd. Looking forward to sharing it here soon!
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We have a political economy-type working paper on the issue, in which we analyse how remunicipalisation is used to fight monopoly power in the Catalan water sector. We also document the spread of innovative new forms of cooperation and citizen involvement.
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Interesting podcast (in German) on remunicipalization ("Rekommunalisierung").
Das Wissen | SWR | Strom, Wasser, Müllabfuhr – Besser wieder in öffentlicher Hand?
www.podbean.com/ea/dir-ghv3d...
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🆕#WorkingPaper: “Does It Take More Than One Village? The Effect of Inter-Municipal Cooperation on Waste Separation” by Germà Bel and @joelliambuehler.bsky.social.
Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/pexiltgbqt
#EconSky #WasteRecycling
What a surprise, coming from a French speaking country ;)
Die Schweiz will auf dem Verordnungsweg und ohne demokratische Legitimation einen riesigen digitalen Überwachungsapparat bauen.
Ich finde: Es wird Zeit für personelle Konsequenzen beim Dienst ÜPF. DDR-Mentalität hat in der Bundesverwaltung keinen Platz.
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Next up @arbeiderpartiet.bsky.social
Really frustrating to see these guys shooting themselves in their left foot, noticing they struggle to walk, and "therefore" shooting themselves also in the right foot, with predictable effects. What can research and public do to prevent this shitshow?
Just had an early morning reading session, about a third in. A very rewarding read indeed!
Buon 25 Aprile 🙂 🌹 !
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Can confirm, @interraileu.bsky.social is my absolute favorite, bringing me from Barcelona to Bern, Trondheim, Copenhagen, Milan, Venice, the Alps, London and back to Trondheim just so far this year - and much more to come. Europe is so beautiful!
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🆕#WorkingPaper: “Community-based outcomes of interlocal cooperation in social services” by Germà Bel, @joelliambuehler.bsky.social and Esther Pano.
Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/wcspmmxggj
#EconSky #HumanServices #PublicWelfare
What is your degrowth definition, and why are you not using the one by proponents of degrowth, if you are clearly referring to them? And where do you find them asking to return to cages?
Einverstanden, aber was ist denn dein Take?
Bin nicht sicher, ob ich das ganz verstehe: geht ihr davon aus, dass Zahlungsbilanzen kausal teils von der Leistungsbilanz- und teils von der Kapitalbilanz her getrieben sind, in den USA vor allem letzteres wegen des US$? Oder grundsätzlich (nur) von der Kapitalbilanz?
Wieso „neu“? Rechte Politik WAR immer schon und IST Canceln. Arme, Flüchtlinge, Migrant:innen, Lohnabhängige, Frauen, PoC, Transpersonen, Linke, Klimaschützer:innen. Alles, was nicht weiss, männlich und reich ist.
Unsere «Volkspartei» Seite an Seite mit Autokraten:
Zürich, 4. Dezember 2024: «Weltwoche» und SVP-Blocher rollen Vucic im Grandhotel Dolder den roten Teppich aus.
Belgrad, 15. März 2025: Hunderttausende demonstrieren gegen die Korruption unter Vucic in Serbien.
Putin lässt jetzt Menschen von anonymen Polizeieinheiten abführen, weil ihm nicht passt, was sie sagen. Er hätte sich „antirussisch“ geäussert. Ah nein, sorry, Trump war das. Und es geht um „antiamerikanisch“. Es wird schwieriger die Methoden zu unterscheiden…
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Cars are supposed to kill people, not the other way around.” Maggie Falix, Deed Issuer
Tesla Dealerships Attacked With Molotov Cocktails
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