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Informal transfers are an important form of social insurance. But are they also a tax that dampens the incentive to work? Watch an Econimate video on a new working paper, “The Social Tax: Redistributive Pressure and Labor Supply” by Eliana Carranza, Aletheia Donald, Florian Grosset, Supreet Kaur, 2023.
Published by Wed, 2023-09-20 09:06
"The March on Washington changed the nation’s life. It changed my life, too." Professor Michael Reich recalls the March where The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the "I have a Dream" speech.
Published by Wed, 2023-09-13 10:44
"Trade and Foreign Labor”, an episode of EqualiTalks, features a conversation with Berkeley Economics Assistat Proffesor Mathilde Muñoz, who studies how trade liberalization interacts with labor market regulations and affects wage inequality. Listen here
Published by Mon, 2023-07-31 14:43
NPR's Planet Money interviews Prof. Emi Nakamura to learn how she uses data to untangle some of the oldest mysteries in macroeconomics, about the invisible hand, the consequences of government spending, and the inner workings of inflation. Read more
Published by Mon, 2023-07-10 14:12
Inflation since COVID: Supply versus demand, a new paper by Andrea Cerrato and Giulia Gitti.The slope of the Phillips curve dropped to zero during the pandemic but has tripled since March 2021. Demand factors explain around 1.4 out of 5.6 percentage-point increase in CPI inflation. Read more
Published by Wed, 2023-06-28 12:57
In a new podcast, Frederico Finan discusses his work studying how vote-buying unfolds on the ground in Paraguay. Finan describes how norms of reciprocity drive voters to opt for politicians who have treated them favorably in the past, and offers advice for how policymakers might disrupt this process to combat election fraud. Listen to the podcast
Published by Tue, 2023-05-30 18:54