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Michael Kremer, Berkeley Economics Prof. Ted Miguel’s former Ph.D. adviser at Harvard University, won the 2019 Nobel prize in Economics. To recognize Miguel’s contribution to the winners’ “experimental approach to alleviating poverty,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has invited him to the Nobel Prize award ceremony and banquet in Stockholm, Sweden, in December. Read the interview with Prof. Miguel here (Via Berkeley News)
Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Tue, 2019-12-10 16:11
Researchers have long noticed that wages hardly drop during recessions. But showing that this causes unemployment has proven tricky, according to economist Supreet Kaur. Kaur analyzed the wage, employment, and weather data of over 600 districts across India from 1956 to 2009. Like previous studies, she confirmed that nominal wages are sticky but real wages aren’t. Read more
Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Tue, 2019-12-10 14:18
Research suggests the most effective way to help poor people can be to give them no strings attached cash. A new study finds even neighbors who don't get the aid benefit from a big ripple effect. Listen to the interview with UC Berkeley Professor Ted Miguel on NPR's Morning Edition.
Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Tue, 2019-12-10 13:14
"Zucman is an economist, but he also had some of the qualities—youth and fervency—that investigative reporters often have, and that made him someone people would go to when they thought something was very wrong." Gabriel Zucman and his colleagues are advocating a progressive wealth tax as a solution to global inequality, one that rethinks both evasion and the goals of taxation. Read the New Yorker Story here.
Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Tue, 2019-12-10 13:06
BITSS will hold its eighth Annual Meeting on December 13, 2019, at the Wells Fargo Room, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. The event brings together stakeholders from academia, scholarly publishing, and policy to share knowledge and discuss the evolving movement toward research transparency and efforts to strengthen the standards of openness and integrity in the social sciences. Read more and RSVP here.
Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Fri, 2019-12-06 13:43
A New York Times article highlights research by Berkeley Economics Professor Enrico Moretti on taxing the wealth of America’s ultrarich via an estate tax, in an age when bigger fortunes are being made and states stand to get richer. Read more
Published by Hagit Hagit Caspi Mon, 2019-11-04 09:45