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These are 10 of my favourite
#UrbanEconomics
articles published in 2022, in alphabetical order by author, continuing with a tradition from the last few years
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These are 10 of my favourite
#UrbanEconomics
articles published in academic journals in 2023, continuing with a tradition from the last few years (order is alphabetical by first author, no ranking implied):
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These are 10 of my favourite
#UrbanEconomics
articles published in 2020, in alphabetical order by author, continuing with a tradition from the last couple of years
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These are 10 of my favourite
#UrbanEconomics
articles published in 2021, continuing with a tradition from the last few years (numbering is not a ranking, but an alphabetical ordering by authors' last names)
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12 years ago, Gianmarco Ottaviano and I scribbled some equations between windsurfing sessions at Lake Garda of workers sorting across cities on ability. Later, we added self-confidence,
@JDelaRocaUSC
joined us & we got empirics. Today “City of dreams” was accepted at
@JEEA_News
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Claims that the current high incidence of COVID-19 in Spain is due to social norms, cultural traits, family structure or sectoral composition are hard to sustain when we compare the data with that for Portugal and Italy, where all those factors are similar.
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Women commute less than men. Using French admin search data,
@tlebarbanchon
,
@rolandrathelot
&
@alexandraroulet
show in
@QJEHarvard
women accept lower wages than men to work closeby. Worker, not employer, driven. Accounts for 14% of residualised gender gap
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Very honoured and grateful for the
@PremiosReiJaume
Prize in Economics
Premio Rei Jaume I en Economía para Diego Puga Pequeño
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Very honoured and grateful for the 2022
@ERSA_org
Prize in Regional Science. Thank you to the Prize Committee and the Association for this recognition
🏆 Congratulations to Professor Diego Puga
@ProfDiegoPuga
, awarded ERSA Prize in Regional Science 2022 👏
More:
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Preliminary results of Spain's seroprevalence study on random sample of the population (>30,000 households, >60,000 people) representative at provincial level. Prevalence of antibodies anti SARS-CoV-2: 5% nationally, large regional variation (highest Madrid, 11%, others <2%)
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Paper with Duranton accepted in
@ecmaEditors
has growth model in urban system where endogenous planning regulations balance agglomeration & congestion to suit incumbents, estimates urban benefit & cost elasticities, studies predictions & counterfactuals 🧵
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Today, we held SUCRE (the Spatial & Urban Coffee REndezvous) at the namesake coffee place (
@SucreSalonDeTe
) across the street from
@CEMFINews
, to discuss research on cities and space without the formality that classrooms often impose. (1/2)
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These are 10 of my favourite
#UrbanEconomics
articles published in 2019, in alphabetical order by author (follow up on 2018 list: )
These are 10 of my favourite
#UrbanEconomics
articles published in 2018, in alphabetical order. Inspired by
@ProfNoto
's list of 10 Economics articles , so I won’t repeat 2 outstanding spatial papers on his list (Chetty &
@nhendren82
, QJE; Donaldson, AER)
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Conference in Urban and Regional Economics (CURE) happening in person in Madrid at
@CEMFInews
1 and 2 December in collaboration with
@cepr_org
&
@FundacioIEB
, organized by M. Lafourcade,
@eviladecans
& me. Presenters & discussants on-site. Apply by 1/11:
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These are 10 of my favourite
#UrbanEconomics
articles published in 2018, in alphabetical order. Inspired by
@ProfNoto
's list of 10 Economics articles , so I won’t repeat 2 outstanding spatial papers on his list (Chetty &
@nhendren82
, QJE; Donaldson, AER)
As 2018 comes to a close, here's a list of my favorite Econ papers this year
First, my list from last year:
Same rules apply: 10 papers, published in 2018, ordered alphabetically...
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This
#EconJobMarket
season,
@CEMFINews
is hiring up to 2 tenure-track Assistant Professors. After a careful review of the 665 applications received, taking into account not just the candidates’ qualities but also the fit with our needs, we have sent out 38 interview invitations
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Andreu Mas-Colell is an honest man who put aside an outstanding academic career to devote himself to public service, masterminding institutions that have greatly strengthened science in Europe & Spain.
@pol_antras
's RT of
@AlexMasPton
makes clear how unjust is confiscation threat
Related to my last RT, I have refrained from publicly commenting on the prosecution of Catalan politicians and civil society leaders that has taken place in Spain recently. The reason for this is that the trials bunched together folks with distinct levels of culpability (1/8)
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Congratulations to
@cabralestweet
on being awarded the Rei Jaume I Prize in Economics (
@PremiosReiJaume
)!
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The Bank of Spain has launched its data lab. Initially, this will give external researchers access to Spanish firm-level data in a secure data room at the
@BancoDeEspana
HQ
Si eres investigador, ya puedes acceder a microdatos de las empresas a través de nuestro laboratorio de datos, BELab
#bdePrensa
#bdeEstad
ísticas
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Congratulations to
@JoanMonrasEcon
on being awarded the
@FBSabadell
Prize in Economics, given annually to a Spanish economist under 40!
El Dr. Joan Monràs (
@JoanMonrasEcon
) XXII Premio Fundación Banco Sabadell a la Investigación Económica por sus innovadoras aportaciones en el campo de la inmigración. ¡Enhorabuena!
🔗
#PremioEconom
ía
#SabadellCompromisoSostenible
@BancoSabadell
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12th Conference on Urban and Regional Economics (CURE), December 1 & 2 at
@CEMFInews
, with
@FundacioIEB
&
@cepr_org
. Presenters & discussants in person, other participants online. Programme: . Registration for online attendance:
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On 7th marathon, finally raced with the confidence to keep steady effort & speed up for final 8k. 3rd marathon at same average
@strydrunning
power, flat course made
@maratonvalencia
faster than 2018
@nycmarathon
, wind slower than 2019
@ChiMarathon
, good strategy gave it best feel
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Group run in Salamanca for a great start of the day at the 48th Simposium of the Spanish Economic Association. Thanks to everyone who joined, including
@AEEmedia
President
@NataliaFabra
, Programme Chair
@monicambravo
& Plenary Speaker Noam Yuchtman
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Spain launches minimum income scheme
#IMV
a) Means-tested on household income & wealth. b) Paths to social inclusion. c) Rely on frequently updated data & cooperation with NGOs & municipalities to reach most vulnerable. d) Ex-post evaluation open to researchers planned from start
🎙️El ministro
@joseluisescriva
explica los objetivos del
#IngresoMinimoVital
🔴 Es una prestación de la Seguridad Social con carácter permanente y con una doble finalidad:
✔️Reducir la pobreza.
✔️Fomentar la inclusión social
#CMin
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Having
@monicambravo
as a colleague is a great perk of
@CEMFINews
. With her appointment to lead Spain's social inclusion policies, Mónica goes from informing policy with RCTs to making informed decisions herself, a big step towards evidence-based policies & effective inclusion
Con mucha ilusión, hoy me incorporo a
@inclusiongob
cómo Secretaria General de Inclusión. Es un honor poder trabajar para mejorar las políticas de inclusión y la vida de las personas que más lo necesitan. Gracias
@SaizElma
por la confianza.
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Philadelphia is such a great city for running! Lots of fun running the Sandy Sprint 10k along
@SchuylkillBanks
last Saturday before heading to the airport. Great organisation by
@srocf
, fighting to end ovarian cancer. Thrilled to unexpectedly finish as overall winner with PB time
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Wonderful having the European Research Workshop in International Trade in person in Milan! Thanks to
@BJavorcik
,
@GNavaretti
,
@Altomonte_C
& Gianmarco Ottaviano for getting us discussing research face-to-face again (
@cepr_org
@LdA_CentroStudi
@LaStatale
@Unibocconi
@UniCreditPR
)
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Enlightening keynote by
@leah_boustan
at the
@wb_research
@IIEPGW
@BID_Ciudades
@The_IGC
#UrbanizationConf
, drawing lessons from US economic history for internal migration in developing countries today. If you could not attend live, you can watch it here
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New
@cepr_org
paper with Gilles Duranton on the Economics of Urban Density, forthcoming in
@AEAjournals
Journal of Economic Perspectives. Written pre-pandemic (only short postscript about COVID-19), but good to remember urban density has costs and benefits
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Building-level timing of urban development in Spain in superb
@eldiarioes
piece by
@raulsanchezglez
using cadastre data. Set a date in interactive map to see whether each current building was built before or after then
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Early this morning at home, three already online, two holding on until the last minute
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Nice
@TheEconomist
coverage of
@gboeing
's research (, ) studying street networks (and their griddedness) across the world and their evolution in the US
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Training run in
@_ElRetiro
with our new
@CEMFInews
@tracksmith
running tees, getting ready for Sunday's
@thevintagerun
10k
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Surreal: "Spanish Society for the Evaluation of Public Policies"
@socevaluacion
sent letter to Parliament opposing public policy evaluation using quantitative/experimental methods b/c results can be manipulated. Manipulation is easiest when arguments are unsupported by evidence
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Very honoured and grateful for the
@PremiosReiJaume
in Economics. Back at
@CEMFINews
after a wonderful weekend in Valencia. Thanks to the Foundation for a beautiful ceremony and to the Queen and
@ximopuig
for presiding the events and their support of science.
Foto oficial de los galardonados de los
#PremiosReiJaume
2020 con la Reina Dña Letizia.
#Ciencia
#Investigaci
ón
#Emprendimiento
#FranciscoJos
éGarcíaVidal
@ProfDiegoPuga
#MiguelBeatodelRosal
@ftmaestre
@Sla27para
@veronicapascboe
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Inspired by all the
#aea5k
tweets, I finished my run today with 5k in 18:26. Thanks to
@causalinf
for the great initiative. Coldest day I remember on the Miño riverside, but enjoyable nevertheless. Running is always fun, cold or warm, fast or slow.
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“Calling from the outside: The role of networks in residential mobility” (w/
@kon_buechel
,
@maxvehrlich
,
@eviladecans
) published in Journal of Urban Economics. Uses anonymised cellphone data to study how contacts affect residential mobility choices (1/5)
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Next European Research Workshop in International Trade (ERWIT) and Conference on Urban and Regional Economics (CURE) combined in joint
@cepr_org
event, Turin 5-8 June 2023. Great opportunity to exploit synergies among international, regional & urban economics. Call for papers out
Call for Papers – European Research Workshop in International Trade (ERWIT) and Conference on Urban and Regional Economics (CURE) -
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As I digest rejection at a top journal, tweet about
@RevEconStud
paper w/
@JDelaRocaUSC
is good reminder I can't complain about share of positive outcomes. Most papers I write are fun work with friends, those I thought deserved exposure ended up getting it regardless of outlet
"Individual earnings are higher in bigger cities" -
@RevEconStud
authors
@ProfDiegoPuga
and
@JDelaRocaUSC
consider how workers in big cities obtain a static premium and accumulate more valuable experience
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What a fun Sunday morning running through Madrid towards Casa de Campo with so many
@CEMFInews
runners on
@thevintagerun
10k!
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1) Albert &
@JoanMonrasEcon
,
@AEAjournals
AER. Foreign migrants spend significant income share in origin country, so care less than natives about costs relative to benefits of expensive & high-productivity cities, more so when origin-country prices low
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We associate innovation with density, yet much innovation happens in suburbs. But dense areas host more patent variety. Also, atypical patent references show dense area innovations build more on unconventional combinations.
@enrico_berkes
&
@ruben_gaetani
:
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Very helpful comparison of diverging evolution of COVID-19 in New York and Madrid. In Madrid, contact tracers at least an order of magnitude too low, reopening (indoor dining and nightlife in particular) rushed. At country-level, divergence between Italy and Spain also striking.
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Look at the shape of these curves.
New York and Madrid had similar epidemics until they spectacularly diverged.
In March, both cities were caught by surprise and shut down because of
#COVID19
.
In September, the situation is under control in NY and alarming in Madrid.
Why?
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Congratulations to Eduardo Morales on being awarded the Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Economic Research, recognising the work of a Spanish researcher under the age of 40 in the fields of economic, business and social knowledge
"Como investigadores sociales aspiramos a tener impacto en la sociedad ayudando a resolver problemas y este tipo de premios son fundamentales para conectarnos con esos problemas sociales"
#EduardoMorales
#PremioEconom
ía 2020 (
@PrincetonEcon
@columbia_econ
@EconomicsUc3m
@Harvard
)
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We had a very nice
@CEMFINews
Christmas party today in a virtual version of our indoor patio hosted by
@gather_town
. While we missed being face-to-face (& the jamón!), it was great getting together with all the faculty, students and staff
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Madrid's "Landscape of Light," the neighbourhood that includes
@_ElRetiro
Park and Paseo del Prado, with
@CEMFInews
at its centre, awarded
@UNESCO
World Heritage status.
🔴 BREAKING!
Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences,
#Spain
🇪🇸, has just been inscribed on the
@UNESCO
#WorldHeritage
List. ¡Felicidades!👏
ℹ️
#44WHC
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Thanks to Deputy Prime Minister
@NadiaCalvino
, and to
@AnadelaCuevaF
&
@carlos_cuerpo
for setting up Spain’s Council of Economic Advisers, helping push forward evidence-based economic policy
Muchas gracias a todos los expertos por sus valiosas reflexiones sobre los retos y oportunidades actuales y sobre los instrumentos para impulsar la recuperación económica.
@_minecogob
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Interesting plot of left and right votes in Spain’s general election by census track income: left dominates up to 7 percentile, tied until 40, left up to 89 (Sumar’s strong urban vote), then right at the top.
@raulsanchezglez
&
@VictriaVic
in
@elDiarioes
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I very much enjoyed taking part in the
@TRiSSTCD
&
@tcdeconomics
event on “COVID-19 and the Future of Cities” yesterday with Ed Glaeser,
@jessiehandbury
& Martina Kirchberger. Event was recorded but the following thread shares some key points (1/N)
Interesting discussion on whether Covid19 will affect our desire to cluster in cities.
@ProfDiegoPuga
is kicking off today's webinar co-hosted with
@tcdeconomics
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Enjoyed
#NBERSI
roundtable with Ed Glaeser, Ingrid Gould Ellen & Kelsey Jack on COVID-19 & cities. Urban density has benefits & costs. Many discussions conjecture disease increases costs of denser cities. With
@MiquelAngelGL
, we argue main effect may be to lower benefits (1/5)
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5)
@fpeckert
,
@MadsHejlesen
&
@Conor_A_Walsh
,
@JUrbanEcon
. Causal evidence of returns to big-city experience from random migrant assignment in Denmark. Copenhagen speeds transition to high-paying jobs. Similar magnitude without quasi-experiment for natives
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I really enjoyed this conversation with
@jeffrlin
and
@greg_shill
for
@DenselySpeaking
on 10 of my favorite urban economics papers published in 2021. Thanks for having me on the podcast
🎙️ New
@DenselySpeaking
interview: Diego Puga on his 10 favorite
#urbanecon
papers from 2021! Many have enjoyed
@ProfDiegoPuga
's "favorites" lists for the past few years; we dig in here and strive to appeal to both generalist and specialist audiences.🎙️
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The
@FundacioIEB
Workshop on Urban Economics in Barcelona is always one of the most interesting and fun conferences on spatial topics. Applications open until 4 March, workshop 10-12 June 2024
📢Happy to announce that the 7th
@FundacioIEB
Workshop on
#UrbanEconomics
(Barcelona, 10-12 June 2024) is accepting submissions.
⏰ Deadline: March 4, 2024
📷 Keynote speakers:
@StephanHeblich
(U Toronto)
@melaniemorten
(Stanford)
Call for Papers 👉
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@d9monti
Perhaps 80 really is the new 60. Extreme example: a few months ago, 80 year old José Vicente Rioseco run a 11:56 3000m on his way to completing a 20:20 5000m. Video is from his 5:56 mile, also run after turning 80, as were his 2:41 800m & 5:30 1500m. All of them M80 WR
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Extremely useful, and now usable, mobility flows between small areas from 80% of Spain’s cellphones. Some Twitter magic, some well-argued requests & laudable receptiveness from
@es_INE
, who have now released it in perfect open but privacy-preserving format
Good news of the day!
@es_INE
just released the origin-destination daily flow data between mobility areas in Spain. It covers 80% of phones starting March 16th. Twitter magic?
@ProfDiegoPuga
@MiquelAngelGL
@SimonFuchs4
@eviladecans
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Impressed by how
@danimateria
communicates complex science topics to broad audience in
@el_pais
. Today he discusses how the productive advantages of cities are larger for more productive firms and workers, with quotes by
@MarcKeuschnigg
,
@JDelaRocaUSC
& me
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Enlightening view of future of global value chains & globalization from
@pol_antras
‘s presentation & Gianmarco Ottaviano’s discussion at
@BancoDeEspana
research conference. Stress on persistent inequalities & trade networks where political alignment matters as much as geography
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g) Hsieh &
@HansbergRossi
,
@JPolEcon
Macro. New tech allowing service firms to scale up over many locations has increased national market concentration but decreased concentration & promoted variety at local level, particularly small & mid-sized US cities
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3) Chetty,
@JacksonmMatt
, Kuchler,
@stroebel_econ
et al,
@Nature
. Share of Facebook friends of low-socioeconomic-status individuals with high status (driven by exposure & friending bias) is strong neighbourhood-level predictor of intergenerational mobility
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9)
@arpitrage
,
@SVNieuwerburgh
&
@UrbanIntelLab
,
@JUrbanEcon
. NYC 2nd Ave subway corridor residents commute 7% faster (cellphone data), houses appreciate 8% (DiD w/Upper E Side), rents rise & risk falls. Property taxes capture only 30% of private benefits
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Spatial Economics Junior Workshop, organised by Clare Balboni &
@fpeckert
, turned into series of online seminars by 8 outstanding young spatial economists (
@thetahat
,
@dianavanpatten
, Adrien Bilal,
@Conor_A_Walsh
,
@m_saintmary
,
@ClemenceTricaud
,
@NTsivanidis
,
@MilenaAlmagro
)
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Covid-19 is significantly increasing inequalities. Today in
@nadaesgratis
, Beatriz González López-Valcárcel & I summarise a report by the Workgroup providing scientific advice to Spain’s Government on Covid-19 that we are part of (auto-translated version: )
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Congratulations to
@m_saintmary
(PhD candidate at
@econ_empresaUPF
, soon joining
@warwickecon
), winner of the Best Student Paper Prize awarded by UEA &
@byforskning
at the Amsterdam Urban Economics Association Meeting
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e) Duranton & Puga,
@ecmaEditors
. Growth model in urban system where endogenous planning regulations balance agglomeration against congestion to suit incumbents; estimates urban benefits & costs elasticities, studies novel predictions & counterfactuals
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2)
@TrebAllen
& Arkolakis,
@RevEconStud
. Quantitative spatial model to assess transport project welfare. Agents choose route with costs depending on infrastructure & congestion. Yields transport costs & traffic between locations, distribution of activity
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Making sure Spain’s new minimum basic income
#IMV
reaches those who most need it & promotes inclusion is important, but perhaps much-needed policies trying to alleviate poverty should not be the main focus of those worried about wasteful public spending (1/4)
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Indeed. Ogawa & Fujita 1982 elegant, insightful & influential model of a city & one of my favourite economic models across fields. In urban course at
@CEMFINews
, I much enjoy teaching sequence with monocentric model, this paper, Lucas &
@HansbergRossi
, quantitative spatial models
And every cite is thoroughly deserved. One of my all-time favourites. A milestone after the AMM models and an inspiration for Lucas & Rossi-Hansberg (2002). And then came Quantitative Spatial Models...
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Interesting set of questions. Cities outside the US have already tried removing downtown highways. A couple of examples from Madrid are encouraging (talking from personal experience rather than research conclusions). First, the removal of downtown highway overpasses.
Highways harmed central neighborhoods. If you remove highways, will the neighborhoods come back?
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My mom, Pilar Pequeño, featured in the national evening news yesterday after receiving the Bartolomé Ros lifetime achievement in photography award
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3)
@kon_buechel
&
@maxvehrlich
, JUE. More sociable individuals sort into cities. Even after accounting for sorting, those in denser areas call each other more often & longer, suggesting complementarity between face-to-face and phone interactions
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4)
@DauthEcon
,
@SebastianFind
, Moretti &
@jsuedekum
,
@JEEA_News
. Worker and plant fixed effects from AKM log wage estimation are more highly correlated in bigger cities. Stronger assortative matching amplifies spatial wage differences
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Students considering a Masters or PhD in Economics may be interested in this
@CEMFInews
information session about our graduate offerings
We are doing a 2nd online information meeting about CEMFI's graduate offerings for prospective applicants!
🗓️Thursday, Jan 20, 5pm
Feel free to share with interested students!
@sancibrian_v
and I will be there answering questions about the student experience at CEMFI✨
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Since this year I did not buy the usual
#BoloRei
for Three Kings' Day across the Portuguese border (open, but with tight local restrictions), I baked one
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I am very much looking forward to spending the 2019-2020 academic year on sabbatical at the
@Wharton
Real State Department, surrounded by so many amazing
@Penn
urban economists and with the great
@PhilFedResearch
group close-by
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2nd wave of Spain's seroprevalence study on representative random sample of population (>30,000 households, >60,000 people). In 3 weeks prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies only increased from 5% to 5.2% nationally (wave 1: 27 Apr-11 May; 2: 18 May-1 Jun)
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Regarding my earlier tweet, the Spanish Society for the Evaluation of Public Policies
@socevaluacion
has asked for its letter to Parliament arguing against the use of quantitative/experimental methods in public policy evaluation to be withdrawn and apologised.
@ProfDiegoPuga
Desde
@socevaluacion
queremos pedir disculpas. Es un grave error afirmar el mayor valor de unas metodologías de evaluación frente a otras. Disculpas a todas las personas que se han sentido molestas. Hemos solicitado eliminar el documento. Asumiremos responsabilidades internas.
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My keynote for Amsterdam UEA Meeting “Calling from the outside: The role of networks in residential mobility” (w/Büchel, von Ehrlich,
@eviladecans
). Uses anonymised cellphone data to study how social network affects whether to move & to which neighbourhood
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Photo shows, before and after, area in front of Madrid’s Atocha train station, minutes away from Retiro Park, Prado Museum and my CEMFI office. There were many like this, popularly called “scalextric” after a popular slot car toy. These places have become so much more liveable.
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The appointment of
@NezihGuner
as new CEMFI Director is fantastic news!
@CEMFInews
has already been through an amazing 36-year journey led by Rafael Repullo and this signals that many more great years are ahead of us. Thank you both for taking on this leadership role.
I am thrilled and honored about this opportunity. Rafael Repullo is leaving an admirable legacy at CEMFI. I look forward to helping write the new chapter of this incredible adventure.
@CEMFInews
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We use tract-level rents from ACS and household-level travel (with tract info) from NHTS with Gilles Duranton () to show Alonso-Muth condition in monocentric model holds: distance to centre elasticity of travel = distance to centre elasticity of rents
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Neat in
@AEAJournals
Policy by Borraz,
@NicolsGonzlezP4
,
@CarozziFelipe
& Zipitría. Uses place-based tax break to show housing stock growth raises grocery variety, lowers prices, little store change. Rationalised w/
@Thierry__Mayer
, Melitz, Ottaviano model
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Helpful distinction. Crowding on which pandemics thrive is about forced physical proximity not creating useful interactions. Density on which cities thrive is about chances for useful face-to-face interactions popping up regularly & prompting us to approach one another—when safe
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1)
@Cacostam
& Håkonsson,
@JUrbanEcon
. Functional urban specialisation linked to firm functional fragmentation. Danish firms turned more multi-establishment 1981-2016, plants further from HQ, more managers per worker & managers concentrated in big cities
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Fantastic evolution since we organised the first UEA Meeting in Toronto in 2006. Almost no urban conferences back then. Hesham Abdel-Rahman organised a couple of urban sessions within the RSAI North-American Meetings, but there was little else
@jessiehandbury
@AmySchwartzNY
@ProfDiegoPuga
@PerssonPetra
@TradeDiversion
The growth in urban econ conferences in the last ten years is awesome and also overwhelming. From the perspective of a conference organizer it’s worth thinking about adapting to the added competition and ways to differentiate.
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You can also look back at my lists of 10
#UrbanEconomics
articles published in 2021 (), 2020 (), 2019 () & 2018 ()
These are 10 of my favourite
#UrbanEconomics
articles published in 2018, in alphabetical order. Inspired by
@ProfNoto
's list of 10 Economics articles , so I won’t repeat 2 outstanding spatial papers on his list (Chetty &
@nhendren82
, QJE; Donaldson, AER)
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d)
@AdrienBilal
,
@QJEHarvard
. With French & US data shows spatial unemployment gaps are driven mostly by different job-losing rates, shaped by local employers not workers; offers model where employers’ location choices & frictions create such differences
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Honoured to join
@CEMFInews
colleagues
@SamBen8
& Rafa Repullo; also
@gmialvare
,
@BelenBarreiro_
,
@conderuiz
,
@NataliaFabra
,
@Aligarciaherrer
, Teresa García-Milá,
@jmoisesmartin
,
@MatildeMas
,
@ontiverosemilio
,
@saradelarica
,
@JjRuiz2018
,
@Steinbergf
,
@RaymondTorres_
&
@AngelUbide
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6) Fajgelbaum &
@ReddingEcon
,
@JPolEcon
. Argentinian locations closer to world markets in XIX century got higher urban population & density, relative non-traded prices, land prices/wages & specialised in transport-sensitive goods within the traded sector
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b) Bacolod, Blum,
@Rangel_M_A
& Strange,
@RegScUrbEc
. With data on individuals practising cognitive skills on
@Lumosity
, shows young people with greater problem-solving skills concentrate in big cities; those in big cities improve in cognitive tests faster
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5) Harari, AER. City shape matters. More compact (circular) Indian cities grow faster (IVs compactness with mechanical expansion + geographic constraints). Compactness affects road network, location patterns, quality of life. Regulations affect shape
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DiD of pedestrianised areas in Madrid, Barcelona & Valencia 2010-12 vs propensity-score-matched non-neighbouring controls finds increased sales (
@BBVAResearch
card transactions) if store density high (mainly restaurants & cafes), lower sales if density low
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10)
@clem_imbert
, Seror, Zhang & Zylberberg,
@AEAjournals
AER. With China firm panel & shift-share instrument shows rural-urban migration makes manufacturing more labour intensive, less productive (shifts product mix & technology, changes survival chances)
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You can also look back at my lists of 10
#UrbanEconomics
articles published in 2022 (), 2021 (), 2020 (), 2019 () & 2018 ()
These are 10 of my favourite
#UrbanEconomics
articles published in 2018, in alphabetical order. Inspired by
@ProfNoto
's list of 10 Economics articles , so I won’t repeat 2 outstanding spatial papers on his list (Chetty &
@nhendren82
, QJE; Donaldson, AER)
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This tweet also sheds light on the situation in Spain. Tomorrow most provinces will have their casinos open and their schools and universities closed. The gambling industry gains customers for the present, and with no lessons on maths, statistics or risk, also for the future
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Underfunding
@ERC_Research
’s support of excellent science is shortsighted. Every call already identifies many more excellent projects than it can fund. Additional €4 billion funding for
#HorizonEurope
would be best allocated to Pillar 1: Excellent Science
#SaveExcellentScience
📣Statement by ERC Scientific Council on
#HorizonEurope
budget in
#EUbudget
They urge all who care for the future of Frontier Research in Europe to express their views before it’s too late, addressing underfunding of ERC & Pillar 1.
#SaveExcellentScience
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4)
@CarozziFelipe
, JEEA. Shows how credit constraints affect composition of housing sales & access to home-ownership by the young. Neat model of housing markets as ladders with young in cheap units, possibly trading up as they age, post-2008 UK evidence
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At the
#MediaDeAranjuez
half marathon & 8k yesterday,
@CEMFInews
runners
@TatiRosa_uy
,
@ClaraSantamari4
,
@anjagrujovic
, Dominic Cucic, &
@ProfDiegoPuga
enjoyed running through the Royal Gardens and strawberry fields of
#Aranjuez
with friends from
@adchoyo
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March JUE issue includes a very important urban theory paper by
@albouy
, Behrens, Robert-Nicoud & Seeger. Elegant framework introducing heterogeneity in a systems of cities framework & insightful explanation for stringent land-use regulation
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Over 50% of Spain’s population now fully vaccinated against Covid (above US, reaching UK) & still vaccinating over 1% of population daily. 99% of pop. over 70 & 90% over 50 fully vaccinated, key in keeping hospitalisations low despite case upsurge, but not out of the woods yet.
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