Zoe Xie
@zoe_xie1
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Sr Economist @WorldBank, formerly Economist @AtlantaFed. @UMNews and @WilliamsCollege alumna. Interests: MacroLabor/MacroPublic/Reading/Art/...
Virginia, USA
Joined April 2020
Five Trends Shaping South Asia's Economy Also check out our latest report on lack of employment generation in South Asia:
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RT @MartinRaiser: Informal foreign exchange markets like Hundi and Hawala thrive in #SouthAsia and can make policies to preserve official f…
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A slumping real estate market reduces revenue for China’s regional govts while local covid testing/lockdown further raises their spending responsibilities
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Climate change affects salmon size and global trade flows, as Japan typically favors smaller fish, and European markets prefer bigger products... am I imagining things or is there an IV here @SimonFuchs4 @BaslandzeSalome via @business
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RT @sarahzhang: I wrote about this weird period where parents are vaccinated but kids are still waiting...and waiting... possibly until 202…
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Thanks for having us and for the great suggestions and conversation @JorgeMirandaPi5 @econtanaka. The best diversion on election night :)
Take an election break and check out @zoe_xie1's paper (just presented at UQ macro seminars) "Unemployment Insurance during a Pandemic." UI top-ups and extensions in a pandemic can save thousands of lives (29k). Very nice talk. Thanks, Zoe
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RT @SimonFuchs4: Is your first sabbatical coming up or do you have a semester without teaching? For junior and mid-career economists, the @…
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RT @AtlantaFed: This Policy Hub article finds that cash transfers mitigate the surge in consumption inequality triggered by the pandemic an…
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I want my chicken wings (and am willing to pay a premium on meat for PPEs at the plants). Wonder how much of the absenteeism has to do with expanded unemp insurance to workers who quit due to Covid
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@AtlantaFed is unveiling the Unemployment Claims Monitor, updated weekly. Claims broken down by states, initial vs continued claims, type of claim (regular, extended, etc), also by demographics and industry #Covid_19 #UnEmploymentClaims
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