Can pay transparency close gender wage gaps in developing countries?
Brazil became the first developing country to enact a large-scale pay transparency law in 2023. With @tadeuccastro , @iedarm , @bph_econ , we collaborated with Brazil's @MinPlanejamento to estimate the policy's effects thus far using a regression discontinuity design.
The answer: So far, no. We find precise null effects on every outcome. A thread.
What do workers at the margin of informality value at work?
We surveyed 700 residents of Brazil's largest favela complex to find out, using open-ended questions and discrete choice experiments. Joint work with Beatriz Marcoje, @iedarm, and @rodmclara.
Here's what we learned. A thread 👇:
Does import competition increase surviving firms' wage-setting power? In more exposed labor markets, yes — but markdowns explain only 6% of the relative wage decline. A thread on NBER WP "Trade, Labor Market Concentration, and Wages" 🧵👇
"I estimate the effect of trade on local labor market concentration and its implications for wages using employer-employee linked data and tariff shocks from Brazil’s trade liberalization."
NEW in @nberpubs by @mayara_pfs: nber.org/papers/w35018
Divulgando essa oportunidade de trabalhar com economia do crime no Leme, instituto criado pela Joana Monteiro, Julia Guerra e Laura e Schiavon.
Sao 5 vagas de RA pra trabalhar em projetos de seguranca publica no rio de janeiro e no ceara.
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#EconJobMarket candidate Bernardo B. Ribeiro's (@bbribeiro_22) job market paper examines how public housing affects intergenerational mobility, drawing evidence from a large-scale program in Brazil.
Profile: bbribeiro.github.io
#EconJobMarket candidate Sara Benetti’s job market paper studies the impact of early U.S. electrification on social cohesion between immigrant and native workers. Profile: sarabenetti.com/; Job Market Paper: sarabenetti.github.io/Benett…
We are hiring at @ubcVSE two assistant professors. Focus on international trade/spatial and applied micro (dev, labor, env, etc). Fantastic department, great city, democratic country. Please apply! aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?J…
#EconJobMarket candidate Vibhu Pratyush's job market paper studies the effect of land ownership on intergenerational mobility in rural agrarian India. Profile: vibhupratyush.github.io
#EconJobMarket candidate Spreeha Aggarwal’s (@AggarwalSpreeha) job market paper studies how changes in the demand for women’s domestic labour affect their marriage timing and outcomes in rural India. Profile: spreehaaggarwal.com/
Job Alert! Come and join my team!
I am looking for a cool person with a background in economics to join my research team as a postdoctoral fellow for 3 years at Monash Business School (Department of Economics) and Monash University.
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Buscamos pessoa para apoiar #pesquisa sobre mentoria e início de carreira de mulheres no #Brasil. A vaga é para atuar em um estudo com universitárias e jovens profissionais. Saiba mais e inscreva-se: drive.google.com/file/d/1q0U…
Come and work with me in lovely Lisbon! I’m hiring a full-time predoc research associate to work on exciting projects on discrimination, AI and health, and social media use in LMICs. Please share and apply! (Link in next tweet)
#econra#econtwitter#econsky
Brasileiro(a)s economist(a)s e/ou formados em áreas relacionadas: Estamos procurando alguém para trabalhar conosco num projeto em parceria com o governo federal, em Brasília. Salário R$9k - R$10k. Podem divulgar o job posting? @iedarm , @bph_econ.
this is a very important study: nber.org/papers/w33495?utm_c… riskier grant applications are less often funded. we have institutionalized a ton of risk-avoiding in science; slowdown of progress has coincided with peer review big science by committee. @pierre_azoulay