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I'm an Economics Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley focusing on public finance topics at the intersection of labor economics and macroeconomics. You can follow me on twitter @omzidar.
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- Valuing The Vote: Evidence from the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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- Do Higher Corporate Taxes Reduce Wages? Micro Evidence from Germany
- Local Economic Development, Agglomeration Economies and the Big Push: 100 Years of Evidence from the Tennessee Valley Authority
- It Takes a Regime Shift: Recent Developments in Japan through the Lens of the Great Depression
- The Miracle of Microfinance? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation
- Worker Flows Over the Business Cycle: the Role of Firm Quality
- Does Entrepreneurship Pay? The Michael Bloombergs, the Hot Dog Vendors, and the Returns to Self-Employment
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Tag Archives: cities
Is New York as Expensive as You Think?
Catherine Rampell has an interesting piece on this issue that is worth reading. It highlights research from Jessie Handbury, who makes three points in a recent paper: First, I find that there are large differences in how high- and low-income households … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Rampbell, cities, Economic Geography, Jessie Handbury, Local Labor Markets
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Washington’s Definition of Middle Class
I saw this proposal in Lori Montgomery’s article on fiscal cliff talks yesterday: Fresh tax revenue, generated in part by raising rates on the wealthy, as Obama wants, and in part by limiting their deductions, as Republicans prefer. The top … Continue reading
Interesting Paragraph from Ed Glaeser
Economist Matthew Kahn of UCLA has studied the death tolls from natural disasters. He found that where governments are more capable, fewer people die. This makes me worry about the fate of cities in the developing world that are just as subject to natural … Continue reading
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Tagged Research, Government, Ed Glaeser, cities, natural disasters, Matthew Kahn
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