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I'm an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Faculty Research Fellow at National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in the Public economics group. You can follow me on twitter @omzidar.
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- Who were the top taxpayers in 1923?
- Trump won in counties that lost jobs to China and Mexico
- The Effect of Pension Income on Elderly Earnings: Evidence from Social Security and Full Population Data
- Why Retire When You Can Work? Hours are way up for elderly workers
- Zip-code Economics
- Financial firms make large share of pass-through income
- Pass-through income and the top 1%
- Quantitative Spatial Economics
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Monthly Archives: September 2012
When are people paying taxes? 47% and taxes over the lifecycle
See Economist’s View for more details
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Tagged Economist’s View, Hamilton Project, income taxes, payroll taxes, Romney, Taxes
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The Cost of Letting the Housing Market Hit Bottom
A new op-ed from Carl Shaprio and Pascal Noel. When large, important parts of a modern economy fail, like the banks or the housing market, policy makers have a choice. They can do nothing and hope that the problems will … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Shaprio, Housing, Housing Policy, Obama, Pascal Noel
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Which tax cuts stimulate the economy?
David Cay Johnston of Reuters covered my research today: Tax cuts are the key to job creation, or so Mitt Romney, running mate Paul Ryan and the 2012 Republican platform all say. But what does the empirical evidence show? Is the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, David Cay Johnston, Fiscal Cliff, Growth, Jobs, Research, Romney, Tax Cuts for Whom, Taxes
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Eliminating tax evasion in Greece could cut deficit by a third
I just saw Adair Morse of U Chicago present a recent working paper on tax evasion in Greece that has been getting a lot of attention (e.g. Economist). She shows that banks give loans with payment amounts that exceed reported income and … Continue reading
Job Growth: Obama Recovery much better than Bush in Private Sector
To understand the competing claims about job growth under Obama and Bush, you really need to look at these two graphs (from Paul Krugman) that separate private and public employment. Key Points Private sector job growth is much more impressive … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush, Government, Growth, Jobs, Obama, Paul Krugman, Recovery, Stimulus
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Global Warming in 16 seconds
Watch this awesome 16 second video showing how summer temperatures have evolved since 1950. HT: Marginal Revolution
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