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Globalization and Development is a research training group @uniGoettingen & @UniHannover. Written by PhDs. Stay for summaries of most recent development lit
Feb 28, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
To get a good job or promotion, it helps to have friends in high positions, right?

This might not be the case for high politburo positions in China, as the forthcoming AER by @RFisman, Shi, Wang & Wu shows.

#econfriday Setting: The Central Politburo is the highest body of China’s government, and its jobs are highly popular. Ergo, the decision process is highly competitive and require more than a top performance in education and prior jobs. So, do friends in high positions help you get the job?
Jan 25, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Are mobile phones a Liberation Technology?

This week, we read a great new paper (forthcoming Econometrica) by Manacorda & @tesei_andrea who investigate whether mobile phone coverage can be linked to the occurrence protests.

#econfriday Idea: Protests often occur in response to economic shocks or unpleasant fiscal policies. However, protest organizers need to i) mobilize and ii) coordinate a large enough mass of people for a protest to take place – mobile phones are a huge help with both these tasks.
Oct 12, 2019 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
Are you using the Shift-Share Design?

Today, we read the new @QJEHarvard by Adao, Kolesar & Morales who show us that many Shift-Share Designs produce too small confidence intervals (i.e. many false positives). A must-read for applied economists!

#econfriday In the Shift-Share Design, we identify a causal effect via two components: An exogenous shock to all observations in our sample (the "Shift") combined with how much an observation is hit by that shock (the "Share").
Dec 7, 2018 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Does aid increase conflict?

This week on #econfriday: @KaiGehring1, @LennartKap, & @mhl_wong investigate the effect of aid projects on conflict at the subnational level in Africa. Aid doesn't seem to be that bad at all!

Here's the WP: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… Development aid is thought as one important way to help poor countries. However, prior research raises concern that aid can lead to
civil conflict (@DrNathanNunn & Qian 2014).