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alvarolaparra.bsky.social
Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
@alvarolaparra.bsky.social
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Too economist to be a historian. Too historian to be an economist. My expressed ideas here are usually the slaves of some defunct economist, and my employer is alive and not an economist. Missing home, wherever that is.
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · 12h
The calls for October 18 all over the world are requiring some tweaks, given the local circumstances. Spain:
“About this event Please join Americans and allies in Madrid, Spain for a NO TYRANTS protest on Saturday, October 18th. We've communicated our concentración to the authorities as taking place in Puerta del Sol from 12-1:30pm. More information to come as it's confirmed! Note We are branding this rally as "No Tyrants". Please do not bring any signage against kings to the rally.” Highlighted: “Note We are branding this rally as "No Tyrants". Please do not bring any signage against kings to the rally.”
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · 19h
Manuscriptcentral guest account created
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Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 1d
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/
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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 1d
"The chancellor approved it"
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · 21h
Era por ver si me tenía que autodeportar
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · 22h
No soy gafe absoluto, @08181.es
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FC Barcelona Femení @fcbfemeni.bsky.social · 22h
Més líders 🫡
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 1d
Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?
It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.
www.construction-physics.com
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · 1d
so the death of social democracy is inevitable now
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · 2d
😨😨😨
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AVAMET @avamet.bsky.social · 2d
🌧️Repàs de les pluges de l'episodi: mapa i registres de les últimes 72 hores (fins 10 h de dissabte)

De moment molt generós a tot el litoral i prelitoral del golf de València i també al litoral i sud de les comarques d'Alacant. Més de 250 l/m² a Miramar, Gandia i Columbretes.
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · 2d
For me, the most powerful argument against ebooks is about parenting: I don’t want my daughter to see me staring at a screen when I’m reading
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Frazz @mrs-frazzled.bsky.social · 2d
MIT is the first school to formally reject Trump’s “Compact.”

(Of course a Massachusetts school is the first to say no! Y’all have always been a leader in education!)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · 2d
No conclusions about Duflo and Banerjee’s move until a proper RCT is implemented
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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 3d
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · 3d
Samuel L. Jackson gunpointing someone (sorry: my movie culture is really low) in Pulp Fiction. Below, text reading "Where's my Nobel Peace Prize"?
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 3d
“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · 3d
You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned ...

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned
Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists
www.theguardian.com
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Cadena SER @cadenaser.com · 3d
László Krasznahorkai, un Premio Nobel 'satánico', apocalíptico y lleno de humor negro
László Krasznahorkai, un Premio Nobel 'satánico', apocalíptico y lleno de humor negro
El escritor húngaro, que acaba de recibir el máximo galardón de las letras, tiene una obra llena de misterio que cuenta la evolución de la Europa actual, que ha sido adaptada al cine y a la ópera
dozz.es
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Dan Garrett @danggarret.bsky.social · 3d
I have been thinking this year will be a particularly rough year for economists seeking employment, and this new data tool from the AEA definitely shows that is the case with 1/3 less listings than the same time last year, basically matching COVID lows.
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Eladio Bobadilla @eladiobobadilla.com · 3d
Coming soon to a bookstore near you :-)
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · 3d
Amén, Zerocalcare. A ver si de una vez borramos de la faz de la tierra la preguntita “¿Y para cuándo el bebé?”
Sarah, personaje de las historias de Zerocalcare, diciendo en “Será todo para mí”: “Y, SOBRE TODO, RECUERDA LA SAGRADA LEY DE LAS CONNERSACIONES SOBRE LA PROCREACIÓN AJENA. QUE REGULA LA CONVIVENCIA CIVILIZADA CON QUIEN NO TIENE HIJOS. POR LO GENERAL, HAY DOS POSIBILIDADES. O LOS QUERÍA Y NO HA PODIDO TENERLOS. Y ENTONCES NO TIENES QUE AMARGARLE LA VIDA. O NO LOS QUERÍA. Y ENTONCES NO TIENES QUE AMARGARLE LA VIDA”
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · 3d
Take just nine minutes to enjoy this jewel www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irsq...
Yann Tiersen - ARTE Concert's Piano Day
YouTube video by ARTE Concert
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · 4d
*every single time I enter Google Drive*
a man in a suit is carrying three boxes of pizza into a doorway .
Alt: a man in a suit is carrying three boxes of pizza into a doorway smiling only to discover that the apartment is in flames and there's chaos everywhere.
media.tenor.com
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · 4d
🤷🏽‍♂️ 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️
Big jump in googke trends for “insurrection” in the last days
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · 5d
Escuchados todos los episodios. Mola.
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Fernando Fernández @mrnandonandez.bsky.social · 6d
pues está muy interesante el podcast de numeritos @08181.es
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · 5d
Barça Femení is absurdly fun
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · 5d
It fits my personal experience: my wife sacrificed a lot of her professional career (and earnings) when she moved with me after my PhD.
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 5d
We just spent 6 months to add 1 figure to this paper. Some people said, "Couples aren't prioritizing men's careers. Men just have better earnings opportunities when moving."

Earnings effects of moves for couples on the left, singles on the right. Negligible gap between single men and women.
Event study coefficients that show that men's earnings rise more than women's among couples following a cross-commuting zone move (left panels). The pattern is muted or reverses among single men and single women (right panels).
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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 5d
(1) banger
(2) i wish non-economists would realise just how much time each economics paper takes to write (because of our norms about how thorough each paper has to be)
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 5d
We just spent 6 months to add 1 figure to this paper. Some people said, "Couples aren't prioritizing men's careers. Men just have better earnings opportunities when moving."

Earnings effects of moves for couples on the left, singles on the right. Negligible gap between single men and women.
Event study coefficients that show that men's earnings rise more than women's among couples following a cross-commuting zone move (left panels). The pattern is muted or reverses among single men and single women (right panels).
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