the way we think about is that historical borders limited mobility and this generated social networks with relatively few cross-border links. but all the legal/frontier barriers are gone in EU. so we want to est. a partial effect of borders conditional on the social network legacies. open to ideas.
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the way we think about is that historical borders limited mobility and this generated social networks with relatively few cross-border links. but all the legal/frontier barriers are gone in EU. so we want to est. a partial effect of borders conditional on the social network legacies. open to ideas.
These are good points to keep in mind. What would you suggest? The thing we want to estimate is the part of the border effect that government policy can reduce. There are no current regulations that limit cross-border friendship in Schengen EU.
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
These are good points to keep in mind. What would you suggest? The thing we want to estimate is the part of the border effect that government policy can reduce. There are no current regulations that limit cross-border friendship in Schengen EU.
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I would go back to X more often if you guaranteed lots of yelling at Matt Stoller.
September 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I would go back to X more often if you guaranteed lots of yelling at Matt Stoller.
Beauman is the son of Persephone Books founder Nicola Beauman and economist Christopher Beauman
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Beauman is the son of Persephone Books founder Nicola Beauman and economist Christopher Beauman
The study does not randomize birth control method. So I think it’s rather hard to control for selection effects.
September 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The study does not randomize birth control method. So I think it’s rather hard to control for selection effects.
Why is everything on the 45 line? Ostensibly 2 dimensions but de facto only one?
August 31, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Why is everything on the 45 line? Ostensibly 2 dimensions but de facto only one?
it's not for me to say what others should do with their careers, but economists thinking of quitting the Trump admin might want to time their departures to reinforce this collapse narrative.
August 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
it's not for me to say what others should do with their careers, but economists thinking of quitting the Trump admin might want to time their departures to reinforce this collapse narrative.