“The benefits of immigration really come from occupational specialization,” said Ethan Lewis, an associate professor of economics at Dartmouth College. “Immigrants who are relatively concentrated in less interactive and more manual jobs free up natives to specialize in what they are relatively good at, which are communication-intensive jobs.”
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'Britain is fast becoming the sick man of Europe' – experts debate Brexit data
Andrew Levin was recently quoted in a Bloomberg story about the economy.
Above: Costas Arkolakis, and Treb Allen
See the details for their project right here
The National Science Foundation has given an award to Treb Allen for the...
[more]Middle class may be doing better than the numbers suggest- false notion that wages are falling or flat
Op-ed by Robert Samuelson about Bruce Sacerdote’s study on “FIFTY YEARS OF GROWTH IN AMERICAN CONSUMPTION, INCOME, AND WAGES” (published as an NBER working paper), ran in April 11th 2017 edition of The Washington Post. (This is the second outlet to cover the study, as Bloomberg also covered this).
Andrew's comments on how it’s hard to track tax changes may spur economic growth for countries are included in this post on April 5th, 2017.
Numerous outlets such as Vox, Quartz, The Wa Post, and National Public Radio are still often quoting Doug as a solid source on global trade.
Douglas Irwin is the John Sloan Dickey Third Century Professor in the Social Sciences in the Department of Economics at Dartmouth College.
FALL 2017 Econ 78-Fed Challenge Info Session 5:30pm Wed. April 5th in Rockefeller 2