Andreas Beerli

Knowledge spillovers are key to growth but hard to estimate. Randomly giving out energy-efficient motors to leather-goods firms in Bangladesh led to strong local spillovers, from Ritam Chaurey, Gaurav Nayyar, Siddharth Sharma, and @ericverhoogen.bsky.social https://www.nber.org/papers/w34296

Spezielle Assistenz für Taubblinde - ZIB 1 vom 27.09.2025 In Österreich werden erstmals speziell ausgebildete Assistentinnen und Assistenten für taub-blinde Menschen eingesetzt. Rund 2000 Betroffene können entweder kaum oder gar nicht hören und sehen. Um ihn...

Wie Begleitung durch qualifizierte Assistent:innen das Leben von #taubblinden Menschen, die gar nicht oder kaum sehen und hören können, positiv verändert. Mein Beitrag in der #Zib1 1/2 on.orf.at/video/142930...

Over the last century, many democracies have started down the road to autocracy.

Some managed to turn around. What did these 'U-turns' have in common?

Political economist @marinanord.bsky.social & colleagues' conclusions are clear and succinct.

Full research summary: www.v-dem.net/media/public...

The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of skin cancer More sun might improve your heart and immune system. Just don’t get sunburnt

Some researchers are calling on public-health experts to tone down the emphasis on avoiding the sun, and to acknowledge that the risks and benefits of exposure differ between those with lighter or darker skin

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.

Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

Tweet From Obama mentioning my firing from the Washington post. Wirh a photo of me

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.

His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.

Now he is tweeting in support of me.

This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.

Or used to work.

Reducing access to abortions ...

- increases families' economic hardship,
- increases families' debt,
- increases income inequality,
- increases housing insecurity, and
- increases financially motivated crime rates.

Great chart from WaPo. Print it out.

Next time someone says EU carmakers are doomed because Tesla was born in a garage and embodies US business acumen they can’t match, remind them the story is incomplete.

Musk’s rise was fuelled by $38 billion in gov contracts, loans, subsidies & tax credits.

This is such a great idea/service!! Have Brendan-bot give you pre-submission comments on your paper!

The untold story of Bolsonaro’s weird and wild coup attempt How Brazil’s ex-president and his cronies tried to take down democracy

Jair Bolsonaro shut himself away in Brazil’s presidential palace for 40 days after he lost the 2022 election. 1843 uncovers what his advisors were plotting behind closed doors

Thread:

1/ What explains the rising prevalence of disability in the US?

Over the past years, we've seen the share of over-16 Americans with a disability rise by ~1 percentage point, according to the Current Population Survey.

Most of this increase has come in the last few years.

Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.

Just in time as tariffs on Switzerland bite high end chocolate
#econsky #chocolate
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/08/choc...

Die Schweiz ist Weltmeisterin bei Immobilienschulden. Ändert die Abschaffung des Eigenmietwerts etwas daran? Laut dem Bundesrat wäre ein Systemwechsel bei der Besteuerung von Wohneigentum gut für die Finanzstabilität. Doch das Argument steht auf wackeligen Beinen.

"Werden Häuser noch teurer?", fragt der Tagi bezüglich #Eigenmietwert.
Meine Antwort: Selbstverständlich.
Wenn man Steuern senkt auf ein inelastisch angebotenes Gut, dann steigt dessen Marktpreis.
Wie stark wäre der Preisschub?
Eine grobe Schätzung.
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www.tagesanzeiger.ch/eigenmietwer...

High priests: why scientists gave magic mushrooms to the clergy An experiment looked at how religious folk responded to psychedelic drugs

An experimental study investigated how “the effects of psilocybin”—the active ingredient in magic mushrooms—“are experienced and interpreted by religious clergy”. Here’s what they found

A seismic shift occurred in age-wealth profiles in the US over 1983-2022 with a sharp rise in the relative wealth of age group 75 and over and declines of all other age groups, from Edward N. Wolff https://www.nber.org/papers/w34131

Ideological Bias in Estimates of the Impact of Immigration Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

I take no pleasure in reporting that social scientists' conclusions regarding the effect of immigration on support for the welfare state, based on the exact same data, are affected by their own political beliefs about immigration. Wild experiment by Nate Breznau et al. www.nber.org/papers/w33274

Excited to have this WP out!

We use a real-stakes survey experiment to measure misperceptions about air pollution/health impacts & test whether updating beliefs changes WTP for clean air

We find large misperceptions, but not strong evidence that rectifying these would close Black-White WTP gaps

Grandparents are the reserve army of society Those undertaking the formidable work of second parenthood often go unrecognised

This title is well put! But do not forget that not everyone has grandparents available.

"Grandparents are the reserve army of society"

www.ft.com/content/ca30...

The shutdown of ocean currents could freeze Europe When climate change poses a strategic threat, it needs a strategic response

The collapse of a critical climate system could mean a sudden, severe cooling in Europe—even as the rest of the world keeps warming. We explain what this devastating scenario would look like

Core goods inflation has been mainly supply-driven since January 2025. (Meaning prices up sales down)

The 39% tariff on Swiss Exports to the U.S. - Expert analysis The newly imposed US tariffs are expected to substantially affect Swiss exporters and drive up consumer prices in the United States. Fabrizio Colella, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics a...

🇺🇸🇨🇭 A 39% US tariff on Swiss exports: what does it mean for Switzerland?
@fabricolella.bsky.social (‪@usiidep.bsky.social‬) with ‪@rlalive.bsky.social‬ & S. Schroeter (UNIL‬) examine the impact on cantons & firms, and discuss possible policy responses about it.
Read more: www.eco.usi.ch/en/feeds/9993

Look at how parenthood imposes a greater mental health burden on mothers than on fathers!

"[Parenthood] creates a long-run gender gap in antidepressant prescriptions of about 93.2% ([in] Austria) and 64.8% ([in] Denmark)."

Trump's nominee for BLS commissioner, EJ Antoni, is disastrously terrible. He's a 1200%, 1300% maybe 1400% in-the-tank Trumper, with few credentials beyond a history of misrepresenting or misunderstanding economic statistics. He has shown no commitment to truth
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Look at how Trump's tariffs are affecting retail prices.

This is the premier economics conference in the subfield of immigration to high-income countries. #EconConf #EconSky

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:

"The impact of economic opportunity on criminal behavior: Evidence from the fracking boom"

By @brittanystreet.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#econsky #publiceconomics

In einer Grafik aktuell (@iabnews.bsky.social) zeigen Florian Zimmermann und ich, dass Betriebe mit Betriebs- oder Personalräten im Durchschnitt häufiger familienfreundliche Maßnahmen anbieten: iab-forum.de/graphs/in-be...