Olivier Godechot

My today's Substack.

Very pleased that our local projections dif-in-dif paper is now out in the Journal of Applied Econometrics. Joint with @dgirardi.bsky.social, Jorda, and Taylor.

It's a tool that we think many applied economists will find useful (indeed many already have).

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Immigrant–native pay gap driven by lack of access to high-paying jobs - Nature Data from nine European and North American countries reveal that the disparity in earnings between immigrants and natives is largely a result of segregation of immigrant workers into lower-paying jobs...

IN OTHER NEWS: check out our new COIN paper on immigrant--native pay gaps in advanced economies published in @nature.com this afternoon! Specifically, we study the relative contribution of within-job unequal pay vs between-job segregation to earnings disparities across immigrant generations. 1/9

The Opposite of Doom

Why is environmentalism class divided?

My new paper in The British Journal of Sociology maps attitudes to green issues in the social space of economic and cultural capital. Spoiler: it’s not just about being rich.

🧵https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-4446.13231

‘Render it unusable’: Israel’s mission of total urban destruction Bulldozers and explosives are flattening Gaza from the ground — what soldiers say is a systematic campaign to make the Strip unlivable.

‘Render it unusable’: Israel’s mission of total urban destruction - https://www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-total-urban-destruction/

Le fil invisible du capital Ulysse Lojkine (postdoctorant CRIS & AxPo). Présentation de l'ouvrage

You feel exploited... but it's not very visible. @ulojkine.bsky.social unveils its roots in Le fil invisible du capital/ The Invisible Thread of Capital, his new book on cutting edges theories of exploitation (100% Marx & neoclassics compatible). May 19th, 1 PM. www.sciencespo.fr/cris/fr/even...

Après les camps : les trajectoires de vie des rescapés revenus en France Présentation des résultats d’une étude portant sur les parcours de vie de 625 survivants des camps de concentration.

theconversation.com/apres-les-ca...

Et combien au féminin générique italisé....?
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Donald Trump's tariffs vs Lehman Brothers' default, which will produce biggest Krach ?

Curtis Yarvin, idéologue du trumpisme et de la fin de la démocratie Curtis Yarvin est la figure intellectuelle de la galaxie trumpiste. Son projet « néoréactionnaire » veut en finir avec l’idée démocratique et propose de structurer le gouvernement comme une entreprise...

L'accélérationisme au pouvoir : theconversation.com/curtis-yarvi...

Is a new version of our WID WP worth a long thread? Let's keep it short: "Rapid earnings growth in finance concentrates top earnings in a few large cities" is here: wid.world/document/fin...
In short: financial boom changes the urban wage premium structure.
With @realnilsneumann.bsky.social et al.

Top earners are increasingly isolated at work – here’s why it matters Workers and executives are often segregated by income.

Thanks to Marta Elvira, we added a sequel in the conversation to the great separation paper : theconversation.com/top-earners-...

Vote RN et racialisation de la solidarité Le welfare chauvinism, « chauvinisme du bien-être », désigne la tendance à soutenir les politiques sociales sous condition que celles-ci soient réservées aux seuls nationaux. Jusqu'à quel point cette ...

Il faut lire ce papier d'utilité publique (et sociologique) de Félicien Faury pour @laviedesidees.bsky.social 👇

laviedesidees.fr/Vote-RN-et-r...

While it's interesting to think with, it does not mean I agree with this analysis (nor with the policy).

Opinion | 5 things people get wrong about Trump and Ukraine President Trump wants a good deal for Ukraine, despite what skeptics think.

Interesting exercise in Trumpology by a conservative commentator, which gives some kind of rationale to the chaos. The limit of this exercise is that the level of contradictions in Trump's talks is so high that it allows whatever kind of rationalization.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Squid Game Season 3 (now in DC!).

Fired by a super sophicated AI doing as complex things as search for "probationary"...

Cela semble absurde, et j’ai été choqué la première fois que je l’ai compris, mais la France – il n'y a pas d'autre mot – est bien un paradis fiscal pour milliardaire

Explications détaillées 🧵

Transparency and criticisms for thee, not for me.
DeepSeek searches:

Appel à candidatures pour un contrat doctoral à Sciences Po en évaluation des politiques publiques (LIEPP) ContexteLe Laboratoire interdisciplinaire d’évaluation des politiques publiques (LIEPP), plateforme de recherche de Sciences Po, lance un appel à candidatures pour un contrat doctoral en Évaluation de...

📣 Appel à candidatures pour un contrat doctoral à Sciences Po en évaluation des politiques publiques (LIEPP)

www.sciencespo.fr/ecole-recher...

The thing about rich bosses Wealthy managers are increasingly isolated from the less well-off at work and that’s not good news

Our AJS paper, The Great Separation, featured in the Financial Times (for those who have access) : www.ft.com/content/05e1...

South Korea’s impeached president detained over martial law gambit Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing insurrection charges after his effort to impose martial law last month, becomes the first South Korean president to be detained while in office.

Well done, CIO. Now on your list you have presidents Trump and Poutine.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

AxPo Postdoc call. Deadline approaching!

📣 The Centre for Research on Social Inequalities (CRIS) at the Sciences Po, Paris, is hiring an Assistant Professor focussing on digital inequalities (application by 15 March).

Feel free to get in touch if you have questions.

www.sciencespo.fr/osc/en/conte...

« Il est impossible d’ignorer les similitudes entre les contextes politiques sud-coréens et français » TRIBUNE. La tentative de coup d’Etat en Corée du Sud, permise par l’inscription de la loi martiale dans la Constitution, a pu être défaite parce que le texte permettant une dictature temporaire donne ...

South Korean democracy better protected than French one : www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Four Singularities for Research The rise of AI is creating both crisis and opportunity

Relatedly, some thoughts about how AI is changing academic research (written before NotebookLM and o1/o3) www.oneusefulthing.org/p/four-singu...

Now the Constitutional Court must certify, BUT the president's powers are paused until they make a decision

Speaker declares end of session

To the people: "We hope you can all return to your interrupted lives"

YAY: 204

NAY: 85

ABSTAIN: 3

INVALID: 8

(12 defections from conservative party)

Israeli historian produces vast database of war crimes in Gaza Lee Mordechai says his country is committing genocide, as his report documents a wide range of atrocities committed by Israeli forces

“Mordechai’s compendium details the killing of children by Israeli soldiers, the murder of entire families, the starvation and shooting of civilians, tanks running over prisoners and corpses, and much more.”

www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli...