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How is AI reshaping the economy? 🤖📈 @AnthropicAI is partnering with UChicago’s Becker Friedman Institute to deepen research on AI’s impact on labor markets, productivity & policy. 🔗 Read more here: ow.ly/baYC50WujWJ #EconTwitter #AI

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: Prof. Fabrizio Zilibotti (@YaleEconomics) delves into “Creative Destruction and Distance to Frontier: Implications for Emerging Economies"—exploring how firm dynamics shapes economic growth in developing nations. #DevelopingEconomies

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: @PennyG_Yale introduces “The Global Gender Distortions Index”—showing how the GGDI helps pinpoint and measure hidden barriers for understanding gender gaps in labor markets. @YaleEGC #GenderEconomics

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: @IndermitGill, Chief Economist of the @WorldBank, discusses the “Middle Income Trap”—highlighting how developing economies can break stagnation and achieve real growth. #MiddleIncomeTrap

#GrowthAcademy25: Day 1 ended with a fireside discussion with HE @BAlkhorayef, Minister of Industry & Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia, @ufukakcigit of @UChi_Economics and @SomikCities of @worldbank. Key insights on industry and regional development.  Follow for Day 2 updates!

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: @UncertainLars (@UChi_Economics) examines “Uncertainty, Social Valuation, and Climate Change Policy”—a deep dive into how different types of uncertainty shape the sense of urgency and direction of climate action. #Uncertainty

HE @BAlkhorayef reflects on his visit to @UChicago and the #GrowthAcademy25 (original post in Arabic):

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: @heckmanequation (@UChi_Economics) presents on global fertility trends. Key insights on family, education, and economic opportunity. #HumanDevelopment

#GrowthAcademy25 Day 2 ended with @Furkan_Kilic (@UChi_Economics), Christian Posso (@cpossosu) (@BancoRepublica) and Seyit Mümin Cilasun (@TED_Uni) sharing insights from a research collaboration that began at the inaugural Growth Academy in 2024. #EconomicResearch

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: @Susan_Athey (@StanfordGSB) explores AI's applications for economies as well as timely policy responses to AI's labor market disruptions in her lecture “AI and The New Economy”. #AIPolicy

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: @BrentNeiman (@ChicagoBooth) unpacks "Global Capital Allocation" and the forces that define “who owns what” around the world. #GlobalCapital

Textbooks shape how kids see the world.📚 @HarrisPolicy's @aadukia uses AI to uncover surprising patterns across public, private, and homeschool curricula—from evolution to gender roles. 🎙️🎧 Listen now on the latest episode of The Pie: ow.ly/BQu550WtqhW

Using algorithms in pretrial release, medical testing referrals, and workplace safety inspections can yield major benefits—and ultimately pay for themselves over time. Research brief by @jensottoludwig, @m_sendhil, and @asheshrambachan. ow.ly/9uPk50WsSN1

Read more about how #inflation made the labor market appear 🔥 (Research via @Columbia_Biz's Hassan Afrouzi, Andrés Blanco of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, @DrenikAndres of @UTAustinEcon, and @ChicagoBooth’s Erik Hurst) ms.spr.ly/6010s6e5u

The paper on Medicaid and mortality by Bruce D. Meyer and Angela Wyse continues to inform the discussion on the Big Beautiful Bill – including in this new article from @reason: har.rs/3IBVlTZ

The #GrowthAcademy25 conference is officially underway! @ufukakcigit and @SomikCities just launched Day 1 with inspiring opening remarks. Follow along right here for live updates, key insights, and standout moments from speakers throughout the week.

LIVE at #GrowthAcademy25: @PAghion shares insights on the “Economics of Creative Destruction”—how the dynamic force of innovation can address countries’ biggest challenges. Can new ideas spark real change? #Innovation

Citizen engagement via social media enhances regulatory enforcement and lowers pollution levels—highlighting the impact of public participation on environmental governance. Research from Michael Greenstone, @verda_dao, and co-authors: ow.ly/LnQz50WsIXG

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🏙️ High-paying jobs cluster in big cities, raising wages but also inequality. Yet over time, all urban workers tend to benefit—thanks to steeper career ladders and stronger growth paths. Research from Saieh Family Fellow @Hugo_Lhu. ow.ly/Ry1250Wrwnu