Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Happiness peaks when power is local but the bill is national. @lago_penas21820, @crisdegispert, @nboschroca & @MaiteVilalta write in Publius that #decentralisation delights most when it’s fiscal theatre: services from below, money from above. doi.org/10.1093/publiu…

Beneath the glamorous surface of “Made in Italy” lies a disquieting truth. @dariadenti & @IammarinoSimona find that forced #labour is far more prevalent that imagined. #Italy has a geography of exploitation where race is not the sole or even primary axis. doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lb…

Where others see periphery, many see potential. According to Korsgaard, @wbgartner, @DomenicoDenton2, Tillmar & @JohanGaddefors in @ERD_IntJournal, #rural areas can use local entrepreneurship and cooperative ingenuity to turn ‘nothing’ into novel markets. doi.org/10.1080/089856…

As the #EU drifts into discontent, it eyes dismantling its main tool for development & the one policy that binds its parts. Cohesion is the scaffolding of the idea of #Europe & the key to unlocking the continent’s untapped potential ec.europa.eu/regional_polic… doi.org/10.1080/001300…

#AI is the miracle crop that only select fields can grow. @MarkMuro1 & @shriyared find that two Bay cities bag 13 % of #US AI hiring. They classify America into superstars and also-rans, revealing stark adoption gaps. Investment beyond the coasts is needed brookings.edu/articles/mappi…

Regional AI readiness matters for U.S. ec gains, both nationally and locally. Here’s how it varies. New from @BrookingsInst @BrookingsMetro brookings.edu/articles/mappi… @erikbryn @straightedge @rodriguez_pose @sj_manning @drturnerlee @RiseOfRest

Cohesion once let regions set their future; the new budget folds #Cohesion into a packed mega-envelope. Empowerment & democracy are swapped for compliance. When one in three voters flirts with Euroscepticism, this is political arson commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-p… doi.org/10.1080/001300…

The places deemed ‘left behind’ are neither uniform nor easily defined. Behind the easy narratives of #rural decay & #urban success lies a subtler, more fractured reality. Martínez de Vega, Díaz-Dapena & Vinuela lay it bare in @RSPP_RSAI : doi.org/10.1016/j.rspp…

The #pandemic redrew the #migration map of #Germany. @PaulaPrenzel & Tomczyk’s new paper in @ReviewRegional finds that, post-2020, migrants have favoured roomier, quieter places. #Covid nudged migrants away from big cities toward space and affordability. doi.org/10.1007/s10037…

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#Coal may be gone from the #Rhondda and #Cynon valleys in #Wales, but the ethic of solidarity it forged still decides which #regeneration projects flourish and which fail, argue Emma Halford, Robert Huggins and Richard Gale in Geoforum. doi.org/10.1016/j.geof…

The map of #Italy is not just one of wealth but of gratitude. @GMonturano, @GiulianoResce & @GiuliaSonzogno’s research in Socio-Economic Review finds Citizenship Income drew southern cheers but northern suspicion. Even the returns of policy obey #geography doi.org/10.1093/ser/mw…

Tuve el privilegio de dar una plenaria en #Barranquilla, donde lo local dista mucho de ser provinciano. El Foro de Desarrollo Local de la @OCDE tuvo escala global, con grandes ideas. Prueba de que el cambio empieza allí dónde existe la ambición de exigirlo. #OCDEinBarranquilla

Had the privilege of giving a plenary in #Barranquilla, where the local is anything but parochial. The @OECD Local Development Forum felt global in scale, yet intimate in exchange. Proof that change begins in places with the ambition to demand it. #OCDEBarranquilla

Great, evidence-based advice, as usual by @MarkMuro1. If economic realities are ignored and discontent is simply attributed to social media echo-chambers, we will never be able to heal the current fragmentation within society.

Delighted to help @tejparikh90 explain America's ec divides in @FT Notwithstanding culture wars Red and Blue America continue to represent "fundamentally contrasting economies" @rodriguez_pose @rpuentes @BrookingsInst @EJDionne @aaronzitner @gbenga_ajilore @Jacob_S_Hacker

Celebrating Ron Boschma: Vautrin Lud laureate and now now reigning atop the #IDEAS #RePEc economists' ranking as the world's top economic geographer. Excellence & resilience in life arise from close, creative alliances, leading to both lasting friendships & academic triumphs.

#Discontent is local. French communes that trail their neighbours have rebelled at the polls. @taniafgar, Gutierrez-Posada, Rubiera Morollón & Torre in Spatial Economic Analysis show 2022 backing for Marine Le Pen rises with local relative poverty. doi.org/10.1080/174217…

#Europe’s single market runs on two gears: #cities in pole position, hinterlands idling. As @MartinaPardy and I show in Growth & Change, intra-#EU #trade widens regional gaps; global exports don’t. Openness needs inclusion, or the economic engine grinds. doi.org/10.1111/grow.7…

📢 New from the OECD’s Fiscal Network: 💸 Can equalisation deliver fairness and fiscal restraint in tough times? 🧩 This paper unpacks how countries are reforming transfers to stay equitable, efficient & resilient under pressure. 📊 Design matters. Incentives matter. Institutions…