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VoxTalks Economics

Learn about groundbreaking new research, commentary and policy ideas from the world"s leading economists. Presented by Tim Phillips.

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18:44

S4 Ep32: How Craigslist killed local news

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/08/06

Remember when your local newspaper was filled with classified advertising? Once, three-line ads for lonely hearts and used cars for sale were a guaranteed source of revenue. Then Craigslist replaced classifieds in the US, and the result, Ruben Durante tells Tim Phillips, has been less political reporting and more partisan polarisation.

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18:43

S4 Ep31: Covid's effect on inequality

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/07/30

Jonathan Ostry of the IMF has investigated a century of pandemics and discovered that not only do they make our societies less equal, but they lead to a K-shaped recovery. He tells Tim Phillips that, unlike other crises, pandemics open a permanent gap between winners and losers. Ungated paper at https://cepr.online/DP16122

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17:42

S4 Ep30: Does economics do enough race-related research?

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/07/23

Imran Rasul tells Tim Phillips about new research that shows the fraction of published economics research devoted to the causes and consequences of racial inequality is much smaller than in political science or sociology - and that this inequality has been getting worse.

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13:24

S4 Ep29: A cure for Friday morning fever

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/07/16

People everywhere sometimes pretend to be sick on a Friday because a day off work means a three-day weekend. In Italy, sick workers may now get a surprise home visit from the doctor. Tito Boeri tells Tim Phillips how effective this has been as a cure for "Friday morning fever".

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16:31

S4 Ep28: What makes children lie?

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/07/09

If some kids lie a little, and some lie a lot, is that just the way they are, or can we increase a child’s honesty in day-to-day life? Johannes Abeler tells Tim Phillips about how mentors can create lasting behaviour change. The paper discussed is: Abeler, J, Falk, A and Kosse, F. 2021. 'Malleability of preferences for honesty'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=16164

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19:05

S4 Ep27: Why mums return to work

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/07/02

Do cultural norms determine whether women go back to work after having a child? And if culture changes, does their behaviour change too? Anna Raute and Uta Schӧnberg tell Tim Phillips how the reunification of Germany provided unique data. The paper discussed is: Boelmann, B, Raute, A and Schӧnberg, U. 2021. 'Wind of Change? Cultural Determinants of Maternal Labor Supply'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=16149

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19:04

S4 Ep26: Whatever happened to the 15-hour work week?

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/06/25

John Maynard Keynes famously predicted that no one would need to work for more than three hours a day by 2030. How did he get it so wrong? Nick Crafts tells Tim Phillips that, in one way, Keynes has underestimated the change in our work-life balance.

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20:03

S4 Ep25: Capitalism after Covid

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/06/16

What's the future of capitalism? Luis Garicano asked this question to 21 of his fellow economists, and this week the interviews are published as a CEPR ebook. He tells Tim Phillips that Covid-19 may inspire us "to rethink everything we are doing". You can download the new CEPR Press eBook 'Capitalism after Covid: Conversations with 21 economists' here

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S4 Ep24: Populism in Latin America

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/06/11

Latin America has a long history of populist government. New research by Antonio Spilimbergo quantifies the consequences of populism for the region's institutions and economies.

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S4 Ep23: Turning competition research into...

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/06/08

The CEPR's Research Policy Network on competition policy (cepr.online/competition) launches this week. In the first of two special podcasts on the topic, Greg Crawford and Cristina Caffarra tell Tim Phillips why it is so important to have this debate now, and how academics can use the RPN to connect their research to real-world policy. You can find out more about and register for the event on June 17th 2021 here: Privacy & Antitrust: "Integration", not just "Intersection"

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17:13

S4 Ep22: How central banks saved us from Covid-19

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/06/03

How well has monetary policy coped with the challenge of Covid-19?Central banks get good grades in a new VoxEU ebook. But Bill English and Angel Ubide warn Tim Phillips that success today may lead to problems in future.

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15:33

S4 Ep21: Twitter changes how the media reports conflict

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/05/28

Every day we can see harrowing mobile phone footage from conflict zones, shot by civilians, on the TV news. Ekaterina Zhuravskaya tells Tim Phillips that data from the Israel-Palestine conflict suggests social media has changed the tone of what traditional media reports.

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13:38

S4 Ep20: The financial system and climate risk

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/05/25

The latest Barcelona Report from the CEPR discusses how central banks and asset managers should manage climate and natural disaster risks. Xavier Vives tells Tim Phillips what the report has to say about mandates, hedging and resilience.

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S4 Ep19: Are socially responsible banks more resilient?

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/05/21

ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance – measures of bank performance are getting a lot of attention from shareholders and policymakers. But might more investment in ESG make banks less resilient? Thomas Gehrig tells Tim Phillips what the first research on this topic reveals.

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S4 Ep18: Parental age and child health

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/05/07

As more of us wait to have children, more of us also worry if that's best for the health of our babies. Empirical evidence has been inconclusive so far but, based on new evidence, Hans Hvide tells Tim Phillips that this might be a problem with the way the research has been done.

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18:38

S4 Ep17: Making sense of the US-China trade war

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/04/30

If you had trouble in the last four years keeping up with what was happening in the trade war, you're not alone. Chad Bown tell Tim Phillips about his new paper that explains what happened, when, what it meant - and what happens next.

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15:28

S4 Ep16: The problems of digital trade

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/04/27

An increasing amount of trade is digital, but trade negotiations are bogged down by arguments over how to regulate it. A new VoxEU ebook investigates what gets in the way of digital trade, and editors Ingo Borchert and Alan Winters tell Tim Phillips what we can do to make it work better.

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12:42

S4 Ep15: Covid-19 is reshaping European economic policy

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/04/23

Europe has struggled through two crises in the last decade, but this time its response has been much more decisive and ambitious. George Papaconstantinou tells Tim Phillips why Covid-19 may be the catalyst for deeper EU integration. You can download CEPR Policy Insight 109: Reshaping economic policy in the EU in the post-Covid world, by Marco Buti and George Papaconstantinou, here

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21:43

S4 Ep14: Discovering history's notable people

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/04/16

Can we create a database of everyone in history? What would it tell us about who we consider to be important? Etienne Wasmer, Morgane Laouenan, and Arash Nekoei tell Tim Phillips about what their projects tell us.

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21:07

S4 Ep13: Inequality beyond GDP

VoxTalks Economics ·

2021/04/02

We measure inequality using income as a proxy for welfare. But are we mixing up "doing well" with "being well"? Leandro Prados de la Escosura thinks so, and his research contradicts much of what we think we know about the long-run trends in inequality.

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