Best Clementine Van Effenterre Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 36: Trade and Foreign Labor -- with Mathilde Muñoz 33:46

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In this episode, Mathilde studies whether jobs supplied locally are protected from globalization and how trade liberalization interacts with labor market regulations and affects wage inequality. Working Paper: “International Trade Responses to Labor Market Regulations” Most recent version (February 2023): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tuVIbzn9Qb…

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Episode 35: Gender Inequality in Peruvian Trade -- with Pamela Medina Quispe 23:15

1y ago23:15

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In this episode, Pamela Medina Quispe explores the idea that trade liberalization in Peru negatively impacts women’s participation in the labor market. She points to the increasing presence of the manufacturing industry as a force which is pushing women into an unstable, informal sector. Working Paper: "When Women's Work Disappears: Marriage and Fe…

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Episode 34: The Effects of Trade on Wages -- with Mayara Felix 23:10

1y ago23:10

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Does trade reduce wages? Why? In this episode, Mayara Felix considers the impact of trade liberalization on workers’ wages, and their ability to find gainful employment. Using the example of Brazil, Mayara argues that trade affects a key economic variable: labor market concentration, and explores its consequences on wage inequality. Working Paper: …

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Episode 33: Intergenerational Trauma in the Antilles -- with Marie Beigelman 27:46

1+ y ago27:46

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In this episode, Marie Beigelman speaks about the intergenerational traumas and economic gaps borne of slavery and forced labors in the Caribbean—Guadeloupe and Martinique, specifically. She tells us about her ongoing research exploring the effects of slavery on family units’ development and access to economic opportunity. Working Paper: “Intergene…

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Episode 32: Persistent Economic Inequality in China -- with Marlon Seror 20:37

1+ y ago20:37

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In this episode, Marlon Seror explores how one of the most radical social transformations in recent human history affected economic inequality in China. He demonstrates that inequality persisted despite two revolutions in the same century. Working Paper: “Persistence Despite Revolutions”, with Alberto Alesina, David Y. Yang, Yang You and Weihong Ze…

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Episode 31: How Air Pollution Creates Economic Inequality – with Jonathan Colmer 25:26

1+ y ago25:26

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In this episode, Jonathan Colmer explores the intergenerational effects of environmental pollution on economic opportunity. He tells us about his work as co-founder of the Environmental Inequality Lab where he uses census data to determine the link between exposure to air pollution pre-birth and in early childhood of an individual and the economic …

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Episode 30: The Gender Ask Gap -- with Nina Roussille 19:17

1+ y ago19:17

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Over the past few decades, the raw gender pay gap in the U.S. has decreased significantly. Nonetheless, the residual pay gap, or the chunk of the pay gap that cannot be explained by gender differences, remains the same. Meanwhile, there is extensive research showing that women continue to have lower salary expectations than men - a fact that raises…

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Episode 29: The Minority Trap -- with Xiaoyue Shan 24:37

2y ago24:37

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In this episode, Xiaoyue Shan discusses her research on the ways in which minority status causes women to leave male-dominated fields. She tells us about a field experiment as part of which she examined how gender impacted dropout rates in an introductory economics course, and how she found that female students with higher math achievement and acad…

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Episode 28: Female-Friendly Jobs: the Power of Unions -- with Lorenzo Lagos 23:56

2y ago23:56

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In recent decades, gender-based discrimination in the workplace has become a symbol of women’s fight for equality. In parallel, the role of unions in supporting underrepresented workers has grown into an unmatched tool to address inequity and intolerance. In this episode, Lorenzo Lagos tells us about his ongoing work on the power of unions in creat…

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Season 3 Trailer: The Gender Inequality Series 0:44

2y ago0:44

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Starting Wednesday, September 14th, InequaliTalks is starting its first spotlight series. To begin, we will be looking at gender inequality and interviewing three scholars whose research looks at the intersection of economics and patterns of gender inequality: Lorenzo Lagos, Xiaoyue Shan and Nina Roussille. Make sure to tune in!…

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Episode 26: What happens when big companies increase wages? -- with Ellora Derenoncourt 25:46

2+ y ago25:46

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In recent years, decreasing federal minimum wage, low unionization rates and growing outsourcing trends have had some important effects on wage growth in the US low wage sector. As major firms throughout the world come under scrutiny for their failure to compensate their workers fairly, it is becoming increasingly necessary to better understand wha…

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Episode 25: Carbon Tax Aversion -- with Thomas Douenne 18:58

2+ y ago18:58

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How do beliefs shape and determine our attitudes towards policies? In this episode, Thomas Douenne looks at carbon taxation in the context of the Yellow Vest Movement, and how French people rejected a tax & dividend policy which they assumed would negatively impact their purchasing power. Working Paper: “Yellow Vests, Pessimistic Beliefs and Carbon…

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Episode 24: Housing and Racial Discrimination -- with Aradhya Sood 14:30

2+ y ago14:30

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What are racial covenants? How do they target specific ethnic and religious minorities? And how do they affect present-day economic outcomes? In this episode, Aradhya Sood tells us about her research on the prevalence of racially-restrictive covenants during the early-to-mid 20th century, and how these contracts continue to impact house prices and …

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Episode 23: Outsourcing and Inequality -- with Adrien Bilal 22:05

2+ y ago22:05

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In recent decades, firms' decision to rely on contract labor over "in-house" workers has become increasingly prevalent. In this episode, Adrien Bilal tells us about his research on labor outsourcing and inequality in France. He explains that while domestic outsourcing may increase aggregate productivity, it nonetheless leads to oursourced workers s…

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Episode 22: Affirmative action in Brazil -- with Ana Paula Melo 24:53

2+ y ago24:53

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What is affirmative action? How can it increase the representation of under-privileged groups in a given field? And how might it play out in the higher education sector? In this episode, Ana Paula Melo talks to us about her research on the impact of affirmative action policies on the access to college in Brazil. She tells us about the benefits and …

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Episode 21: Systemic Discrimination -- with Evan K. Rose 25:50

2+ y ago25:50

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Evan K. Rose talks to us about his research on the relationship between human capital, company behavior and discrimination. Looking at the hiring procedures of over a hundred Fortune 500 firms across the US, Rose found that there were significant penalties for applicants belonging to gender and/or racial minorities. In this episode, Rose discusses …

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Episode 20: The Declining Worker Power Hypothesis -- with Anna Stansbury 25:19

2+ y ago25:19

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Why has wage inequality increased in the past 40 years in the United States? Why has corporate valuation skyrocketed? In this episode, Anna Stansbury presents her work with Larry Summers on how declining worker power better explains these recent trends in the American economy and what that means for inequality. Paper: “The Declining Worker Power Hy…

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Episode 19: What We Teach about Race and Gender -- with Anjali Adukia 21:22

3y ago21:22

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Books shape how children learn about society and the world. Analyzing over 1,100 award-winning children’s books, Anjali Adukia talks about what artificial intelligence (AI) tools can tell us about how race and gender are depicted to children. Paper: “What We Teach About Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books” (by A. …

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Episode 18: State Capacity, Taxation and Development -- with Augustin Bergeron 30:06

3y ago30:06

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Governments in the world’s poorest countries face important revenue constraints. The ability to collect taxes directly affects the quality of public services and infrastructures, and is thought to undermine economic growth. Augustin Bergeron walks us through 3 experiments he conducted in D.R. Congo to investigate how the architecture of tax collect…

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Episode 17: Obesity and Wealth -- with Elisa Macchi 14:32

3y ago14:32

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Can obesity signal wealth? In this episode, Elisa talks about the experiment she conducted in Uganda, in which she demonstrates that obese people are perceived as rich and that being obese facilitates access to credit. Paper: "Worth your weight? Experimental evidence on the benefits of obesity in low-income countries" by Elisa Macchi https://elisam…

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Episode 16: Keeping up with the Khans -- with Eve Colson-Sihra 18:02

3y ago18:02

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Does inequality affect our perception of necessity and luxury? Does it change our preferences for certain goods? And if yes, what are the impact in terms of malnutruition? Eve Colson-Sihra talks about the research she conducted with Clément Bellet on the impact of exposure to inequality on the perceived needs of the poor in India. Paper: "Does Ineq…

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Episode 15: Race, Place, Health -- with Diane Alexander 18:56

3+ y ago18:56

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Higher asthma rates are one of the more obvious ways that health inequalities between African American and other children are manifested beginning in early childhood. Diane Alexander talks about the research she conducted with Janet Currie on the impact of children's neighborhoods on the racial gap in respiratory diseases such as asthma. Paper: "Is…

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Episode 14: Top Immigrants -- with Felix Koenig 17:48

3+ y ago17:48

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Does immigration import inequality? Felix Koenig talks about his recent research on the contribution of migrants to the rise in UK top incomes, showing that immigrants make up a much larger proportion of the top of the income range than of the bottom. Paper: “Importing Inequality: Immigration and the Top 1%” by Arun Advani, Felix Koenig, Lorenzo Pe…

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Episode 13: Hurricanes and the City -- with Rhiannon Jerch 22:52

3+ y ago22:52

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Local governments are essential providers of public goods and services utilized by Americans every day. Extreme weather events can threaten the stability of local revenue sources and the ability of municipalities to provide essential goods and services. Rhiannon Jerch talks about her research with Matthew E. Kahn & Gary Lin in which they study what…

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Episode 12: Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice -- with Felix Owusu 30:23

3+ y ago30:23

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People of color are drastically overrepresented in Massachusetts state prisons. What happens at different stages of the criminal system, from charging and bail to adjudication and sentencing? Felix Owusu presents the work he conducted with The Criminal Justice Policy Program at Harvard Law School to explore the factors that lead to persistent racia…

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Episode 11: Can We Do Something about Tax Evasion? -- with Juliana Londoño-Vélez 24:57

3+ y ago24:57

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Progressive wealth taxes may be difficult to enforce if wealthy individuals underreport their wealth, but disclosure incentives and greater enforcement can improve tax collection. Juliana Londoño-Vélez presents her work with Javier Avila-Mahecha which uses rich administrative data from Colombia and leverages a government-designed program for volunt…

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Episode 10: Season 1 Final Episode -- with Thomas Piketty 16:58

3+ y ago16:58

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An (almost) unedited conversation with Thomas Piketty about his last book "Capital and Ideology" (2019). We talked about private property, slavery, colonialism, Haiti and arts. Book: "Capital and Ideology" by Thomas Piketty https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674980822 Recommendation: "La voluntad y la fortuna" (2008) by Carlos Fuentes…

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Episode 9: Minimum Wage and Racial Inequality -- with Claire Montialoux 23:10

3+ y ago23:10

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The earnings difference between white and Black workers fell dramatically in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Claire Montialoux, in a paper with Ellora Derenoncourt, shows that the expansion of the minimum wage played a critical role in this decline. Recommendation: "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Se…

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Episode 8: Are Female Surgeons Discriminated? -- with Heather Sarsons 20:09

3+ y ago20:09

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Does a person's gender influence the way we interpret information about his or her ability? Heather Sarsons tests this hypothesis in a unique setting using Medicare data on referrals from physicians to surgical specialists. She finds that the referring physicians view their patients' surgical outcomes differently depending on whether the surgeon is…

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Episode 7: Wealth Inequality and Housing -- with Clara Martínez-Toledano 14:54

3+ y ago14:54

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Housing is the main asset in most individual portfolios. The recent rise in private wealth with respect to national income has been mainly driven by capital gains on housing. How do house price cycles affect wealth inequality? Clara Martínez-Toledano explores the dynamics of wealth accumulation over forty years in Spain. Recommendations: "The Hidde…

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Episode 6: Does a Career in Science Pay? -- with Kadeem L. Noray 19:00

3+ y ago19:00

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STEM classes, especially computer science and engineering, are increasingly popular on college campuses, often because they are seen as offering better employment prospects and higher earnings. What happens to this early STEM pay premium in the long run? Kadeem Noray from Harvard talks about his research with David J. Deming on how changing job ski…

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Episode 5: Global Land Inequality -- with Yajna Govind 19:02

4y ago19:02

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Despite significant process of industrialization in developping countries across the world, agricultural land is still a vital resource for three out of four of the poorest billion individuals in the world. How does land ownership inequality vary across countries and regions of the world? How different is the picture if we account for land area and…

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Episode 4: Do Politicians Know about what Citizens Prefer? -- with Asad Liaqat 21:30

4y ago21:30

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Do politicians know enough about voters to adequately represent them? Are they responsive to new information about their constituency? How does it affect the representation of marginalized groups? Asad Liaqat presents the results of large experiment he conducted on politicians in Pakistan, and reveals large information asymmetries in politics. Reco…

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Episode 3: The Most Unequal Region -- with Lydia Assouad 21:31

4y ago21:31

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Lydia Assouad revisits the "Arab Inequality puzzle" : survey estimates suggest that inequality in the Middle East is not particularly high. In reality, the Middle East is the most unequal region in the world, with both enormous inequality between countries and large inequality within countries. Recommendations: Comics "Palestine" by Joe Saccohttps:…

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Episode 2: A Pandemic in a Globalized World -- with Alessandro Sforza 23:06

4y ago23:06

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What would have been the economic impact of COVID-19 in a less integrated world? Is trade openness a good or a bad thing to mitigate the shock of a pandemic? How can we quantify the welfare effect of such a large disruption in production? Alessandro Sforza explains why the economic effects of a pandemic crucially depend on the extend to which count…

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Episode 1: Why Does COVID-19 Affect Poor Households? -- with Michael Stepner 25:38

4y ago25:38

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the U.S economy at an incredibly rapid pace. Michael Stepner presents his most recent work with Opportunity Insights. Combining anonymized data from private companies, the Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker provides a real-time picture of how the economy is performing. How and where do people spend their money?…

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Episode 0: Introducing InequaliTalks 2:20

4y ago2:20

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Inequality is one of the most pressing issues in the public conversation. Economic research can help us find the tools to address it. Here is a quick taste of what's to come every second Wednesday. By Clémentine Van EffenterreBy Clémentine Van Effenterre

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