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Eric Verhoogen

@ericverhoogen.bsky.social
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Economist at Columbia (Econ & SIPA), studying firms & development. www.columbia.edu/~ev2124

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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This video short, from Jan 2025, has aged pretty well. Even if a deal with Canada is reached, the uncertainty that the tariff threats create is a real problem.
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is probably the leading conference in the "firms and development" space. Hope to see many of you there.
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Call for papers! 4th New Thinking in Industrial Policy Conference @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, Nov. 6, 2026. Conference page: cdep.sipa.columbia.edu/content/new-.... Submit here (deadline Sept. 14): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....
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New Thinking in Industrial Policy: Perspectives from Developed and Developing Countries | Center for Development Economics and Policy (CDEP)
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Dean Yang @deanyang.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Two days in, 2,671 development economists from 126 countries have joined @ideadevecon.bsky.social! @owenozier.bsky.social lays out why development economics needed a global home. Now on the @cgdev.org blog. Read it, then add your name: idea.devecon.org 🌍 www.cgdev.org/blog/introdu...
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Introducing IDEA—the International Development Economics Association
Labor economists have the Society of Labor Economists. Health economists have the International Health Economics Association. Economic historians have the Economic History Association. What about deve...
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
How many dev papers are RCTs, really? Years ago I did a relatively small-sample manual coding exercise; now with the aid of Claude code, I pulled published dev papers in top general-interest journals + JDE 2020-2025. The punchline: about 30% + stable #econtwitter #econsky
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
In what world is it okay for the Defense Secretary to make multi-million dollar investments in defense companies: a) Ever; b) In the run-up to starting a war in the Middle East FT has the scoop: www.ft.com/content/744e... In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
A nice @nber.org Digest summary of our findings on the employment impacts of the CHIPS Act is here: www.nber.org/digest?page=... Pdf of the print version here: www.nber.org/sites/defaul... @columbiasipa.bsky.social interview about the project here: www.sipa.columbia.edu/news/new-sip...
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The Digest
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Video of my talk about this chapter at the STEG 2026 Conference in Nairobi is here (from 1:56.00 to 2:52.30): www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEDi... I also discuss my new paper with Ritam Chaurey, Gaurav Nayyar, and Siddharth Sharma on learning spillovers in Bangladesh: www.columbia.edu/%7Eev2124/re...
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STEG Annual Conference 2026 Friday 9th January - Part 2
YouTube video by CEPR & VideoVox Economics
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
A @voxdev.bsky.social summary of our paper on quality upgrading in Colombian coffee (R&R at QJE!). Tl;dr: Quality premia (above minimum) are not passed through, so farmers don't make long-term investments. But a large buyer solved the problem, in part by making mills pay more for quality.
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
At @columbiasipa.bsky.social , we are hiring a Professor of Practice in Development Economics. JOE listing: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing..... We're looking for people with both research and policy experience. Feel free to reach out via DM or email (eric.verhoogen@columbia.edu) with questions.
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American Economic Association: JOE Listings - February 1, 2026 - July 31, 2026
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Learning spillovers between firms are widely seen as important but are hard to estimate cleanly. We ran an experiment with energy-efficient motors in the Dhaka leather-goods sector. Links to non-technical summary and video below. With Ritam Chaurey, Gaurav Nayyar, and Siddharth Sharma.
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Namur School of Economics @econunamur.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
📣📆 We are happy to announce our 2-day Summer school on Organizations in Developing Countries that will take place on June 24-25th. We will welcome two great keynotes: Manuel GARCÍA-SANTANA (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) and @ericverhoogen.bsky.social (Columbia University).
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
In today's blog, I discuss how countries can use sector-targeted skills development for industrial policy. This involves training workers in specific areas desired by industries you are targeting to develop. I give examples, caveats, lessons & note research gaps blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Sector-targeted Skills Development as Industrial Policy
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Yale Department of Economics @yaleeconomics.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
"This chapter takes stock of what has been learned from the recent micro-development literature about wedges." NEW in @nber.org by Lauren F. Bergquist, @ldaniall.bsky.social, and @ericverhoogen.bsky.social: nber.org/papers/w34756
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
New paper!
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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper! Lauren Falcao Bergquist, Danial Lashkari & @ericverhoogen.bsky.social analyze how microeconomic frictions and wedges distort resource allocation, with implications for productivity and economic efficiency. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
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Growth Research Platform @grp.cepr.org · 29/01/2026
📢 New free virtual course (PEDL x STEG) Private Enterprises, Productivity, and Economic Growth - starting 6 Feb 2026 When: Fridays, 15:30–17:00 (London time) Format: Virtual + recordings available 🔗 More info: grp.cepr.org/node/231 📝 Register here: cepr.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?...
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NBER @nber.org · 07/01/2026
Shedding early light on the effects of the CHIPS and Science Act on short-term employment, from Bilge Erten, Joseph E. Stiglitz, and @ericverhoogen.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34625
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ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
🆕 RFBerlin Discussion Paper! @bilgeerten.bsky.social, @josephestiglitz.bsky.social & @ericverhoogen.bsky.social analyze the employment impacts of the CHIPS Act, examining how industrial policy shapes job creation and labor-market adjustment. 🔗 www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
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NBER @nber.org · 05/01/2026
Studying whether returns to quality upgrading get passed through to primary agricultural producers finds that in Colombian coffee, the answer is mostly no, but sometimes yes, from Macchiavello, Miquel-Florensa, de Roux, @ericverhoogen.bsky.social, Bernasconi, and Farrell www.nber.org/papers/w34610
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
A quick (2 minute) video explainer of the main results of our Brookings paper on the employment effects of the CHIPS Act is here: www.youtube.com/shorts/BUY8g...
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Did the CHIPS Act lead to an increase in employment?
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
A stimulating conference! (Link to program: www.sbe.org.br/en/encontro/...) Highlights were presenting alongside @christianvolpem.bsky.social‬ and @emanuelornelas.bsky.social on export promotion, getting great feedback on Brazil minimum wages project -- and forro music at the conference party!
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
US Industrial policy underwent a revival under Biden. What have the effects been? @bilgeerten.bsky.social, @josephestiglitz.bsky.social , and I have a new @brookings.edu paper on employment effects of the CHIPS Act. We sat with @markmuro1.bsky.social to discuss. www.brookings.edu/articles/has...
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Has the CHIPS Act created jobs? | Brookings
The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 included funds for billions of dollars in federal investments in U.S.-based manufacturing, a major landmark in the history of America’s industrial policy. While the f...
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Looking forward to the @theigc.bsky.social / @yaleegc.bsky.social Firms/Trade/Development conference tomorrow and Saturday! Conference page is here: egc.yale.edu/events/2025/.... There's a virtual option.
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The Columbia New Thinking in Industrial Policy Conference is coming up Nov. 6-7. We have a great program lined up: cdep.sipa.columbia.edu/sites/cdep.s... Conference page: cdep.sipa.columbia.edu/content/new-... Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/18HK... Please register by Oct. 30.
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NBER @nber.org · 02/10/2025
Knowledge spillovers are key to growth but hard to estimate. Randomly giving out energy-efficient motors to leather-goods firms in Bangladesh led to strong local spillovers, from Ritam Chaurey, Gaurav Nayyar, Siddharth Sharma, and @ericverhoogen.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34296
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
It was a real pleasure to present at the @brookings.edu BPEA conference on Thursday, a new paper on the employment effects of the CHIPS Act in the US, with @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and @bilgeerten.bsky.social. Video, slides, and preliminary draft are here: www.brookings.edu/events/bpea-...
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BPEA Fall 2025 Conference | Brookings
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Submission deadline for the Columbia New Thinking in Industrial Policy Conference is this Friday, Sept. 12, 11:59pm ET. Congressman Ro Khanna (@khanna.house.gov) will be the keynote speaker. Send us your papers!
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Submission deadline is this Sunday.
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Submission deadline for this PEDL young scholars workshop (to take place the day before the Oct 24-25 @theigc.bsky.social/@yaleegc.bsky.social ‬Firms/Trade/Development conference) is Sept 7 (soon!). For researchers post-PhD but untenured (or <=8 years out). Hope to see many of you there.
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Call for papers! 3rd New Thinking in Industrial Policy Conference ‪at Columbia, Nov. 6-7, 2025. Submit here by Sept. 12: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F.... Conf page: cdep.sipa.columbia.edu/content/new-.... Hosts: ‪@ipdcolumbia.bsky.social‬, @cdepcolumbia.bsky.social, ‪@columbiaigp.bsky.social‬, CPE.
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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Check out our conversation with Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social, who visited us this past year. Hear about his path from union organizer to development economist, how to optimally tile pentagons when making soccer balls, and more rpde.princeton.edu/news/2025/co...
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A conversation with RPDE Visiting Professor Eric Verhoogen: from teacher and union organizer to studying soccer ball manufacturing
Summer has meant a lot of changes here at RPDE. As with everyone at Princeton, it has meant bracing for summer heat and saying goodbye to graduating students and those leaving for summer. At RPDE in p...
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NBER @nber.org · 08/07/2025
A randomized evaluation of matching grants to promote exports in Tunisia finds large effects on exports, but mainly of existing products to existing destinations, from Nadia Ali, Giacomo De Giorgi, Aminur Rahman, and @ericverhoogen.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w33985
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
New paper! RCT on subsidies for fixed market-access costs in Tunisia. Big effects on exports (for existing destinations/products) but not # of destinations/products, in contrast to policy goals and some workhorse trade models. w/ Nadia Ali, Giacomo De Giorgi, Aminur Rahman www.nber.org/papers/w33985
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What Do Market-Access Subsidies Do? Experimental Evidence from Tunisia
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Economists well represented at a vigil for recent @columbiasipa.bsky.social‬ student Mahmoud Khalil at ‪@columbiauniversity.bsky.social yesterday.
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Tomorrow 10am ET/4pm CEST, open to all.
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Call for papers: @theigc.bsky.social/@yaleegc.bsky.social conference on Firms/Trade/Development, Oct. 24-25, 2025. The leading conference in the firms & development space! Early decision deadline (to accommodate visa processing): May 30. General submission deadline: July 18.
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Attention: Every single university president
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Looking forward to this virtual seminar! Registration open to all.
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Roxana Daneshjou, MD, PhD @roxanadaneshjou.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Stanford’s president and provost release a statement supporting Harvard. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...
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Stanford president and provost back Harvard in funding fight
The president and provost said Harvard’s rejection of government demands was “rooted in the American tradition of liberty.”
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 14/02/2025
Backing the truck holding all Americans' private info up to the dock for pillaging...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 14/04/2025
RIGHT NOW: Columbia physicians, nurses, researchers, & faculty are calling on the Board of Trustees to resist the Trump admin’s assault on students, research, teaching, and patients. @cuimcstandsup.bsky.social @aaupcu.bsky.social
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Harvard stands up Letter to the Harvard community from President Garber
The administration's prescription goes beyond the power of the federal government. It violates Harvard's First Amendment rights and exceeds the statutory limits of the government's authority under Title VI. And it threatens our values as a private institution devoted to the pursuit, production, and dissemination of knowledge. No government-regardless of which party is in power-should dictate what private universities can each, whom they can admit and hire nire, ana which area.
of study and inquiry they can pursue.
Our motto-Veritas, or truth-guides us as we navigate the challenging path ahead. Seeking truth is a journey without end. It requires us to be open to new information and different perspectives, to subject our beliefs to ongoing scrutiny, and to be ready to change our minds. It compels us to take up the difficult work of acknowledging our flaws so that we might realize the full promise of the University, especially when that promise is threatened.
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Same.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Plenty of complaints about Harvard over the years, but a proud Harvard alum today. wapo.st/4cH9vy3
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Harvard rejects Trump administration’s demands with federal funding at risk
The university’s response comes after the government announced a federal review of nearly $9 billion in funding to Harvard and its affiliates.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
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Todd Tucker @toddntucker.com · 03/04/2025
It's all a shame, because there's a version of tariffs - with industrial policy that builds leading the way - that makes sense. And it's important to acknowledge that workers who have been beaten down by unfair trade understandably see benefit to well-designed tariffs. END.
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Universities really need to pull together. This is a good blog post from @aaup.bsky.social about this letter (sites.google.com/view/we-must...) with ~2,500 signatures from 60 Trump-targeted institutions. Please share widely. academeblog.org/2025/04/01/f...
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Faculty Letter Calls for Interuniversity Defense of Higher Education
BY FACULTY LETTER ORGANIZERS The open letter discussed below originated after a group of faculty began to share notes about how their universities were handling the challenges presented by the Trum…
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Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Me too.
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