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lalthoff.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics @Stanford. My research focuses on inequality.
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Please join us in congratulating SIEPR Senior Fellow and 2021 winner of the @nobelprize.bsky.social in Economic Sciences Guido Imbens on his appointment to Faculty Director of Stanford University Data Science. news.stanford.edu/stories/2025... #AcademicSky #EconSky

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Join us for a panel on standardized testing, college admissions, and social mobility. Experts will explore the role of standardized tests in education, meritocracy in admissions, and how to address social and educational injustices. 🔗Register here: bit.ly/3QGbAQN #CollegeAdmissions #Meritocracy

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How did the US become a land of opportunity? In a new paper, we show that the country's pioneering role in mass education was key to its rise in intergenerational mobility from 1850 to 1950. "America's Rise in Human Capital Mobility" with Harriet Brookes Gray & Hugo Reichardt

submitted 11 days ago • 10 comments

I am opening a postdoc position connected to the FamilyMacro research project at the LSE. This is a one-year position that could be extended for two more years. If interested, please contact me! #EconSky @cfmuk.bsky.social jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Kenneth Arrow’s Last Theorem: Why do the most patient individuals dictate environmental policy in the long run? Let’s explore this fascinating result about efficiency and time preferences. 🧵 www.mechanism-design.org/arch/v009-1/...

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

We've significantly updated our paper on modeling + measuring systemic discrimination! Check it out: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ab5yx... (cc @aleximas.bsky.social + @aislinnbohren.bsky.social!) A short 🧵 on what's new...

submitted 87 days ago • 9 comments

For those who are interested, here are the Nobel prize lectures in economics. Thank you. www.youtube.com/live/YcuxbYU...

submitted 92 days ago • 4 comments

Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc. In a word: Harvard. Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard. 🧵

submitted 96 days ago • 36 comments