Carnegie has an RFP open on migration and mobility. Targeting projects in the $1M-$3M range.
Fundraising in migration is often very difficult, especially for larger projects, so this looks like a great opportunity!
Works in Progress has a list of pieces they’d like to commission.
I very much hope someone writes the piece about “Why does Asia have higher density cities than Africa?”
Brexit: still a bad idea. Bloom and coauthors have a new paper that estimates it reduced GDP 6-8%.
If we assume full passthrough to incomes, this means Brexit was an approximately £2000/year hit to UK incomes.
Sam Dumitriu reviews Labour’s New Town plans. tldr: not bad work.
Married American women now spend 16 hours a week less on housework than they did in 1965. Dishwashers are part of the reason why.
Alex Nowrasteh wrote about why you should let an immigrant live in your home (and hire an au pair).
Ryan Puzycki has a great post about SROs - and the role they used to play in the housing market.
This post makes a great case for SROs as an option that should exist. Am I likely to move into one? No. But there should be housing options that are $200/month.
Sam Enright wrote on how to incentivize spinouts from academia.
Witold Więcek and Janeen Madan Keller have a new paper on optimizing vaccine doses. Self-recommending.
10% of Meta’s revenue comes from scams.
Thanks for the shout-out, Lauren!