Two papers that have been hugely helpful in my empirical work recently:
1. Logs with zeros, Chen & Roth: tinyurl.com/kkwccsud
On how to obtain interpretable estimates when outcome has lots of zeros: Poisson (PPML), calibrate value of extensive/intensive margin, Lee bounds
Anne Brockmeyer @annebrockmeyer.bsky.social
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Economist, Global Lead for Tax Data Analytics @worldbank, Hon. Associate Prof @EconUCL, @UKRI_News Future Leaders Fellow, @CEPR affiliate, @TheIFS affiliate
- After three wonderful years @TheIFS & @UCLEcon, I am excited to be back at @WorldBank as Global Lead for Tax Data Analytics based in the EFI group (economics, finance & institutions), working from London 📚
- I am honored and excited to join the @EJ_RES Economic Journal as Associate Editor. Thank you Marco Manacorda, Francesco Lippi & the EJ editorial board for entrusting me with this task.
- Does unemployment affect recruitment into terrorist organizations? Here’s what we learned from data on 3,965 ISIS recruits. bit.ly/2IdlLHb
- We are hiring research fellows! Strong quant/programming skills desired. Experience with network data a big plus. Exciting learning environment provided at #WorldBank. Apply by Jan 15.
- 📢Conference alert 📢 We are thrilled to host the 5th @worldbank @TheIFS @ODI_globalresearch conference in London on Sept 21-22. Theme: The Political Economy of Public Finances in LMICs Keynote speaker: Professor Rohini Pande Submit by May 15 here: taxdev.org/news-events/ca…
- Excited to join @CEPR_org as Research Affiliate. Looking forward to great conferences, interactions & new projects in the years ahead! Many thanks to @ImranRasul3 and @elianalaferrara for the support!
- Honored that our paper “Taxing Property in Developing Countries: Theory and Evidence from Mexico” w/ Alejandro Estefan @nd_econ @J_C_Suarez @karinarras was awarded the ADB Innovative Policy Research Award. tinyurl.com/43mddu29
- Are consumption taxes really regressive? Nope. Once the informal sector is taken into account, consumption taxes can actually be progressive! See this important study by @pierrebachas @LucieGadenne & Anders Jensen for details on the methods & data 👇🏻``Can indirect taxes help reduce inequality in developing countries? Accounting for the informal sector makes consumption taxes progressive, but widespread tax exemptions on necessity goods (food) regressive.'' From @pierrebachas, @LucieGadenne & Jensen: restud.com/informality-co…
- Excited that our paper on transnational terrorist recruit is going to come out in ReStat! We use Daesh (Isis) personnel records to show that unemployment increases the odds of joining Daesh, but travel costs (geo distance) have a negative effect due to liquidity constraints.What drives recruitment into global terrorist organizations? Unemployment & travel costs are important factors. Just Accepted new paper by Anne Brockmeyer, @annebrockmeyer; Quy-Toan Do; Clement Joubert, @clemjoub; Kartika Bhatia; Mohamed Abdel Jelil. zcu.io/IUiU
- Replying to @AnneBrockmeyer2. Why transform Y by Norton and Mullahy: nber.org/papers/w30735 Similar objective as Chen & Roth, nice discussion of two-part models
- Can developing countries raise more property tax revenue? If yes, how should they do this? And do taxpayer liquidity constraints matter? A thread on our new paper with @J_C_Suarez, Alejandro Estefan, @karinarras. Blog & Paper: voxdev.org/topic/public-e… 👇 Thread [1/11]
- Super excited to be in #Kampala for our #TaxDev workshop with partners from #Ethiopia #Ghana #Liberia #Rwanda #Uganda + colleagues from @TheIFS @ODI_Global @FCDOGovUK @FCDOResearch. Engaging discussions about tax expenditure measurement, compliance & equity. #Tax4Dev












