1. Konstantin A. Kholodilin – “Rent control effects through the lens of empirical research: An almost complete review of the literature”

  • Scope check: Surveys almost every empirical study since WWII, spanning 80 years, 30+ countries and every major rent-control episode.
  • Consensus pattern: Strong evidence that controls cap in-place rents short-term but shrink the controlled stock and distort new construction. Image
  • Equity twist: Benefits flow mainly to long-term tenants with higher socio-economic status, often crowding out newer or poorer entrants.
  • Collateral damage: Strong consensus on lower new-build activity, poorer maintenance, and stickier tenant mobility - undermining long-run welfare gains.
  • Rent control effects through the lens of empirical research – Journal of Housing Economics
  1. GiveWell Podcast Ep. 6 – “Forecasting the Future of Global Health Funding”
  • Funding forecast: GiveWell expects a 50 % cut in US global-health aid and a 35 % drop worldwide, opening a US $20 bn annual gap.
  • Model mechanics: Blends macro growth scenarios with expert-elicited probabilities to stress-test disease-programme budgets.
  • Programme risk: Even top-value interventions (e.g. malaria nets, HIV treatment, child vaccinations) could lose US $3 bn a year.
  • Action plan: GiveWell is ramping research capacity and courting new donors to fast-fill the most cost-effective gaps.
  • Podcast Ep. 6 – Forecasting the Future of Global Health Funding – GiveWell Blog

3.Giuseppe Gabrielli et al. – “Does Twitter Data Mirror the European North–South Family Ties Divide?”

  • Big-data lens: Analyses 3 million geolocated tweets mentioning family terms, 2020-2023, across 25 European states.
  • North-South gap: Southern users tweet family references 40 % more often, echoing survey evidence of tighter kin networks.
  • Digital ≠ physical?: Migrants in the North keep southern tweeting habits, hinting that online talk preserves homeland attachment.
  • Method note: Demonstrates that language-filtered hashtags rival traditional surveys for rapid, low-cost sociological monitoring.
  • Does Twitter Data Mirror the European North–South Family Ties Divide? – Population Research & Policy Review