David Skarbek Mentioned in the New York Times

I'm about a week late in mentioning this, but one of my classmates, David Skarbek, just got mentioned in the New York Times:

The research that I did with Ben Powell on sweatshops was mentioned in John Tierney's New York Times op-ed yesterday. Here is the link (rr). Here is free access to a portion of the article.

Here's an excerpt of the article:

But there are good reasons that villagers will move hundreds of miles for a job.

Most "sweatshop" jobs — even ones paying just $2 per day — provide enough to lift a worker above the poverty level, and often far above, according to a study of 10 Asian and Latin American countries by Benjamin Powell and David Skarbek. In Honduras, the economists note, the average apparel worker makes $13 a day, while nearly half the population makes less than $2 a day.

Congratulations, David!