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Smriti Sharma

smriti106

Thread on Fireside Chat with AEJ Policy's Erzo Luttmer, moderated by Belinda Archibong & Marika Cabral (1/n) What makes a paper AEJ Policy worthy? (1) How compelling the paper is

Anna Gifty is on IG and says #SACE2021

itsafronomics

One hundred years ago, a 23-year-old Black woman changed the course of history forever.In @TeenVogue, on her birthday, I honor the legacy of Dr. Sadie Alexander and why her becoming

Shosh Vasserman

shoshievass

There's a lot of heat on #econtwitter this week re advice for phd students. Let's set the snark aside for a minute.Advice is helpful when:1. It gives contextualized info that's

Anmol Somanchi

anmol_smnch

With all due respect, this response by authors of the water RCT in Nairobi far from vilifies them. While disagreement is good generally, surprising that many #EconTwitter folks find this

Martin Aragoneses

m_aragoneses

Kandinsky was an economist before changing careers at age 30 to become a world renowned painter; his art remained highly influenced by math we use in Econ: e.g. Kakutani developed

Danny Friel

dafriel

Thread for researchers (especially white researchers who often sit in rooms full of white researchers).Four tips for building an ethical and equitable #research practice#EconTwitter #PolicyTwitter #Nonprofits #philanthropy https://twitter.c

Ben Moll

ben_moll

#EconTwitter hivemind: what are your favorite papers combining “causal” micro estimates (say from DiD or RCT) with a general-equilibrium macro model to answer an interesting macro question?This is for my

Joshua Mask

joshuafmask

Hi #EconTwitter, As the job market begins, a central theme in the minds of both candidates and employers is the current recession. We worry that fewer jobs will lead to

Mustafa H. Zahid

mustafahzahid

3 years ago I joined a research project studying the impact of cleft lip and palate and CLP reparative surgeries on the life outcomes of adolescent patients in India. Now

Flavio Toxvaerd

toxvaerd1

Many have asked me about the effects of altruism in economic-epidemic models (in about every talk I give!). I've thought hard about this for a number of years and there

Elea McDonnell Feit

eleafeit

Have you ever calculated the sample size for an #abtest and come up with a sample size that is bigger than you can ever practically get? Does this mean you

Anna Gifty is on IG and says #SACE2021

itsafronomics

One of the most important global economic institutions, The Federal Reserve System, which sets interest rates and determines govt funding has virtually NO Black Economists in its ranks cc @jeannasmialek

Anna Gifty is on IG and says #SACE2021

itsafronomics

People often assume that folx who study math don't struggle with it, but for me, math is a struggle. For #BlackInMathWeek #MyBlackMathJourney, I submit to you all a selection of

Kathryn Anne Edwards

keds_economist

What's it like to work as an economist at a non-academic research institute, like RAND? This is a question I get a lot, especially during job market season. #EconTwitter I

Sewon Hur

sewonhur

What non-pharmaceutical policy tools do governments have to combat the COVID-19 public health and economic crisis?1/8#EconTwitter Mask mandates are a low-hanging fruit (yet to be adopted in all US states).

Fabrizio Venditti

F_Vend

Recently you must have heard the word "Trackers", high frequency indicators that “track” in real time measures of economic activity. I have recently stumbled on an method to construct one

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