Best of #econtwitter - Week of December 26, 2021
Welcome readers old and new to this week’s edition of Best of Econtwitter. Thanks to those sharing suggestions, over email or on Twitter @just_economics.
Paper summary threads
Zachary Bleemer@zbleemer
New data visualization: Ever wonder how lifetime wages and employment differ for selective college graduates with different demographics, majors, or even which courses they took?
These longitudinal student dashboards provide answers. A #EconTwitter thread uccliometric.org/uc-berkeley-lo…
2:58 PM · Dec 20, 2021
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^lots of graphs in the thread, data from UC schools 2000-2020
Anna Stansbury@annastansbury
Since @JacobGreenspon already did a great overview thread on our paper w/ @LHSummers, I'll just add a few thoughts on productivity-pay de/linkage and what it might tell us.
Anna Stansbury @annastansbury
Great thread by the excellent @JacobGreenspon on our new paper with @LHSummers in the International Productivity Monitor! https://t.co/j9VqKFAy6c
1:27 AM · Dec 22, 2021
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Michael R. Strain@MichaelRStrain
1/ Did Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Reduce Employment? Evidence from Early State-Level Expirations in June 2021
My new working paper, with @HolzerHarry & Glenn Hubbard, is out this morning. Abstract in the picture.
Paper here: nber.org/papers/w29575
12:56 PM · Dec 20, 2021
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Adrien Matray@AdrienMatray
How promoting financial inclusion for underbanked cities affect local economic development? A vox column summarizing my paper with the incredible @JuliaAFonseca: voxeu.org/article/real-e…
A 🧵
voxeu.org
The real effects of banking the poor
5:23 PM · Dec 20, 2021
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Miguel Urquiola@m_urquiola
Affirmative action at elite universities: How does it affect graduates’ earnings?
Depending on the graduate: evidence of positive, transitory, and negative effects.
Fascinating work by Machado, Reyes, and Riehl.🧵
12:58 PM · Dec 22, 2021
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More: landmines; monetary policy and automation; US Afghan withdrawal and female education JMP; email response rates by race; internet access and education; reputation systems
Public goods
Kyle Handley@KyleLHandley
New PUBLIC-USE data from US Census released yesterday Business Dynamics Statistics-Goods Traders and a companion paper w\ @farihakamal2011 & Wei Ouyang. If you are interested in trade and employment, you're gonna want to check this out
A thread🧵 1/
Fariha Kamal @farihakamal2011
How important are #traders in U.S. job creation? Read my analysis with @KyleLHandley & Wei Ouyang: https://t.co/fu8aHUoTWT. Explore brand new data published by the U.S. Census Bureau on the business dynamics of U.S. goods traders: https://t.co/irbSQbUeHu https://t.co/LaO8KrJ1zn
1:02 PM · Dec 16, 2021
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Bastian Herre@bbherre
🚨New Dataset Alert!🚨
What economic ideologies do political leaders have around the world?
A 🧵 on what we learn from the Global Leader Ideology dataset (GLI) I have built over the last four years, and why it matters.
#polisciresearch #socsciresearch
3:48 PM · Dec 22, 2021
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Magnus Rasmussen@RasmussenMagnus
The hours we work set the boundary for leisure against work. In a new WP I document how working hours have become globally standardized through public policy and introduces a novel dataset on working-time regulation for 197 territories between 1789 and 2021 (1147 reforms)
10:29 AM · Nov 30, 2021
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Interesting discussions
Andrea Matranga@andreamatranga
One persistent issue in academia is that to even approach the doorstep of an academic career, one must generally be willing and able to move cities multiple times at rather unpredictable times, delay parenting to the mid thirties or beyond, and/or uproot a spouse and kids x times
2:59 PM · Dec 24, 2021
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^thread. Chaser:
Felipe Schwartzman@MacroInPieces
The Richmond Fed is moving to a core week model, we meet one week out of six. This has already allowed a couple of colleagues to move to places that make more sense to them from a personal standpoint as well as make new hires.
Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga
One persistent issue in academia is that to even approach the doorstep of an academic career, one must generally be willing and able to move cities multiple times at rather unpredictable times, delay parenting to the mid thirties or beyond, and/or uproot a spouse and kids x times
4:55 PM · Dec 24, 2021
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^innovation and/or monkey’s paw curls, depending on your preferences
Christopher Ruhm@christopherruhm
1/ There have been some threads out about economics departments giving tenure-track offers that “explode” even before the main ASSA meeting interviews. Some thoughts on that.
1. This has been going on for a long-time but it may have gotten worse in recent years.
7:15 PM · Dec 24, 2021
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^arguments for defecting
Johannes Haushofer@jhaushofer
Storytime! Here is how and why I switched from working on cash transfers to working on international migration.
If you're still looking to donate this year, it's also a pitch! Donation link at malengo.org. US donations are tax-free.
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malengo.org
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5:59 PM · Dec 26, 2021
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^‘GiveWell for international migration+education, via ISAs’
Kyle Myers@KRoyMyers
Here's my take! (no particular order)
Abhishek Nagaraj 🗺️ @abhishekn
What are the best new working papers in the area of entrepreneurship and innovation in 2021? Reply below! Do no hesitate to suggest your own work!
4:28 PM · Dec 19, 2021
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^similar threads for urban, marketing
John Horton@johnjhorton
Anyone moved their academic website w/ @NotionHQ and @super_? I currently use WordPress but this seems like overkill and it more of a hassle than I'd like.
6:32 PM · Dec 20, 2021
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Anne Byrne@EconAnne
Once, just ONCE, I would like the lead in a cheesy romantic holiday movie to be an agricultural economist.
4:18 AM · Dec 20, 2021
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Peter Lorentzen@peterlorentzen
@EconAnne Here is my compilation of all economist major characters on screen:
myusf.usfca.edu
Economists on screen | myUSF
4:54 AM · Dec 20, 2021
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