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Dec 6, 2022
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Welcome readers old and new to this week’s edition of Best of Econtwitter. Please submit suggestions — very much including your own work! — over email or on Twitter @just_economics.

This is part three of three.

Paper summaries

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Arindrajit Dube @arindube
Religious observance is hard to study because it’s hard to measure. But cell phone data can be used to measure it in Islamic countries: are people on their phones during prayer times? Brilliant new paper by Oeindrila Dube, @jblumenstock, Michael Callen nber.org/papers/w30694
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2:47 AM ∙ Nov 30, 2022
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Abhilash Mishra @AbhilashMishra
Religiosity is hard to measure. But my colleague Oeindrila Dube @HarrisPolicy and co-authors @jblumenstock & Michael Kallen cleverly use cellphone data to explore how economic shocks affect religious behaviour. A thread 1/ nber.org/papers/w30694 #EconTwitter #data
nber.orgMeasuring Religion from Behavior: Climate Shocks and Religious Adherence in AfghanistanFounded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
1:15 AM ∙ Nov 29, 2022
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Ryan Briggs @ryancbriggs
You know how the effects of air pollution on [good thing] literature has shockingly large and consistent effects? well econstor.eu/handle/10419/2…
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3:33 AM ∙ Dec 2, 2022
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^see discussion in the replies though

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Nathan Lane @straightedge
Excited to share a study I have been working on with @juhreka13 & our amazing coauthors Emily Oehlsen + @VeronicaCPerezP We use machine learning to create text-based indices of industrial policy use around the🌍 - something we dont have data on! osf.io/preprints/soca… 🧵1/N
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1:53 PM ∙ Nov 30, 2022
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FedResearch @FedResearch
New #FEDSPaper: How did the pandemic affect retirement behavior? The retired share of the population jumped sharply at the onset of the pandemic and remains elevated well above its pre-pandemic level. federalreserve.gov/econres/feds/t… (1/9)
Figure 2. Not in the labor force and retired (age 16+), actual and expected. Line graph. Percent retired (16+ population). Figure shows the actual retired share of the population (solid line) and retired share that would be expected given the population age distribution, age-specific retirement rates, and other factors (dashed line) as described in the text.
7:39 PM ∙ Nov 30, 2022
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Michael Karnjanaprakorn @mikekarnj
BS: "Happiness doesn't increase above $75,000" Truth: "Well-being rises linearly with log income (and doesn't reach a plateau)"
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12:52 PM ∙ Nov 28, 2022
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Interesting discussions

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John List @Econ_4_Everyone
As a new journal Editor with high aspirations, would you: A. largely publish papers that are incremental to a literature and wart free B. take chances on something with clear warts but is boldly going where others haven't What is your mixture-when bold/wartless isn't available?
4:38 PM ∙ Dec 4, 2022
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^good discussion in replies

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Jess Hoel @Jess_Hoel
Hey #EconTwitter, I'm giving a presentation about negotiation on the job market! I'm thinking of centering my opening remarks on: 1) Think of this job as your job for the next 2-10 years (NOT your forever/ACHIEVEMENT DEFINING job; see DiNardo late 201X) ... (cont'd)
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AERE @AereOrg
Don't miss the next #AereProfDev panel all about the job market. THIS FRIDAY with: Jessica Hoel (@Jess_Hoel), Colorado College Yusuke Kuwayama (@yusukekuwayama), University of Maryland, Baltimore County Seungki Lee, The Ohio State University Register: https://t.co/RAtXsFOgTs https://t.co/0mYpXbbbvq
12:36 AM ∙ Nov 30, 2022
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^good replies. cf: “To the people going on the market. If you're thinking of having children during the tenure track, assume proximity to grandparents is worth $30k in salary and $30K in research support a year. It's actually much more, but if I said the real figure you wouldn't believe me”. Also:

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Andrea Matranga 🇺🇦🌻 @andreamatranga
In a month or so JM candidates will start to get offers, and some will be so fortunate as to have multiple offers to chose from. One fun thing you can discretely enquire about it whether any woman academic got tenured at the department while having kids on the TT.
6:26 PM ∙ Dec 2, 2022
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Andrea Matranga 🇺🇦🌻 @andreamatranga
It is of course one of the sad reality of academia that most students will make one of the most consequential decisions of their life based on largely irrelevant metrics like salary and repec ranking.
6:41 PM ∙ Dec 2, 2022

^🤔

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Anup Malani @anup_malani
Editing/revising a paper with a 3+ person research team can be really hard. You get conflicting suggestions. It takes a long time. With experience I have some general suggestions to improve the process. Esp for junior scholars who, honestly, do most of the editing.
1:00 AM ∙ Nov 29, 2022
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Casey Wichman @cjwich
Now accepting proposals and offering co-authorship to anyone who wants to take all of my 90% completed projects and carry them through the finish line. My sense is that there is a serious, unexploited market for academic closers.
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4:26 PM ∙ Oct 8, 2019
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John B. Holbein @JohnHolbein1
Those who have tenure: 1. Did you feel rudderless after getting it? 2. What did you do/how did you process that feeling? (Asking for a friend; that friend is me. But perhaps others will benefit)
9:27 PM ∙ Nov 30, 2022
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Daniel Bergstresser @dbergstresser
Hot take: economics and finance professors should wear department jerseys with numbers on them like football players do.
2:11 AM ∙ Dec 4, 2022
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