Best of #econtwitter - Week of July 5, 2020
We only send the best tweets, but this week we’ve got a lot of good tweets.
As always, recommendations are welcome over email or on Twitter @just_economics.
Don’t miss the virtual NBER SI!
Jonathan A. Parker@ProfJAParker
Anyone interested in NBER summer Institute conference.nber.org/confer/, anyone can now watch conference.nber.org/confer/2020SI_…
Some groups are polished presentations of finished economics papers, others are work in progress and lots of discussion. Not sure how this all shakes out on zoom.
conference.nber.org
2020 Summer Institute Live
3:01 PM · Jun 29, 2020
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New papers
Elira Kuka@EliraKuka
Super excited to share my new NBER WP with @shenhav_n
"Long-Run Effects of Incentivizing Work After Childbirth", available at nber.org/papers/w27444
Summary thread below. 1/N
2:16 PM · Jun 29, 2020
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Pietro Santoleri@santpietro
🚨New paper out 🚨
Do R&D grants work?
with A. Mina, @adiminin, I. Martelli
👉bit.ly/3dFmJLG
Thread 👇
12:07 PM · Jun 30, 2020
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Paul Hünermund@PHuenermund
We have a new discussion paper out: "A Global Decline in Research Productivity? Evidence from China and Germany" (w/ @Philipp_Boeing, who just joined twitter, so please all follow! #ff). ➡️ zew.de/en/publikation…
#Productivity #Growth #Innovation #RnD #TechnologicalChange
zew.de
ZEW Publication: A Global Decline in Research Productivity? Evidence from China and Germany
1:52 PM · Jul 3, 2020
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Chris Roth@cp_roth
New methods review with @Ingar30 and @JoWohlfart on design of information provision experiments, which have become very popular in economics: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econom… 1/n
11:05 AM · Jul 3, 2020
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Tony Cookson@prof_cookson
Excited to share a paper of mine released this week, joint with Aymeric Bellon, Erik Gilje and Rawley Heimer.
This my first ever NBER working paper (thanks to Erik), a cool feeling.
Here's a thread with some key figures 1/
NBER @nberpubs
Individuals who receive large wealth shocks have 51% higher self-employment rates,consistent with windfalls affecting self-employment through non-pecuniary benefits, from Aymeric Bellon, J. Anthony Cookson, Erik P. Gilje, and Rawley Z. Heimer
https://t.co/woRJjBsAGA https://t.co/TpUIyQNHQv
3:31 PM · Jul 5, 2020
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Rem Koning@orgRem
Just released version 2.0 of working paper w/ my fantastic co-author @rotmanschool Stefan Dimitriadis:
Social Skills Improve Business Performance:
Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial with Entrepreneurs in Togo
6:19 PM · Jun 29, 2020
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Newly-published papers
Chris Conlon@conlon_chris
My paper on Common Ownership in American with Matt Backus and Mike Sinkinson was recently accepted at AEJ:Micro. We ask the simple question: how much common ownership is there in the US economy? how much has that changed? and what drove it? chrisconlon.github.io/site/common_ow… 1/
chrisconlon.github.io
2:33 PM · Jun 29, 2020
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David Molitor@davidmolitor
How does the mortality-temperature relationship vary across US climate regions, and what does this tell us about climate adaptation and the geographic distribution of climate damages?
We use over 2 decades of Medicare data to explore these questions in our forthcoming paper.
The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) @restatjournal
Extreme temperatures can kill, but climate adaptation can significantly reduce the risks.
Just accepted new paper by Garth Heutel (@GarthHeutel) Nolan Miller (@nolanhmiller) David Molitor (@davidmolitor) https://t.co/gtBfH1mZfT
7:41 PM · Jul 1, 2020
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Kaveh Majlesi@KMajlesi
This paper (joint with Autor, Dorn, and Hanson) has been long in the making and I am very happy about the final product. A thread on the main findings of the paper follows. 1/10
AEA Journals @AEAjournals
Forthcoming in the AER: "Importing Political Polarization? The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure" by David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon Hanson, and Kaveh Majlesi. https://t.co/dRNj3OCyBh
12:33 PM · Jul 3, 2020
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Stan Veuger@stanveuger
[THREAD] I am pleased to report that Danny Shoag's and my paper on 'Ban the Box" measures is at long last forthcoming in the Journal of Law and Economics.
3:03 PM · Jun 30, 2020
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See also:
Arpit Gupta@arpitrage
Interesting discussion here by @stanveuger on contrasting some differing estimates in the literature on Ban-the-Box policies measuring whether racial discrimination is an unintended by-product
Stan Veuger @stanveuger
This may explain the seemingly contradictory results in @AmandaYAgan and @SonjaStarr's QJE paper and in @jenniferdoleac and @benconomics's J of Labor Econ paper -- our discussion of the literature is, indeed, in the discussion section here: https://t.co/qp4nE6Iej4
3:19 PM · Jun 30, 2020
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Announcements
Jennifer Doleac@jenniferdoleac
.@maya_rossin & I are co-organizing a (virtual!) mentoring program for 3rd & 4th year women & non-binary econ PhD students.
Bad news: We won't be meeting in NOLA as originally planned.
Good news: We can accommodate more people!
Deadline to apply: 7/31
aeaweb.org/about-aea/comm…
12:34 AM · Jun 30, 2020
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The Economic Journal@EJ_RES
New at the EJ! You can now also submit short papers, in the same format as AER-Insights (<6,000 words, 5 exhibits). Submissions should be self-contained and are expected to be of the same standard as regular submissions.
1:45 PM · Jul 2, 2020
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Vittoria Dicandia@vitto_dicandia
#Econtwitter We are very excited to announce this mentoring workshop for 3rd and 4th year female PhD students in the greater New England area! It will take place online on Oct 3rd. A little more info below 1/4
BU Economics @bu_economics
BU WEorg will host a Mentoring Workshop on Oct. 3rd for 3rd & 4th year female PhD students in the greater New England area. Please visit https://t.co/KSqh5m6MMz to check out the program, list of confirmed mentors & panelists, and application instructions.
Deadline is Aug. 1st.
8:48 PM · Jun 30, 2020
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Good discussion in the replies
Emily Nix@EmilyNix100
It's official, my classes are too large and will be online this fall. Want to give my students as good an experience as possible, so...
What were your 1-2 favorite things (tech, methodology, etc) you did online last spring that you think improved the student experience the most?
2:54 PM · Jun 30, 2020
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Jared Hutchins@pablohutch
One of my struggles with learning to write better in econ is sometimes not having many examples of GOOD academic writing to read in addition to references like McCloskey.
So #EconTwitter, what are your favorite examples of GOOD academic writing in economics (journal papers)?
3:57 PM · Jun 30, 2020
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Kevin Chen@jiafengchen42
I want to open a discussion about this post by Gelman (@StatModeling) and various aspects of RDD inference. Gelman criticizes a paper that shows a close-election victory effect of 2-10 years on "days alive after election" (thread 1/n)
#EconTwitter
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/07/02/no-…
3:40 AM · Jul 3, 2020
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