Best of #econtwitter - Week of May 8, 2022 [2/3]

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.

This is part two of three.

Paper summary threads

Emily Nix @EmilyNix100

In light of this week's SC ruling, I'd like to share an updated working paper w/ @eckhoffandresen on a) costs of children to women's incomes over time and b) what policies reduce these costs. Short paper, so will do short 🧵. Let me start with our first figure: [1/8]

Caitlin Knowles Myers @Caitlin_K_Myers

My review of 60 years of policies governing young women's access to abortion and contraception is coming out in JOPE. It spans the introduction of the pill through what looks to be the end of the Roe era. This is the place to get your DiD policy coding #EconTwitter

Klaus F. Zimmermann @kfzimmermann

Confidential and legal access to abortion and contraception in the United States, 1960-2020. Article by GLO Fellow Caitlin Myers forthcoming in the Journal of Population Economics. https://t.co/DsmvZ9kFaQ

(((David Shor))) @davidshor

New America-specific empirical support for Inglehart’s post-materialist thesis that countries and people care more about social issues and less about economic ones as they get richer! nber.org/papers/w30001#…

(((David Shor))) @davidshor

@policytensor There are lots of people who want to blame Trump on their idiosyncratic economic policy preferences, but the big picture trend is that as societies have gotten richer electorates have cared less about economic issues and more about social/cultural ones. https://t.co/ecwEmbL0G5

Brendo RN @BToneVibes

"Rich social liberals are about 35% more likely to vote Democrat than poor social conservatives are to vote Republican" ~60% of poor, social conservatives vote against their economic interests. nber.org/papers/w30001

Matt Grossmann @MattGrossmann

relative weight that voters place on moral rather than material considerations increases in income, explaining recent realignments https://t.co/TMPTbJSx3U

Evan Riehl @EvanRiehl

I'm ending my pointless one-man Twitter boycott to share a new wonky 🤓 paper that I'm quite fond of: "Accountability, test prep incentives, and the design of math and English exams" joint with @meredithswelch and forthcoming in @JPAM_DC. 1/10

Ted Underwood @Ted_Underwood

It's out, open-access: "Cohort Succession Explains Most Change in Literary Culture"—by me, @kkiley, @ShangWenyi, and @vaiseys. This image gives you the general drift, but there are twists along the way, so 1/9! sociologicalscience.com/articles-v9-8-…

Catherine Maclean @JCMecon

📢1/11 New @nberpubs paper with @KosaliSimon @jmallatt79 @christopherruhm 📢 We review economic studies on health, healthcare, & crime consequences of the opioid crisis A 🧵 nber.org/papers/w29983?…

nber.orgThe Opioid Crisis, Health, Healthcare, and Crime: A Review Of Quasi-Experimental Economic StudiesFounded 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.

Alexander Panetta @Alex_Panetta

Another clever paper out today: Is American Soft Power a Casualty of the Trade War? Reports a drop in Chinese viewership of US movies & searches for US tourism and sports shoes, especially in cities affected by tariffs No similar drop for non-US stuff

nber.orgIs the American Soft Power a Casualty of the Trade War?Founded 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.

Tejas Subramaniam @TejasReal

Here’s a short thread on a forthcoming AER paper by Jones, Kondylis, Loeser, and Magruder (2022) on irrigation in Rwanda: johnloeser.github.io/assets/jklm.pdf In short, irrigation is productive in the dry season but underused, primarily due to labor market failures. 1/

Brent Moulton @brent_moulton

I had the opportunity to serve on the panel that produced this report. To Modernize the Consumer Price Index, BLS Should Accelerate Use of New Data Sources and Provide Price Indexes for Different Incomes, Says New Report nationalacademies.org/news/2022/05/t… via @theNASEM

Abhishek Nagaraj 🗺️ @abhishekn

Participating in trivia contests helps you make new friends!! We now have experimental evidence thanks to Mandy Pallais and Jenna Anders. cc: @bcqc

Interesting discussions

John List @Econ_4_Everyone

Sorry to hear this news...at JPE-Micro if the Editor takes longer than 45 days to make a decision they are fined $500. Yes, $500. I just paid the first fine, but over 100 submissions in total so far and only one fine paid! I like this clawback system and so do the authors!

Marc F. Bellemare 🇺🇦 @marcfbellemare

“Submit to [general-science journal],” they said. “They’re way faster than econ journals,” they said. Reader, the spring semester started after I submitted in mid-January and it ended on Monday—and I *still* haven’t gotten a decision on my paper.

Kelsi G. Hobbs, PhD (she/her) @KelsiGHobbs

Does anyone email students that did well in principles to encourage them to keep taking econ classes? If so, what do you write in your email? I feel like my draft email sounds so awkward. #EconTwitter

John Horton 🇺🇦 @johnjhorton

@KelsiGHobbs @jenniferdoleac not about continuing in area per se, but related (sent BCC)

Gleb Domnenko @GDomnenko

@KelsiGHobbs Take all students who did well and all students who did poorly. Randomly select half in each group. Email the selected students encouraging to keep going. Next semester check who registered for other econ classes among those emailed to and among those not emailed to. Compare.