Best of #econtwitter - Week of November 13, 2022 [2/3]
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 two of three.
Paper summaries
During the Neolithic Revolution, seven populations independently invented agriculture in a surprisingly narrow band of time.
Why did this happen?
This is an awesome thread about the mystery and a proposed resolution.
Andrea Matranga 🇺🇦🌻 @andreamatranga
^long but readable and very worth it
This paper uses random assignment to survey mode to establish that depression is underreported in 3 widely used nationally representative surveys when interviews are not anonymous, suggesting social desirability bias is a critical consideration when measuring mental health.
1/8 Thank you so much for tweeting about this session, @elpuntoderocio!!! Here a 🧵 on the findings in our new paper "Parental health, aging, and the labor supply of young workers":
Rocío Madera @elpuntoderocio
Thrilled to share our work on food pantry value out today in @AJAE_AAEA and covered below in @CornellNews!
We find that client households receive average benefits between $40 to $60 per trip to a well-stocked pantry.
A 🧵 (1/12)
David Just @DavidJust1
Over 200 years, women's rights went from virtually non-existent in many countries to being close to on par with those of men in parts of the world.
What role did economic forces play in this great expansion?
Our new paper summarizes what we know so far.
1/20
New study out in @PLOSMedicine: Largest real world study testing whether PACE (Physical Activity Calorie Equivalent) labels would reduce calories bought in 10 cafeterias, finds no overall difference compared to baseline
bit.ly/3DRFR8q
** NEW WORKING PAPER **
Does Outsourcing Smooth Labor Demand?
Coauthored with the excellent @duoxili, a very sharp applied theorist from Boston U on the job market this year! (Hire him!)
#econtwitter
🚨New Working Paper🚨"Probability of Causation with Sample Selection: A Reanalysis of the Impacts of Jóvenes en Acción on Formality" by Possebom and Riva (2022, arxiv.org/abs/2210.01938)
After so many years, @friva_ and I finally worked together on a paper. He is amazing!
Public goods
By popular demand, here is my Beamer theme that allows annotation of text, figures, and tables using arrows and handwritten-like text: github.com/ambropo/Jambro…
A 🤓 thread on what the theme allows to do 👇🏼
