Best of #econtwitter - Week of October 23, 2022 [2/2]

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This is part two of two.

Paper summaries

Kosali Simon @KosaliSimon

1/n Our @nberpubs nber.org/papers/w30553 estimates mortality effects of non-COVID care missed during early pandemic. People with appts scheduled in March-April 2020 cancelled more than those scheduled earlier. One year later, 4 extra deaths per 10,000. @coady_wing @engyziedan

nber.orgMortality Effects of Healthcare Supply Shocks: Evidence Using Linked Deaths and Electronic Health RecordsFounded 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.

Kosali Simon @KosaliSimon

3/N Intent to Treat – One year after appointment, the March April group has accumulated 4 extra deaths per 10,000. IV estimates indicate there was roughly 1 additional death for every 333 cancellations. Suggests: outpatient care visits missed were valuable.

Kosali Simon @KosaliSimon

4/N Placebo Check shows that March-April and Feb-March groups from 2019 have the same mortality rates.

Claudia Persico @ClaudiaLPersico

🚨 I wrote a new NBER WP on the effects of early life exposure to industrial pollution on adult wages, educational attainment, health and poverty. Little is known about the long run harmful effects of pollution. 1/ nber.org/papers/w30559

nber.orgCan Pollution Cause Poverty? The Effects of Pollution on Educational, Health and Economic OutcomesFounded 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.

Rachel Glennerster @rglenner

This gives us, under conservative assumptions, an estimated annual loss to pandemics of $800 billion globally EVERY SINGLE YEAR going forward. Under plausible scenarios (eg adding HIV which Marani et al leave out) the *expected* losses rise to $2trillion EVERY YEAR. 4/n

Amber Peterman @a_peterman

Interesting WP by Kansikas Mani & @PaulFNiehaus on customizing $1000 @GiveDirectly UCTs in rural Kenya Authors set up an experiment to take into account preferences on "tranching & timing" of $$ with [I think] pretty intuitive results 👇🏾 /🧵 econweb.ucsd.edu/~pniehaus/pape…

More: loot boxes; disclosure laws in the housing market; FX reserves; maternity leave

Interesting discussions

Ben Golub 🇺🇦 @ben_golub

In grad school, I worried sometimes about my advisors' preferences across different types of research — e.g., that someone would like my work better if it were about dynamic contracts rather than networks. Now I realize a reason that should have made me worry less: 1/

Arpit Gupta @arpitrage

Game Theory-gate enters its fifth week

^more lit reviews like this please. Context: here, here, here, here…

Shengwu Li @ShengwuLi

Cover letters: I recommend the opposite tactic, radical transparency. I put all critiques as well as the recommendation into the report itself. The letter to editor usually consists of two sentences. https://t.co/8Vnvn23qJj

Jesse Tack @TackJesse

Writing good referee reports is hard. But what about the cover letter to the editor? Its usually an afterthought but goods ones can be very helpful to the editor. Here is a template that could be useful and highlights the information the editor is hoping to get 👇

Maya Rossin-Slater @maya_rossin

Many male economists are asking what they can do. While there are many systemic issues that must be addressed, at an individual level, my suggestion is to *notice* and *intervene*. A small story: (1/4)

^related data, math

Matt Blackwell @matt_blackwell

Jamie's tenure story is also frankly insane. The world was different man.

David Evans @DaveEvansPhD

Can you think of a book that led to a clear change in your behavior that (and this part is important) endured at least six months after you finished the book? Nonfiction or fiction. Professional or personal behavior.