Best of #econtwitter - Week of October 31, 2021 [1/2]
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 one of two, this week. Part two is here.
Paper summary threads
Chris Conlon@conlon_chris
If you rank all households by how much of each "sin good" they buy, the top 10% of households buy (80% of beer, wine, spirits separately) and about 2/3 of all alcohol. Cigarettes are even more concentrated (only about 8% of households buy any at all). 2/8
2:21 PM · Oct 25, 2021
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Chris Conlon@conlon_chris
We have data on household purchases (for at home consumption) but if you assume equal consumption for every adult in the household (a big "if") then 5-6 drinks per week would put you in the top 10% of drinkers, and 10 drinks per week would put you in the top 5%. 2/2
2:40 PM · Oct 25, 2021
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^emphasizing the “big if” but contrast with the viral Washington Post chart
Ryan Larson@ryanplarson
Fresh paper in @SSReditorial! We link the production of felony criminal records to depressed employment rates using state-year fixed effects models. Thanks to @sarahksshannon, @aaronsojourner, and @chrisuggen for their mentorship and an awesome collaboration!
Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner
🚨New paper w/@ryanplarson @sarahksshannon & @chrisuggen🚨
Examines intersection of 2 of the most-critical U.S. trends in recent decades:
1) rise of mass criminalization
2) reversal of growth in employment rates
https://t.co/9kXot9dMRh https://t.co/0uzvYW9ORl
3:14 PM · Oct 25, 2021
9 Reposts · 26 Likes
Gabriella Conti@Gabri_EllaConti
📣🔴📣🔴 NEW WP! 🔴📣🔴📣
My work re-examining the health impacts at 18y of the #DutchHungerWinter is finally out!
👉🏻 bit.ly/3DNVMTE
Using newly digitized historical records linked to military recruits data, we investigate impacts, mechanisms & selection effects. 1/2
6:50 PM · Oct 15, 2021
5 Reposts · 14 Likes
Journal of Public Economics@JPubEcon
In 2014, the Colombian gov announced it would pay farmers to substitute away from coca, which reduced acreage.
But the program was announced well in advance; farmers substituted into coca to gain eligibility for the program. Fine-grained data also indicates spillover effects.
9:17 PM · Oct 25, 2021
1 Repost · 5 Likes
Adrien Matray@AdrienMatray
The "paper of week": Trade-Induced Urbanization and the Making of Modern Agriculture (accepted RESTUD) by Tian, Xia, and Yang (apparently none of them on twitter!). What happens when cities boom due to trade for connected rural villages? Out-migrations leads to:
5:09 PM · Oct 26, 2021
15 Reposts · 75 Likes
Lionel Page@page_eco
Interesting study finding that voters may tend to prefer women candidates.
👇Results of a meta-analysis of 67 choice experiments all over the world, randomising the gender of candidates.
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/71…
12:30 PM · Oct 26, 2021
6 Reposts · 24 Likes
Shoshana Jarvis@Shoshana_Jarvis
It was incredible to be able to play a small role in this project led by Mike O’Donnell, @donandrewmoore, and Leif Nelson. 🧵 on the paper, the project, and replications as a pedagogical tool. 1/9
pnas.org/content/118/44…
pnas.org
Empirical audit and review and an assessment of evidentiary value in research on the psychological consequences of scarcity
10:11 PM · Oct 28, 2021
27 Reposts · 93 Likes
Robert Metcalfe@RDMetcalfe
Do Carbon Offsets Offset Carbon?
A new super interesting paper suggests no.
Many Clean Development Mechanism projects are inframarginal and offsets end up increasing CO2 emissions!
By Calel, @JonathanColmer, Dechezleprêtre, & Glachant.
cesifo.org/DocDL/cesifo1_…
9:51 PM · Oct 26, 2021
360 Reposts · 869 Likes
Radostina Shopova@RadostShopova
Hey, #EconTwitter, I am happy to share my first single-authored working paper "Private Labels in Marketplaces". It asks the question how a private label strategy differs in a marketplace setting compared to classic retailer's setting. shorturl.at/oIMR1 1/n
shorturl.at
pl_in_marketplaces.pdf
8:49 AM · Oct 25, 2021
2 Reposts · 18 Likes
Mahyar Kargar@mahyar_k
How important are the shortfalls in state public pensions systems? My paper nber.org/papers/w29405 with @darrenaiello @ProfAsaf Ryan Lewis and Michael Schwert on @nberpubs measures their economic burden on households #EconTwitter @BYUMarriott @leedsbiz @giesbusiness @Wharton 1/N
nber.org
The Economic Burden of Pension Shortfalls: Evidence from House Prices
11:29 PM · Oct 30, 2021
6 Reposts · 16 Likes
Mahyar Kargar@mahyar_k
We find that marginal home buyers at state borders exhibit a willingness to pay of about $2 for each additional $1 of pension fundedness per property, using property-level data from @zillow and @RetirementRsrch with support from @UCLAZimanCenter 8/N
11:29 PM · Oct 30, 2021
1 Repost · 2 Likes
Interesting discussions
Craig Palsson @ Market Power@MarketPowerYT
What's a sign that someone is becoming a better economist?
Say you take first-year economics professors and then look 10 years later. How would you measure if they had become better economists?
4:08 PM · Oct 27, 2021
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Vitor Possebom@PossebomVitor
#EconTwitter, I need your help. I love econometric books with coding examples, such as:
- The Mixtape by @causalinf
- The Effect by @nickchk
- Brave and True @MatheusFacure.
But they are all focused on X-section and panel.
Do you recommend anything focusing on time series?
3:00 PM · Oct 27, 2021
60 Reposts · 369 Likes
Zach Ward@EconZach
Finally finished my tenure packet for Baylor and it caused me to reflect on how I've come up with research ideas.
This is a difficult part of grad school, so I thought I'd share my process. Also, when you hand in a tenure packet, you tend to navel gaze.
A self-indulgent thread:
8:51 PM · Oct 29, 2021
91 Reposts · 508 Likes
Ben Golub@ben_golub
What's the ideal median length for a theory paper in a top econ journal?
12:03 AM · Oct 31, 2021
2 Reposts · 34 Likes
^“Angrist-Imbens Econometrica LATE paper is 9 pages.”
Todd Jones 🦊@toddrjones
Variety @Variety
‘Unfilmable’ Books That Hollywood Should Try to Adapt After ‘Dune’ https://t.co/V0qKaQiXMx
3:22 PM · Oct 27, 2021
58 Reposts · 483 Likes