Alain Cohn @acohn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026But views are cheap. Did this translate to better job market outcomes? YES. - Treated candidates got 1 more flyout (vs control mean of 5.4) - Women in treatment got 0.9 more offers (vs control mean of 3) That's a ~30% bump in offers for women 👀 100
Alain Cohn @acohn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Visibility effects are LARGE: - 441% more views - 303% more likes on treated papers vs control 100
Alain Cohn @acohn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Out in PNAS! Senior economists routinely quote-tweet their advisees' job market papers on X. Does this actually help candidates - or is it just noise? We ran a field experiment to find out. Turns out: it matters. And women tend to benefit more 151