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Emily Beam

@ebeam.bsky.social
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Development economist, associate prof at UVM. 🚴‍♀️🏳️‍🌈

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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
After a lovely bike-cation, I wrote up some reflections on using AI to prep teaching, reflecting on mine and Erkmen's Thinking with Agents teaching workshop last month. We are planning another in August - stay tuned!
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Iterating with agents in teaching prep
A series of light project emergencies and need-to-get-on-my-bike emergencies delayed my posting of reflections on our very fun Agentic AI for Teaching workshop we ran last month.
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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
New #ThinkingwithAgents Substack! I wrote about why Erkmen and I are running webinars about AI tools for economists. Short version: (1) "figuring out AI" doesn't have to be a summer-long project — try an afternoon (2) we want to bring in more voices to the econ/AI convo (3) it's fun to geek out!
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Easing into agentic AI for research
What are we even doing here? And why does Claude never know what day it is?
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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I'm THRILLED to be a part of the @ideadevecon.bsky.social International Development Economics Association as a board member. We're building a global home for development economists (researchers, practitioners, everyone!) Join us at idea.devecon.org for updates!
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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Really enjoyed contributing to this write-up on @causalinf.bsky.social Substack — an NBER panel on AI in research production w/ Kosali Simon, David Bradford, Coady Wing + commentary from me, Jason Fletcher & @paulgp.com open.substack.com/pub/causalin...
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What a panel of economists said about AI in the production of research
This is from a moderated discussion at the NBER Applications of AI in Healthcare meeting that happened in Cambridge, Massachusetts May 8th, 2026.
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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Thanks for highlighting our work on the promise of group coaching programs! Lower cost + similar effects = easier scaling! www.nber.org/papers/w34309 @roccozizzamia.bsky.social @deankarlan.bsky.social @lassebrune.bsky.social
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Group versus Individual Coaching for Rural Social Protection Programs: Evidence from Uganda, Philippines, and Bangladesh
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, an...
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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
My partner and I were tired of the hand-wringing about trans kids playing sports when, at the end of the day, it's just. a. game. So, we wrote an op-ed :) Thanks, @usatoday.com! www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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We've squeezed the fun out of youth sports. There's a better way. | Opinion
When just 28% of children meet recommended activity guidelines, promoting low-cost, low-stakes, inclusive sports participation can help all kids.
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Julian Reif @julianreif.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
Great website with LaTeX templates for slides, papers, and referee reports
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 17/10/2023
"What immigration does for innovation" Nice interview with economic historian Petra Moser and labor economist Jennifer Hunt, on @wgbh.org —> blogs.wgbh.org/innovation-h...
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Innovation Hub | Great Minds, Great Conversations | What Immigration Does For Innovation
Hunt Moser Immigrants
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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · 17/10/2023
Thinking about all the ways I would NEVER send a card celebrating weight loss
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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Am I the only one who had to request their own article via ILL? I forgot during my special, thanks-for-your-labor-enjoy-your-article-"free for 50 days" version 😩 #EconSky 📉📈
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Emily Beam @ebeam.bsky.social · 09/10/2023
Pro tip if you are a person with those fun handy tracker things on all your possessions. They work best with batteries. 😭
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Laia Navarro-Sola @lnavarrosola.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
#Econsky 📈📉:?What are your top recommendations for cool RCT papers with null effects? 📚 (I know there has been discussions about this before; I keep bookmarking and losing them. Maybe by starting this thread, I can easily locate them later). TIA!
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