Reposted by Emilia TjernstromInstitute for Replication @i4replication.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The central issue is fundamental. The treatment was described as randomized at the village level. It was not. Participants instead retained their treatment assignments from two earlier studies run by the same NGO. Those earlier treatments themselves had large/persistent effects. 131
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromInstitute for Replication @i4replication.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Our comment on “Raising Health Awareness in Rural Communities” is finally published in REStat (MIT Press). But the retraction we had been told was coming never happened. Can lawyers derail a retraction? This case raises that uncomfortable question. 🧵 1149
Emilia Tjernstrom @econemilia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026When you've spent 400 million years becoming the ocean's apex predator and humanity's tribute is 'doo doo doo doo doo doo' 040
Emilia Tjernstrom @econemilia.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Proof that even short papers can take a decade! I'm so pleased to see this in print & am very lucky to have such awesome co-authors: @dghanem.bsky.social Aleks Oscar Travis & Jeff! #replication #econsky 010
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromEconometrica @ecmaeditors.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Reanalyzing Suri (2011), we find instability in the parameter governing who benefits most from technology adoption, suggesting weak identification. We propose a group random coefficient approach to diagnose it & build robust CIs @econemilia.bsky.social @dghanem.bsky.social buff.ly/VzP1LwC 031
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromDrew Stommes @drewstommes.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Cool new working paper worth checking out: "Cross-Validated Causal Inference: a Modern Method to Combine Experimental and Observational Data" arxiv.org/pdf/2511.00727 0166
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromDavid McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Reminder, last couple of weeks to get your papers in for a special issue of the WBER on migration and development. 097
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromPaul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 13/11/2025For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files: splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.appsplendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.appEpstein Document Search 17974623196
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromNathan Kettlewell @nkettlewell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Hello world. I am recruiting a post-doc to work with me and my collabs on an ARC funded project, primarily around public/private health care and health outcomes. More details in the advert. Please share with anyone who might be interested. recruitment.uts.edu.au/OA_HTML/OA.j....recruitment.uts.edu.auJob Details 102
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromStataTex Blog @statatexblog.com · 03/11/2025Awesome text by Lea Bottmer, Guido Imbens, Jason Weitze and Mary Wooters: "An Undergraduate Course in Causality" hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/uynpjlow... #EconSky 📉📈hdsr.mitpress.mit.eduAn Undergraduate Course in CausalityForthcoming. Now Available: Just Accepted Version. 0116
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromInstitute for Replication @i4replication.bsky.social · 30/10/2025We won't be releasing any additional info on social media until the situation is resolved with lawyers, but will keep releasing reports through our DP series. Here are two 40-page reports completed earlier this year. econpapers.repec.org/paper/zbwi4r... econpapers.repec.org/paper/zbwi4r... 021
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromGabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 14/10/2025🚨 WE @unswecon.bsky.social ARE HIRING! 🚨 JMC: apply and email/DM for any question! A short 🧵 on @unswecon.bsky.social and why you want to apply and join us in Sydney👇 econjobmarket.org/positionGrou...econjobmarket.orgEJM - Econ Job Market 1186
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 04/06/2025What issue unites Coalition, Labor, Green, teal and One Nation voters? Whistleblower protections. – Kieran Pender in @crikey.com.au Australia Institute research found 86% of Australians want stronger protection for whistleblowers, consistent across all voting intentions. #auspolcrikey.com.auWhat issue unites Coalition, Labor, Green, teal and One Nation voters? Whistleblower protectionsThe government's persecution of whistleblowers Richard Boyle and David McBride is unjust, and the public doesn't support it. It's time for much-needed reform. 412637
Emilia Tjernstrom @econemilia.bsky.social · 26/05/2025@i4replication.bsky.social looking for a co-director to develop guidelines & help reduce the amount of PII that careless researchers release into the wild 010
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromRetraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 25/05/2025"In extremely rare move, Harvard revokes tenure and cuts ties with star business professor" Francesca Ginowgbh.orgIn extremely rare move, Harvard revokes tenure and cuts ties with star business professorAn internal investigation had found that Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino’s research on why people lie and cheat was based on falsified data. 515045
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/05/2025The difference between Grok and a DOGE employee is that Grok will acknowledge being reprogrammed by Musk 9564123
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromTrevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025“Extending previous work, we vary the race, gender, and topic of the constituent’s message, and we observe if elected officials both open and reply to constituents’ messages. We find that Black men are systematically ignored, regardless of the message they send.” link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comUnheard Voices: The Importance of Intersectionality in Responsiveness and the Systematic Ignoring of Black Men by Elected Officials - Political BehaviorAll citizens are not listened to equally, despite the importance of responsiveness and listening to different theories of democracy. We take an intersectional approach to make several novel pred... 29037
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/05/2025New from me: Everything feels overwhelming. But here is a tangible thing you can do: write a comment to oppose Trump's plan to convert 50,000 career civil servants into political appointees. Deadline is May 23. Please share! donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...donmoynihan.substack.comHere is a specific thing you can do to fight Trump's politicization of public servicesPlus: what I wrote in Science about the revised Schedule F 5514871050
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromJohn Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Nice. arxiv.org/abs/2402.04607 516148
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromBruce Bradbury @brucebradbury.bsky.social · 12/05/2025ABS to planning to remove the Basic Microdata from the 2026 Australian Census data release and replace it with synthetic data. A major backwards step. Synthetic data will be unable to capture the complexity of interactions the microdata will show. #Census2026 www.abs.gov.au/statistics/r...abs.gov.auProposed 2026 Census data productsProposed changes to 2026 Census data products include replacing Community Profiles with enhanced QuickStats. This paper details the changes. 124
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromMatt Holian @profholian.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Ironic that the author who made the errors gets another pub in the journal, but the replicators do not. 161
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromInstitute for Replication @i4replication.bsky.social · 09/05/2025And whether or not this is misconduct should be irrelevant to the editorial decision to publish the comment. Unfortunately, such editorial responses are common in top journals, decreasing the incentives to conduct reproductions and writing up comments. 191
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromJan Kabatek 💙💛 @jankabatek.com · 12/05/2025Only 4️⃣ days left to submit your work to the one-and-only 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩! 🗓️ 14-15 August in beautiful Naarm (Melbourne) 📊 Keynotes: Jens Ludwig (UChicago) & John B. Jones (FedRichmond) 💣 Deadline: Thursday 15 Apr, 5pm AEDT (UTC +10) melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/conferences/...melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au2025 Labour Econometrics WorkshopThe Melbourne Institute is proud to present the 27th Labour Econometrics Workshop. 177
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromAdam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 11/05/2025A 747-400 has 170 *miles* of wiring. 68415
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromJulian Reif @julianreif.bsky.social · 10/05/2025“First, about half the time I reanalyze a study, I find that there are important bugs in the code, or that adding more data makes the mathematical finding go away, or that there’s a compelling alternative explanation for the results.” davidroodman.com/blog/2025/05...davidroodman.comAppeal to Me: First Trial of a “Replication Opinion” - David RoodmanMy employer, Open Philanthropy, strives to make grants in light of evidence. Of course, many uncertainties in our decision-making are irreducible. No amount of thumbing through peer-reviewed journals ... 076
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromDaniel de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 09/05/2025I think it is worth knowing that the author of the original paper also published a paper in The Economic Journal making very similar claims, that has been quite systematically debunked. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.com 162
Emilia Tjernstrom @econemilia.bsky.social · 09/05/2025This sure sounds like yet another case of authors explaining away major inconsistencies as "honest mistakes." I’m increasingly convinced our research integrity systems are striking the wrong balance between type 1 & type 2 errors cc @i4replication.bsky.social 110
Emilia Tjernstrom @econemilia.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Big fan of the quotation marks around "the truth" in the editor's comment #Replication #Transparency 120
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromJohanna Rickne @johannarickne.bsky.social · 09/05/2025🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by John Holbein alerted me, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and @jopieboy.bsky.social to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵 7386198
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromTatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 05/05/2025This is my cousin's daughter, Nastia. She's 14. Her dream is to be a tennis champion, but she can't train in Sumy (her hometown) because Russian attacks have destroyed the tennis community there. Read her full story in the link and please help her follow her dream. sponsor.me/AnastasiiaNe...sponsor.meAnastasiia NesterenkoHello, My name is Anatolii Nesterenko. My wife Olena and I are the proud parents of a remarkable 14-year-old daughter, Nastia. We live in the city of Sumy, Ukraine, which is just 30 kilometres from ... 1196
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromPeter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Is there any way to check if your polling booth has a sausage sizzle out the back, so you can buy your "democracy sausage" sandwich (and perhaps a cuppa) after you vote? Yes there is! The #DemocracySausage provides a searchable map! #auspol #AusVotes25 democracysausage.org 98539
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromVoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Over 86% of 10,000 simulations show that a bundled agricultural programme in Kenya had a positive societal net benefit. Read the full article w/ @joshdeutschmann.bsky.social, Maya Duru, Kim Siegal & @econemilia.bsky.social to learn more: 053
Emilia Tjernstrom @econemilia.bsky.social · 29/04/2025The @oneacrefund.bsky.social bundled farm program that provides credit + training + insurance to smallholders, boosted maize yields & profits in Kenya. Our new @voxdev.bsky.social piece discusses why tackling multiple constraints together can unlock big gains If bundling works, how can we scale it? 062
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081 5865978420440
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private server or Pete Hegseth using the nuclear codes as his password on Pornhub, both parties have ignored our nation's security. 351171172777
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromBarbara Boelmann @barbaraboelmann.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Hi #TeachEcon, next week I‘ll teach a hands-on class about AI for literature research and academic writing for undergrads. We‘ll be comparing outputs of different tools. What are tools you think we should be testing? 😊 687
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromThe Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · 21/04/2025New paper by Elias Tsakas on belief identification with state-dependent utilities. 2/2 www.restud.com/belief-ident...restud.comBelief identification by proxy - The Review of Economic StudiesIt is well known that individual beliefs cannot be identified using traditional choice data, unless we exogenously assume state-independent utilities. In this paper, I propose a novel methodology that... 001
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 17/04/2025Newly relevant amid the White House's ongoing purge of international students: "The Devastating Economic Consequences of Pushing Foreign Students out of the Country" @ucdavis.bsky.social policy brief by top immigration economists Peri+Sparber: globalmigration.ucdavis.edu/devastating-... @piie.com 0145
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromLisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · 17/04/2025In terminating hundreds of NIH grants, the Trump administration dumped years of investment down the drain. In my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column, we analyzed the cancelled projects & talked to scientists to understand just how much the public loses out. It's a lot: tinyurl.com/bdey86su 7369235
Emilia Tjernstrom @econemilia.bsky.social · 15/04/2025The Trump admin: "DEI is identity politics run wild." Also the Trump admin: "Every department needs a critical mass of white guys who think climate change is a hoax." 110
Emilia Tjernstrom @econemilia.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Affirmative action for race? Absolutely not. Affirmative action for that one "economist" who thinks tariffs are good, actually? Now that’s diversity. 000
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/04/2025There are basically two groups of students being deported: a) those who have engaged in political speech, which has gotten the most attention; b) those who have had minor infractions with the law like a speeding ticket, which is likely the larger group. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-attack... 8561177
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromJanelle Shane @janelleshane.com · 13/04/20251. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but 2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but 3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So 4. Now the LLM code points to malware. 11978743580
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromAndreas Ortmann @impartialspectator.bsky.social · 10/04/2025The Islam - GDRI saga is gaining some traction. retractionwatch.com/2025/04/10/r...retractionwatch.comReplication probe finds ‘statistically improbable data’ tied to institute in BangladeshAsad Islam A Bangladesh-based organization focused on development economics and its founder have been churning out papers filled with misstatements, inconsistencies, ethical lapses and “statistical… 1144
Reposted by Emilia TjernstromAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 11/04/2025Tenure was created for moments like this. It's there to give you more security & courage to speak out truthfully. Use it or lose it. 1376