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Felipe Macedo Dias

@femdias.bsky.social
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🇧🇷 Predoc at Cornell's CIDER. Econ MA at UBC. Undergrad FEA-USP. Interested in development, education and crime femdias.github.io

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
we could solve the western water crisis overnight by simply charging alfalfa farmers market rates for water
Across the basin, alfalfa hay uses more than 5 million acre-feet of Colorado River water — that's 26% of all the water consumed in the basin. One acre-foot roughly equals the annual water use of two or three households.
In the Upper Basin, irrigated agriculture consumes 2.8 million acre-feet, or nearly half the water used by Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, the environment, reservoirs and water exports out of the basin. Cattle-feed crops, like alfalfa, consume 90% of all water used by Upper Basin agriculture.
That means alfalfa uses more water than cities, commercial users and industries across the entire basin:
Collectively, these users consume about 3.5 million acre-feet, or 18%, of the river's water. The Colorado River
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s kind of funny how everyone is talking about Berlin electing their own zohran when in reality Die Linke’s housing proposals will essentially halt all homebuilding and cause rents to skyrocket my favorite proposal they have is halting all development incompatible with neighborhood character
Beschleunigung und Priorisierung von Bauvorhaben
Große Bauvorhaben werden zu langsam entwickelt. Vorhaben, die gut erschlossen, stadtebaulich integriert sowie umweltverträglich sind, werden priorisiert und beschleunigt, strittige Projekte entschie-den: Nicht kiezverträgliche Nachverdichtungen werden gestoppt.
Die LWU sollen vermehrt durch Aufstockungen bezahlbaren Wohnraum schaffen.Large-scale construction projects are being developed too slowly. Projects that are well-connected, integrated into the urban fabric, and environmentally compatible will be prioritized and fast-tracked, while decisions will be made regarding controversial projects: densification measures incompatible with the local neighborhood will be halted. Municipal housing
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
it’s because people like you oppose transit oriented development peak Berkeley is a “climate scientist” who prefers parking to bike lanes and fights against building more housing near transit, all while crying crocodile tears that not enough people take transit
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Friday, April 15, 2022 4:53 PM
All Council
North Berkeley Bart
WARNING: This is not a City of Berkeley email. Do not click links or attachments unless you trust the sender and know the content is safe.
I write to formally OPPOSE the Planning Commission's proposal for a 12 story building at the North Berkeley BART station, in contrast to the staff recommendation of 7 stories, maximum.
A 12 story building will ruin the sense of the neighborhood, lack appropriate affordable housing, and limit the ability to use non-profit/affordable developers.
Reject the Planning Commission's 12 story proposal.
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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
❄️🐻‍❄️ Finally some positive news from Hungary. As record cold and snow hit Central Europe, polar bear cubs at Nyíregyháza Zoo are seeing real snow for the very first time in their lives. (Video by the zoo.)
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Econ That Matters @econthatmatters.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Our fourth blog post of the JMP series is out! Khyati Malik writes on soil-carbon programs, showing why they must consider soil type heterogeneity to improve efficiency. www.econthatmatters.com/2025/12/payi... #JMP #Econsky #ETRM
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Paying for Carbon that Lasts: Lessons from Farmers and Soils
This is our 4th blog post for our Job Market Paper Series blog for 2025-2026. Khyati Malik is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Her research lies at the inte…
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Econ That Matters @econthatmatters.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
3rd JMP post! Maximiliano Garcia writes on Chile's water markets, showing legal rights are not enough. Local institutions are essencial for enforcement. Check it out: www.econthatmatters.com/2025/12/gove... #JMP #Econsky #ETRM
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Governing Environmental Markets: Lessons from Chile’s experiment on water markets
This is our 3rd blog post for our Job Market Paper Series blog for 2025-2026. Maximiliano Garcia is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brown University. His research interests lie at the intersec…
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Econ That Matters @econthatmatters.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Our second blog post for the JMP Series is posted! Roshan Saha writes on how irrigation can worsen wage drops after rainfall shocks. Read: www.econthatmatters.com/2025/12/when... #JMP #Econsky #ETRM
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When irrigation isn’t enough: protecting wages from rainfall shocks
This is our 2nd blog post for our Job Market Paper Series blog for 2025-2026. Roshan Saha is a PhD candidate in Applied Economics at Auburn University. He works at the intersection of caste, climat…
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
In today's JMP blog, @krajah123.bsky.social conducts experiments in India to show how spousal jealousy affects female labor force participation: women are more likely to take up work in women-only office & greater impacts for those with more jealous husbands blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...?
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When spousal jealousy keeps women out of work
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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 09/12/2025
New IPEDS data on admissions, graduation rates, student financial aid, and cost of attendance (in a new format) just dropped. Let's see how everything looks!
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Use The Data
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), established as the core postsecondary education data collection program for NCES, is a system of surveys designed to collect data from all p...
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Econ That Matters @econthatmatters.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
To kick things off for our 2025 Job Market Paper series, Ferran Vega-Carol writes about his JMP about Solar Electrification in Rural Myanmar. Check it out: www.econthatmatters.com/2025/12/how-... #JMP #Econsky #ETRM
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How Do Opportunities Shape Aspirational Responses?
Experimental Evidence from Solar Electrification in Rural Myanmar We are excited to launch our Job Market Paper Series blog for 2025-2026, beginning with our very first blog post by Ferran Vega-Car…
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Econ That Matters @econthatmatters.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Our new interview with Nicolás de Roux is out! We talked about his research on production in developing countries, the usage of models and causal estimation together, and how his research influences policy in Colombia. #Econsky #ETRM www.econthatmatters.com/2025/09/etrm...
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ETRM Interview Series – Nicolás de Roux
As part of our interview series, we ask renowned experts in the field about the future of research in development economics, and for their advice for young researchers. For this interview, we got t…
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Nice to see at least one democracy preserving the rule of law. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Bolsonaro found guilty in attempted coup, assassination plot
Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled the former president tried to reverse his 2022 election loss with a plot that included plans to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Econ That Matters @econthatmatters.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Your latest interview is out! Kristina Manysheva talks about the importance of using macroeconomics to study development, innovation in a development context, and engaging with stakeholders. Check it out! www.econthatmatters.com/2025/06/etrm... #ETRM #EconSky
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ETRM Interview Series – Kristina Manysheva
As part of our interview series, we ask renowned experts in the field about the future of research in development economics, and for their advice to young researchers. For this interview, we got th…
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Econ That Matters @econthatmatters.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Check out our newest interview! @oyebolaoo.bsky.social talks about taxation policy in developing countries, working at the World Bank and advice for PhD students www.econthatmatters.com/2025/05/etrm... #ETRM #EconSky
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ETRM Interview Series – Oyebola Okunogbe
As part of our interview series, we ask renowned experts in the field about the future of research in development economics, and for their advice for young researchers. For this interview, we got t…
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Maria Dolores M. Diaz @mdoloresdiaz.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
🚨 FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation) offers grants for foreign researchers or Brazilians abroad to work in Brazil! 🔹 Thematic: up to R$6M, 5 yrs → deadline June 30, 2025 🔹 Young Investigator: up to R$2M, 4 yrs → deadline June 3, 2025 More: fapesp.br/17526 | fapesp.br/17473 #Research #Brazil
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FAPESP opens call for selection of Thematic Projects by researchers from abroad
Projects of up to 60 months at the frontier of knowledge will be selected. FAPESP will provide the necessary support, with the objective of enabling researchers to establish themselves as full profes...
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Econ That Matters @econthatmatters.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Just published! Don't miss our interview with Dean Karlan on his path in development economics, the current funding uncertainty, and the value of development aid. Read it here: www.econthatmatters.com/2025/04/etrm... #EconSky #ETRM
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ETRM Interview Series – Dean Karlan
As part of our interview series, we ask renowned experts in the field about the future of research in development economics, and for their advice to young researchers. For this interview, we got th…
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quan le @qlquanle.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
seeing some joke comments about the subject matter of this paper so it seems important to clarify that studying competition between platforms and the effect of regulations in a setting with potentials for truly massive externalities is just a very high value added activity for economists to do
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Econ That Matters @econthatmatters.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
New interview on the blog! Claudio Ferraz talks about the importance of understanding local context and political constraints when studying development policies, among other insights into his career research. Read the full interview here: www.econthatmatters.com/2025/04/etrm... #EconSky
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ETRM Interview Series – Claudio Ferraz
As part of our interview series, we ask renowned experts in the field about the future of research in development economics, and for their advice for young researchers. For this interview, we got t…
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Daryl Fairweather ⛅ @fairweatherphd.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The share of apartments that are vacant is the highest its been since 2010. This is especially true in Dallas, Austin and Houston where many new apartment buildings have been built recently. This makes now a good time to negotiate a deal on your rent.
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Econ That Matters @econthatmatters.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
We continue with our interview series. This time we interviewed Meredith Startz to discuss development, trade, and the challenges of collecting data to answer questions in these fields www.econthatmatters.com/2025/03/etrm... #econtwitter #DevelopmentEcon #innovation #firm
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ETRM Interview Series – Meredith Startz
As part of our interview series, we ask renowned experts in the field about the future of research in development economics, and for their advice for young researchers. For this interview, we got t…
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Claudia Costin @claudiacostin.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
A nossa produtividade está no mesmo nível em que estava quando apenas 3,4% d adultos tinham ensino superior. O único setor que tem aumento contínuo produtividade é a agricultura, que emprega cada vez menos gente. Naércio Menezes via @jmf7.bsky.social
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Greg Mankiw, who has been teaching econ 101 for decades, scolds Hassett for causally interpreting an accounting identity and pretending it’s econ 101 gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2025/03/kevi...
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Greg Mankiw's Blog: Kevin Hassett forgets Econ 101
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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Call for papers: The Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime - one of the best conferences in this area - will be held in Berlin, Sep 26-27. ** Deadline for paper submissions: May 2 ** bit.ly/4183vJ8
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AEA Information @aeainformation.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Check out this video interview with Fabiano Dal-Ri (@fabianodalri.bsky.social), Postdoctoral Associate at @cornelluniversity.bsky.social, about his #ASSA2025 poster on the skills needed to start a successful business. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/conference/v...
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Fabiano Dal-Ri on managerial talent
What skills are most important for starting a business?
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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social gets what’s at stake…
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 17/02/2025
This is a bizarre, unhinged, totally made-up conspiracy theory. Immigrants who are not lawfully present in the United States get zero dollars of Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid.
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Eliza Forsythe @elizaforsythe.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
This is very disappointing. @aeacswep.bsky.social operates in the service of the whole profession, including the fabulous newsletters with great career advice. Even resources targeted at women benefit the profession, as it increases the quality of the pool of economists we all hire from.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/02/2025
seems like it is a big deal that the unifying ideology of the doge team is neo nazism
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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
I swear to God I told my daughter this very week that this was coming: some GOP politician was going to propose that. There’s a race to the bottom in showing fealty — and there is no bottom.
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Rafael H. M. Pereira 🚡 Urban Demographics @urbandemog.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
📢o pacote {geocodebr} v0.1.0 para geolocalização de dados brasileiros em #rstats está no CRAN ! O #geocodebr é a maneira mais rápida e barata 🗺️📍🚀de geolocalizar endereços no 🇧🇷 ipeagit.github.io/geocodebr/ #rspatial
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Geolocalização De Endereços Brasileiros (Geocoding Brazilian Addresses)
Método simples e eficiente de geolocalizar dados no Brasil. O pacote é baseado em conjuntos de dados espaciais abertos de endereços brasileiros, utilizando principalmente o Cadastro Nacional de Endere...
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The 'feeling' that X under Musk is a different place than before is quantified in this new study titled 'Substantial Hate' 1️⃣ hate speech up to 50% higher; 2️⃣ hate speech increase persistent; 3️⃣ no reduction in inauthentic accounts #commsky @polcomm.bsky.social journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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X under Musk’s leadership: Substantial hate and no reduction in inauthentic activity
Numerous studies have reported an increase in hate speech on X (formerly Twitter) in the months immediately following Elon Musk’s acquisition of the platform on October 27th, 2022; relatedly, despite ...
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Bob Pickard @pr.bobpickard.com · 11/02/2025
“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.” ― Benito Mussolini
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The 2018 steel tariffs just called to remind you that steel is produced by a tiny sliver of the economy, but used as an input by a much broader swathe of manufacturers. buff.ly/42ReSrr
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The white-spotted pufferfish (Torquigener albomaculosus) is known for its unique and complex courtship display which involves creating large, geometric circles in the sand. These circles are constructed in an effort to attract females for copulation.
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
🚨🚨NEW WORKING PAPER🚨🚨 Drawing on 25 stakeholder interviews, this study explores the social protection and humanitarian emergency nexus in Zambia. Stepping out of my comfort zone, this was a very cool project to work with an excellent group of co-authors. www.wider.unu.edu/publication/...
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UNU-WIDER : Working Paper : Social protection in humanitarian contexts: exploring stakeholder views from Zambia
This study explores the social protection and humanitarian emergency nexus in Zambia. Drawing on 25 stakeholder interviews and relevant literature sources, it seeks to (i) identify the social protecti...
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
New: The largest medical A.I. randomized controlled trial yet performed, enrolling >100,000 women undergoing mammography screening The use of AI led to 29% higher detection of cancer, no increase of false positives, and reduced workload compared with radiologists w/o AI thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Screening performance and characteristics of breast cancer detected in the Mammography Screening with Artificial Intelligence trial (MASAI): a randomised, controlled, parallel-group, non-inferiority, ...
The findings suggest that AI contributes to the early detection of clinically relevant breast cancer and reduces screen-reading workload without increasing false positives.
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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 03/02/2025
The data at USAID's ForeignAssistance dot gov was removed over the weekend, but it seems to be back (for now). As a backup, I've uploaded the data both as static CSV files and a queryable API - Details: andrewheiss.github.io/foreignassis... - API: foreignassistance-data.andrewheiss.com
Screenshot from my backup ForeignAssistance dot gov site, with links to different USAID datasetsScreenshot from a live map that uses data from the backup APIScreenshot of foreign aid by country
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Lawrence H. Summers @larrysummers.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Trump’s tariffs are a bully strategy. Bullying doesn’t win over time on the playground or in the international arena. This self-inflicted supply shock is a strategic gift to Xi Jinping. 1/4
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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 30/01/2025
Holy forking shirt balls "Denial of a wanted abortion has both immediate and lasting effects. It increases a woman’s risk of death by 2.5 p.p within nine months, mainly due to unsafe abortion procedures, and raises the likelihood of carrying the pregnancy to term by 31 p.p. "
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Econ That Matters @econthatmatters.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
We are back to our interview series. We had the opportunity to interview @ericverhoogen.bsky.social to discuss development economics, innovation, and firms. Dive into the insights. Don’t miss it! www.econthatmatters.com/2025/01/etrm...
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ETRM Interview Series – Eric Verhoogen
As part of our interview series, we ask renowned experts in the field about the future of research in development economics, and for their advice for young researchers. For this interview, we got …
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
the first fatal commercial plane crash in 16 years happened just days after Trump froze hiring of air traffic controllers that were already stretched thin
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Washington, D.C. — Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Aviation Steve Cohen (D-TN) released the following statements after President Trump froze the hiring of Air Traffic Controllers, among other safety-critical positions.
"The bipartisan FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 directs the Administration to hire the maximum number of air traffic controllers. That's what the law says, so the Administration must rescind this ridiculous executive order," Ranking Member Larsen said. "Hiring air traffic controllers is the number one safety issue according to the entire aviation industry. Instead of working to improve aviation safety and lower costs for hardworking American families, the Administration is choosing to spread bogus DEl claims to justify this decision. I'm not surprised by the President's dangerous and divisive actions, but the Administration must reverse course. Let's get back to aviation safety and allow the FAA to do its job protecting the flying public."
"Our top priority must be the safety of the flying public so an order freezing the hiring of air traffic controllers is a misguided decision and goes against the directives of our
FAA Reauthorization bill," Ranking Member Cohen said. "The aviation community will speak with one voice in condemning this short-sighted policy and reaffirm our
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Jörg Ankel-Peters @jrgptrs.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
We are looking for RAs to work with us on a new meta-science & replication project, joint with @i4replication.bsky.social, now with focus on environmental (economics) topics such as air pollution & carbon pricing. RAs can work remotely but must be located in Germany www.rwi-essen.de/fileadmin/us...
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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 28/01/2025
Guys talk about getting the sign wrong on policy!!! Government R&R accounted for 1/5 of total TFP growth since wwii!!!
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Ben Bushong @benbushong.com · 28/01/2025
As noted in the working paper by Andrew Fieldhouse and Karel Mertens, government R&D has a colossal effect on overall GDP growth. Maybe you don't like their methodology. Well, the existing literature looks bit-by-bit and comes to a similar conclusion: this is a good investment.
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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter" by Nicolás Ajzenman, Bruno Ferman, and Pedro C. Sant'Anna. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter
(Forthcoming Article) - This paper documents discrimination in the formation of professional networks among academic economists. Specifically, we created 80 human-like bot accounts that claim to be Ph...
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Nico Ajzenman @nicolasajz.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Our "Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter" with Pedro Sant'Anna and @brunoferman.bsky.social is now forthcoming in the 😀😀 American Economic Review Insights (@AEAjournals ) 😀😀 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter
This paper experimentally documents discrimination in the formation of professional networks among academic economists. We created fictitious human-like bot acc
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Chris Blattman @chrisblattman.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Come work for me at UChicago @beckerfriedman.bsky.social ! I'm hiring a full-time pre-doc to start this April/May/June for data analysis on crime, education, mental health, and organized crime, mostly on projects in Latin America. Details & apply here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/universityof...
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Research Professional – Christopher Blattman (Full-Time, Benefits Eligible)
Chicago, IL
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USP Economia @economiausp.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Participação feminina crescendo nos programas de mestrado e doutorado em economia da FEA-USP! Sejam todas bem-vindas!! 👩‍🎓 🌟
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Niklas Gäddnäs @niklaag.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
You can't make this stuff up. "Another unknown is whether NIH researchers will still be allowed to submit papers to peer-reviewed journals."
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