Reposted by KhoaSam Eyler-Driscoll 🍉🌻🍁 @sameyler.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Woo hoo I just received another donation on my fundraiser for food banks! But we still have a long way to go before I run that marathon, please chip in! www.classy.org/fundraiser/6... 093
Reposted by KhoaValerie Mueller @valmuellerasu.bsky.social · 20/01/2026A great paper in JEEM, which shows households in Zambia diversify crops, adopt resilient varieties, and expand land as a forward-looking adaptive response following exposure to drought. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comRolling back the tides: Impact of droughts on crop diversification and cropland expansionWe examine the impact of droughts on crop yields and forward-looking adaptive responses to extreme temperatures such as crop diversification and the a… 1122
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Using voice AI agent to give oral exams to avoid the use of AI is just peak irony. 0335
Reposted by KhoaChris Adams @chrisadamsecon.bsky.social · 22/12/2025My son, @peoplecallmecj.bsky.social, has a new @ipums.bsky.social working paper on determining whether 2 + 1 is 8 from OCR’d tables. assets.ipums.org/_files/ipums...assets.ipums.org 2113
Reposted by KhoaDan Goldstein @dggoldst.bsky.social · 01/12/2025In 2020, my friend @jasndoc.bsky.social wrote a fictional dialog between R and STATA. In 2023 I said in a few years AI could make it into a stunning movie with spoken parts. It's here. sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_692d0b8c...sora.chatgpt.comdggoldst on SoraR (at the river Eure): We are statisticians. We come to take over statistical computing. STATA corp: What CEO has sent you? R: We have no master, we are all equal. -Dudo de Sancto Quintino, late 10... 2193
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 03/11/2025"The order of authors is decided by their Real Analysis grade in undergrad." 4492
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 03/11/20254 compliers. There are 4 guys who switched because of the IV. 2726
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 01/11/2025He's already preparing for the Nobel peace prize next year. 2284
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 01/11/2025When the Editor finally assigned you as Reviewer 2 and you know what to do. 213710
Reposted by KhoaMenzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 29/10/2025So, Admin says no October CPI release for you! Alberto Cavallo provides some insight... #EconSky econbrowser.com/archives/202... 084
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Will I get a good income out of doing a PhD? Of course not. But will I at least also find a stable job that allows me to pursue my research? Also no. But will I at least be happy doing what I like? Hahaha also no. Sounds like a terrible career. Where can I find the application? 412211
Reposted by KhoaKhoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 07/09/2025My quickest QJE rejection was when I thought about submitting a paper there then got a rejection notice. 3731
Reposted by KhoaKhoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 18/09/2024Doctor: I'm gonna push here, and you may feel uncomfortable and a bit of a pain. Just let me know. PhD student: OK Doctor: If you keep changing your dissertation topic, you will never finish your PhD. Your friends outside of academia will have far more money and higher position. PhD student: Aaah 4855
Reposted by KhoaAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 13/10/2025The Friends of BLS steering committee is sponsoring a member webinar noon to 1pm ET Thurs, Oct 23. We aim to build nonpartisan support for a strong BLS & need your perspectives & energy. Former Commissioners @ericagroshen.bsky.social, William Beach, & @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social will... #EconSky 26136
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 07/09/2025My quickest QJE rejection was when I thought about submitting a paper there then got a rejection notice. 3731
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 04/09/2025You are not a development economists if you haven't read this classic. 4452
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 04/09/2025I was giving up on bluesky but Klaus brought me back with this. 0240
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 01/09/2025First year PhD student be like "I can't find interesting research ideas" The research ideas: 0213
Reposted by KhoaSandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Society of Labor Economists (SoLE) Annual Conference will be May 1-2, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Submission portal is now open! Deadline for submissions is October 31--don't forget to submit! It will be a great conference! (organized by me and @jrothst.bsky.social) mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...mailchi.mpSOLE 2026 Submissions Open 06837
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 18/08/2025You can make your treatment variable "as-if random" by sorting the variable randomly in your dataset. Follow for more econometric tips. 2483
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Just revisited a previous draft of the paper that I'm working on. July Khoa was a terrible writer. 2430
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Does renaming my independent variable as "def_exogeneous_var" make my regressions causal? 5431
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 13/08/2025It's pretty clear that people are only gay if the marginal benefit is less than the marginal cost of dating men. 4714
Reposted by KhoaJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 13/08/2025Essentially you take a bunch of variables (sometimes also over time) and then ask "can I somehow cluster observations according to the variables." Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit, or at least a publication. 021
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 12/08/2025God forbid a man trying to keep his job for more than a month. 0325
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 12/08/2025"But did this BLS Commissioner Nominee even have an econ PhD from a top econ program" is the most expected dunk from economists. 8627
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 05/08/2025At this point I am not even sure what neoclassical economics even means. 8402
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Can finally write about the US would have a better economy if it had a Western institution. 1544
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 20/07/2025PhD student: "I think I will wait another year before going on the job ma..." Adviser: 2602
Reposted by KhoaMenzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Tariffs *have* shown up in the data (just not at total CPI level) #econsky econbrowser.com/archives/202... 24424
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 19/07/2025When you are caught starting a new project instead of finishing all of the current ones. 1835
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 19/07/2025When the hardest proof of the paper "is left for readers as an exercise". 1302
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Using time series graphs to make causal claims be like 11847159
Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Seeing too many diff-in-diff reviews and and summary articles but not sure where to start? We propose a new way to synthesize this growing literature using a Review in Reviews approach. 213610
