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Martin Mattsson

@martinmattsson.bsky.social

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Economist at National University of Singapore. Research on government institutions and air pollution. Some Effective Altruism flavored work.

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Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) @restatjournal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Social movements matter: #MeToo increased the reporting of sexual violence to the police by 10%. Just Accepted new paper by Ro’ee Levy and Martin Mattsson @roeelevy.bsky.social @martinmattsson.bsky.social zurl.co/Z8j4s

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International Development Economics Association @ideadevecon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Welcome to IDEA!

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Disaster relief can discourage people from adapting to future disasters – for example, by reducing incentives to relocate. But in low-income settings, cash relief can also ease liquidity constraints and enable adaptation. Read today's article to learn more:

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Martin Mattsson @martinmattsson.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Are you interested in a career in quantitative social science? At NUS Economics, Finance, and Public Policy we are looking to hire several full-time pre-doc research assistants. Apply here: fass.nus.edu.sg/ecs/pre-doc-... #econ_ra

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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The #MeToo movement led to a 10% jump in sex crime reports and the effect lasted over 2 years. ✅ More reporting ✅ More arrests ❌ Not just more crimes ✅ Impact across race & income Social movements can change high-stakes behavior. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Martin Mattsson @martinmattsson.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I can confirm, he is young, he is cool, and great coauthor and friend!

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Martin Mattsson @martinmattsson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Very grateful to Peter Singer for giving a guest lecture in our class on Effective Altruism. The class was developed by Joel Chow and I and aims to explain EA principles and real world applications of these principles. Taught as an interdisciplinary course at NUS tinyurl.com/bckpychc

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Martin Mattsson @martinmattsson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

My paper "Information Systems, Service Delivery, and Corruption: Evidence From the Bangladesh Civil Service" is now forthcoming in AEJ:Applied. It has been a great experience working with @aeajournals.bsky.social, Ben Olken, the reviewers, and @aeadata.bsky.social

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Sylvan Herskowitz @sylvanrh.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

Two misconceptions about air quality and air purifier efficacy hold back adoption of a beneficial technology. Nice summary on @voxdev.bsky.social of Chaudhury, @teevrat.bsky.social, @maulikjagnani.bsky.social, @martinmattsson.bsky.social working paper. voxdev.org/topic/energy...

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Dual misbeliefs and technology adoption: Evidence from air purifiers in Bangladesh

Households in Bangladesh hold inaccurate beliefs about indoor air pollution and the effectiveness of air purifiers. Correcting both beliefs is necessary to increase the adoption and use of air purifie...

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