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Seema Jayachandran

@seema.bsky.social
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Economics professor at Princeton. I study environmental conservation, gender equality, and (too many) other topics in developing countries. seemajayachandran.com

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 14h
Imagine realizing you’ve done something so colossally idiotic that it will appear in every obituary written about you
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Reading AI slop is soul-crushing.
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
From the official Dept of Education account on X, an endorsement of Bo French's racist tweet about Indian students at a University of Texas football game. Just awful.
A photo of a Texas football game with a largely white audience shown and the caption "Make college football great again."
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NBER @nber.org · 17/09/2026
A survey of 4,000 women in urban India finds that fear of street harassment shapes whether 70 percent of them work. Past-year victimization is especially high in Delhi, at 65 percent, from Lori A. Beaman, @seema.bsky.social, and Anisha Sharma www.nber.org/papers/w35738
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Omggg @propublica.org Absolute balls of steel to publish this story on the Russian oligarch and Putin crony who apparently funded a bunch of Don Trump Jr’s latest wedding. The president did not attend, but a bunch of mysterious Russian-speaking men did www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026
The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Who’s gonna tell him?
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
For development econ job market candidates: We are hiring for 2 postdocs at Princeton starting in summer 2027. Come join us!
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I gave a talk in Sweden many months ago and haven't been reimbursed. The delay? The Swedish tax authority has to approve it. It should be routine. But they want me to go for an in-person identity check at the Swedish embassy. WTF? Dying to see the racial breakdown of whom this happens to.
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This summer, there was a sharp increase in AI slop referee reports I received as a journal editor. LLMs have been good for awhile, so not sure why the uptick is now. But, my god, are people shameless or oblivious that the AI slop is obvious?
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Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Hey #EconSky, I have been working on a proposal for a new class, which got me thinking back to this star-studded thread and my conversation therein with (the generous and patient) @paulgp.com This in turn lead me to wonder: is there a good JEL-style review article on design-based inference?
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Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 21/08/2026
Women’s labor force participation remains strikingly low in South Asia, despite gains in girls’ education. On the CGD Podcast, @rglenner.bsky.social and @seema.bsky.social discuss why—and what the evidence tells us about expanding women’s access to jobs. 🎧 go.cgdev.org/45iTknU
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CGD Podcast: Women and Work in South Asia with Seema Jayachandran
CGD’s Rachel Glennerster speaks with Princeton’s Seema Jayachandran about how gender inequality can manifest differently in different regions, why GDP and labor access don't necessarily align, and wha...
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Apropos of nothing, why do People use Random capitalization?
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Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
ok ok maybe google search isn't all bad...
i searched alex trebek

google suggests did you mean: who is alex trebek
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Economist piece on Acemoglu is extremely poor and seems motivated to me by some kind of animus.
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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
nah yeah = "do not worry, the answer is yes" yeah nah = "I see what you're up to, the answer is no"
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Again, it is an *exceptionally* strange situation where the president of the US gets to literally invent preposterous things out of thin air every day and no one can do anything about it
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/08/2026
Not to beat up on Douthat even more, but I'll just say: it has never, in all of post-war American history, been more crystal clear exactly who your enemy should be. Never. If it's not obvious to you, you are morally & intellectually defective.
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
What appeals to me about Zohran is that he governs with a strong moral compass, even where I don't agree with the policies. The discourse is affordability vs. fight vs. gerontocracy. But I think the lesson for 2028 is the hunger for a moral compass.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 02/08/2026
this owns www.inverse.com/input/cultur...
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The adorable love story behind Wikipedia’s 'high five' photos
Nearly 14 years later, the tale of this iconic couple can finally be told.
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This politician in Canada used ChatGPT to write his speech and then just directly read out loud the AI prompt without realising it, announcing to legislators “Here's a more natural, flowing version of that section that reads like a legislative speech rather than a series of short points." Glorious!
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Wanted: An alarm app that adjusts the wake-up time later if I get a text in the middle of the night that my early morning flight is delayed...
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The AI-induced surge in cold emails seeking RA positions is insane.
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
So the U.S. has gotten itself into a situation where the State Department is now warning Americans about traveling...anywhere. "The Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution." travel.state.gov/en/internati...
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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Brutal photo caption from The Guardian: “Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the Spanish national team.”
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I just banned "load-bearing" in my claude preferences. this is a game of whack-a-mole.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This seems a bit Nazi-ish, no?
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Do the cost savings from removing recycling and waste bins from offices really outweigh the productivity costs? The centralized bins and slots are small -- the setup is designed for you to stop working and walk from your office to the centralized bin for each piece of trash. Seems inane.
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
i know my questions aren't always clear, but does Claude really need to tell me it's trying to untangle them?
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
non-soccer person here. Spain might be good but they are boring to watch.
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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
My son just told me is favourite sentence is: “I didn’t say we should kill him” because if you emphasise each different word it changes the entire meaning
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
What countries have you only been to in transit? For me, the ones I remember are UAE Turkey Senegal Rwanda Malaysia Bangladesh Sudan The last two are probably the oddballs on that list.
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Bethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Texas still has a really good senate candidate, just saying...
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
On Thursday, July 16 at noon (eastern), Mirya Holmes (@mirya.bsky.social) and I will hold a Zoom workshop on "How to do Tenure Track," designed to help new TT faculty navigate better their new position. To RSVP, please fill the form below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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How to do tenure track (sign up)
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
It won't be long before Platner goes on Rogan. The political pivot seems inevitable.
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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 05/07/2026
Trump is watching the Fox News feed of himself watching Fox News
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The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🚨🚨 NEW ECONOMICS JOURNAL 🚨🚨 We are excited to announce the launch of The Review of Economic Studies: Insights, a new open-access journal in the REStud family. Mission: publish concise, high-quality research on important questions across economics and economic policy.🧵1/13
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Big of Claude to keep giving me honest caveats.
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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
So @albertsonb2.bsky.social and I stayed at a cabin with friends who had a Texas waffle iron and we rated the midterms.
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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I feel like there's a growing gap in perception between people who use LLMs to code or do code-adjacent things and people who only evaluate LLMs on their ability to write prose. This might be a stretched analogy but it reminds me of the different "worlds" of the polarized US media environment.
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This was prompted by some policy folks describing some findings and me being skeptical. So I read the two working papers (by a prominent economist) and was aghast at the authors' over-interpretation. Not great that the policy folks were credulous, but I get that. I place the blame on the authors.
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A tool I hope someone creates: Assessment of how much a scholar overclaims in their papers when interpreting empirical results. Seems well within the skill set of AI, e.g., Refine. Useful for non-experts assessing evidence (especially working papers but even peer reviewed). + a deterrence effect.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A fifth of Leave voters have died.
Graph showing the movement of Leave and Remain voters since 2016
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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Donald Trump inheriting a situation that was suboptimal but honestly fine, deciding to personally intervene, and making everything significantly worse at great taxpayer expense is a perfect synopsis of every single thing he has done as president both times.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.
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Corinne Low @corinnelow.com · 01/06/2026
Read the whole transcript. Glad to see someone has some integrity left.
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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
A suppressed 2022 report at Yale found significant growth in many units (though the reasons were difficult to be certain of, absent cooperation from the administration). campuspress.yale.edu/facultyforya...
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Dave DuFour 🐉 @davedufour.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
A gallon of gas was $3.10 the last time the Thunder made the NBA finals
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
In an unusual flight path, jet flies into World Trade Center.
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In unusual deal, a $1.8 billion fund that could help Trump allies is created
The agreement to end the Trump family's lawsuit against the IRS grants a commission broad authority to distribute nearly $1.8 billion to those who, like the president, have claimed they have been targets of a
"weaponized" justice system.
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