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Vivek Moorthy

@vmoorthy.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Economics at the College of the Holy Cross. Studies economic demography, development economics, and economic history.

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Vivek Moorthy @vmoorthy.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Happy Earth Day! 🌎 If you want a small break from the pessimistic news cycle- taking some time to volunteer locally isn't just a symbolic gesture. We show it can genuinely improve the health of your community. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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Every Day Is Earth Day: Evidence on the Long-Term Impact of Environmental Activism
(January 2023) - We use variation in weather to study the long-term effects of activism during the original Earth Day on attitudes, environmental outcomes, and children's health. Unusually bad weather...
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Vivek Moorthy @vmoorthy.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Coverage of our recent working paper studying how the salience of social/religious norms impact fertility
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Vivek Moorthy @vmoorthy.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Additionally, historical institutions and differential human capital investments contribute to the Nigerian case. Interesting example of how a comprehensive understanding of economic, cultural, and historical factors is needed to explain within country differences link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Missions, fertility transition, and the reversal of fortunes: evidence from border discontinuities in the emirates of Nigeria - Journal of Economic Growth
What are the origins of differences in the pace of the demographic transition across African societies, and how do these differences affect economic development? We address this question by analyzing ...
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 30/12/2024
Babies are small. Macroeconomies are big. Put 'em together and you get an absolutely fascinating paper from Claudia Goldin. TLDR: Economic growth that outpaces social growth can dramatically lower fertility rates.
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Vivek Moorthy @vmoorthy.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Macro = dynamic microeconomics. So basically is there a Bellman Equation or not
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Vivek Moorthy @vmoorthy.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Excited to see my paper "Agricultural Technological Change, Female Earnings, and Fertility" out in press alongside these other fascinating papers. So far, both my publications have made January issues of their respective journals. Let's see if I can somehow keep this up.
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Vivek Moorthy @vmoorthy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Was the session recorded by any chance?
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Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Same with economists' view about IV.
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Vivek Moorthy @vmoorthy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Always enjoy that deep dive into new contexts when working on a project. But then eventually I have to actually write up and contribute something tangible to that context
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Vivek Moorthy @vmoorthy.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Am I reading the output of timer correctly-- areg faster than reghdfe?
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