@leightjessica
Development economist, @Yale / @UniofOxford / @MIT. Asso editor, REHO + CER. Editorial board member, BMC Public Health + PloS One. Structural transformation, agriculture, gender, IPV. Views my own
Apropos of nothing: I don't think we should anthropomorphize AI models. But when we do (and especially with the increasing popularity of Claude code among social scientists), we are using a (predominantly) male name and generally a male pronoun
This seems worth noting
And evidence that proximity to media-reported sexual assaults in India β¬οΈ schooling of women + probability of middle school completion
Another paper joint w/ Vollmer explores the impact of redistricting in India on health services; finds that districts that gain legislative weight show β¬οΈ state-branded health insurance enrollment, more sub-health centers, and stronger ICDS outreachβand improved antenatal and postnatal care
Another paper with the same coauthor - currently R&R at JDE - examines relationship between high-stakes exam + student suicides in India using geocoded, high-frequency media data; finds 18% β¬οΈ in suicides during high-stakes exam months
One published paper joint w/ @Gitanjalisen analyzes a CCT program in West Bengal incentivizing women to stay in school + delay marriage; finds the intervention leads to 8 pp β¬οΈ in probability of independent movement outside the home, β¬οΈ tolerance of domestic violence
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Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @SubarnaBee @uniGoettingen who works on topics related to education, gender, and political economy
And another brand-new paper w/ a large team incl my coauthor Bilge Erten and @Erdal_Tekin_
shows that violence prevention centers opening in Turkey β¬οΈ female homicides and women's exposure to physical IPV
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NBER WP joint w/Mocan shows that entry into (and exit from) the Istanbul convention around VAW by Turkey leads to corresponding effects (β¬οΈ, then β¬οΈ) in female homicides
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Another paper joint w/@efsannas finds *large* (80% + ) reductions in the probability of femicides in Turkey during the period of social distancing, seemingly driven by curfews
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Evidence shows that retirement benefits available for super-early retirement (in '40s) β¬οΈ LFP, with accompanying transitions into informality
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One published paper joint w/@AtaySalim @SemihTumen uses comprehensive data from Turkey + a regression discontinuity design to examine the effects of graduating with honors on the wages of economic graduates: finds significant positive effects for men, but no effects for women
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Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is Gunes Asik @METU_ODTU who works on topics including gender and labor, particularly in Turkey
There are certainly various mechanisms of free access + if you really want a NBER WP, you can certainly get it! But the casual browser [me] probably won't bother and thus will just not read the paper if it's not accessibly posted
Your regular reminder: NBER WPs are also not open access (any more than a published journal article is).
Still very useful to put a non-paywalled version on your website
Using claude code to clean up outdated project directories + replace all project files: 10/10, definitely recommend.
Makes one of the most miserable coding/project management tasks easy + palatable
Only thing better than 2.5 snow days with one parent on a business trip?
2.5 snow days, down one parent, everyone has the stomach flu!
Hard to forget about this, no matter how many extra papers I can write (or not write), or what happens to my job
Amongst all the AI excitement, hype, or anxiety let's not lose sight of what's [still] happening for the poorest people in the world: the U.S. just cut all aid (even life-saving aid) for nine particularly poor countries, incl Somalia - currently at risk of tipping over into famine
He has also made notable contributions to the replication agenda, co-authoring comments identifying severe irregularities in a number of trials conducted in Bangladesh; and a participant in a major cross-study replication that finds robustness reproducibility of about 70%
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Another paper exploring global trends in inequality 1970-2018 finds notable β¬οΈ, primarily during the 2000s and 2010s: global Gini drops by 15 points + earnings share of world's poorest half doubles, joint w/@daniwaldenstrom
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Another interesting paper explores the number of people who want to leave Ukraine + the impact of refugee policies at the destination on the distribution of Ukrainian refugees, joint w/@ElinderMikael
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joint w/@mkaradja @akib_kn
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One trial accepted in pre-results review evaluates an intervention partnering immigrants + native-born ind in Sweden for informal social interaction, + will use survey and administrative data to explore effects of immigrants' social relations + labor + housing market outcomes
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is Olle Hammar @linneuni @handels_sse who works on topics including migration, inequality + replication
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Oh, I definitely agree it's not freeing up time. In fact I agree with everything in this article: more time spent at work, more multitasking, more "squeezing in" work in small moments during the day, more sense of cognitive stretch as I try to do more tasks I wouldn't otherwise take on.
That is definitely what's happening! Sometimes I feel like I'd rather be manually de-bugging my code though
I love to see the frontier for AI expanding but I'm disappointed to report it still does not include the task of cleaning up vomit from the 3 different beds my son landed on last night [with associated laundry + re-making]. some real room for growth there
