Newly uncovered threats to causal interpretation of Difference in Difference estimates, and the solutions the literature has proposed with step-by-step examples, code, and a checklist, from Freedman, @ajhollingsworth, Kosali Simon, Coady Wing, and Yozwiak nber.org/papers/w31842

Ertunç Tümen (Ertunc Tumen): Bu kitabı, Cumhuriyetimizin 100. yılında, Cumhuriyetimizin yeni yüzyılına ilham olsun diye yazdım.

Presenting a new method to solve combinatorial discrete choice problems and aggregate decisions across heterogeneous agents, and using it to study multinational location decisions, from Costas Arkolakis, Fabian Eckert, and Rowan Shi nber.org/papers/w31877

Hi #EconTwitter! 📈 Keen on the latest in causal inference with panel data models? Check out 👇 this new #econometrics survey by Dmitry Arkhangelsky (CEMFI) and guido imbens (@stanford)! It covers everything from difference-in-differences and two-way-fixed-effect

A review of the literature on automation and its impact on labor markets, wages, factors shares, and productivity, from Pascual Restrepo nber.org/papers/w31910

Personal update: I am delighted to share that I have joined Amazon as a Principal Economist. Amazon Science I thank the Department of Economics at Louisiana State University for hosting me in Fall 2023 and for the excellent academic environment they provided. LSU

Analyzing the work on exchange rates and external imbalances by University of Chicago faculty members during the university’s first hundred years, from Sebastian Edwards nber.org/papers/w31928

Matias D. Cattaneo, Fang Han, Zhexiao Lin: On Rosenbaum's Rank-based Matching Estimator arxiv.org/abs/2312.07683 arxiv.org/pdf/2312.07683

Superb, an updated version of the diff-in-diff estimator for cases where the treatment is continuously distributed at every period. Consider instrumental variable cases as well. Stata and R packages computing the estimators will be available soon, some can already be computed by

RIP. Bob Solow an absolute giant in Economics, has passed away at age 99. Tremendously influential in the profession and one of the key founders of the MIT Economics department as we live it today. Will be sorely missed.

RIP Jonathan Eaton, a great economist that transformed the field of international trade. He should have received a Nobel prize for his many invaluable contributions to economics.

Excited to share our new CEPR Working Paper: "Hometown Conflict and Refugees’ Integration Efforts" cepr.org/publications/d…

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP18918 Hometown #Conflict and #Refugees’ #Integration Efforts Cevat Giray Aksoy The EBRD KCL Department of Political Economy, Gaurav Khanna UC San Diego, Victoria Marino The EBRD, Semih Tumen TED Üniversitesi ERF IZA ow.ly/5owE50QT1tG #CEPR_DE #economics #turkiye #syria

Excited to share a new working paper joint with Pamela Campa and Semih Tumen on female political representation and electoral competition. iza.org/publications/d… (summary thread👇)

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP19700 Under Pressure: Electoral Competition and Women’s Representation @PAMELACAMPA1, Perihan Saygin Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Semih Tumen ow.ly/wQUU50Uctuh #CEPR_PoE #CEPR_PE #gender

Exploring how socio-economic background shapes academia by collecting and analyzing the largest dataset of US academics' backgrounds and research output, from Ran Abramitzky, Lena Greska, Santiago Pérez, Joe Price, Carlo Schwarz, and Fabian Waldinger nber.org/papers/w33289

Come to our AEA P&P session in San Francisco this weekend if you are interested in the economics of immigrant networks and integration. #AEA2025 tinyurl.com/AEA-Session-Pr…

If you are at the ASSA Meeting this weekend, come to our session on "Immigration, Networks, and Integration: Evidence from the U.S. and Europe", 1-3pm on Sunday. Joint with the amazing Katherine Eriksson, Giuseppe Ippedico, Semih Tumen, Santiago Pérez, Reem Zaiour, and Jose Bucheli.

🗣️New EBRD Working Paper: "The Native-Refugee Education Gap" ebrd.com/publications/w… The EBRD Cevat Giray Aksoy Semih Tumen Gaurav Khanna

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP19914 The Native-Refugee #Education Gap Cevat Giray Aksoy The EBRD KCL Department of Political Economy, Gaurav Khanna UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy, Victoria Marino The EBRD, Semih Tumen Amazon TED Üniversitesi IZA ow.ly/iHbu50UU6vq #CEPR_DE #EconTwitter