Fav data viz of the day

Are immigrants more innovative?

Yup.

Immigrants tend to 1.) make up a higher share of business owners and 2.) operate more innovative and productive firms.

This 'implies [immigrants make] large contributions to U.S. innovation and growth.'

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Can’t believe it’s finally here!! Congratulations Scott Stern Joshua Gans and Erin L Scott, PhD !!

heroic work that finds very little effects of a widely appreciated program to relieve medical debt.

making people's lives better is hard work! there are few easy answers.

The Barcelona neighborhood that has Park Güell (a must visit!) was sick of tourists riding the bus so they asked Google and Apple Maps to remove the routes, and it worked

REMINDER: Gregor Jarosch, Benjamin Schoefer , Isaac Sorkin and I are organizing a Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics (SITE) session on the Micro and Macro of Labor Markets on 8/6-8/7 August 6 at Stanford.

Submission due 5/15 here: economics.stanford.edu/site/paper-sub… (scroll down)

Berkeley peeps, Xlab is offering an incredible service *for free*: they will help you audit your empirical research results. Take advantage! xlab.berkeley.edu/research/Audit…

.UC Berkeley Social Sciences is hiring a Communications Specialist! I invite you to apply or share it with your networks. Here's the job description: bit.ly/44jMRYB

Today my wife Nina Guilbeault launches her timely and important book THE GOOD EATER w. Bloomsbury U.S.! It’s an incredibly thoughtful and open-minded analysis of our food system and how you, as a consumer and eater, can navigate its many trade-offs while staying aligned with your

Who wouldn't want to be Sally Hudson's wing(wo)man??

🚨 Full-Time Pre-doc Position at UC Berkeley🚨

Want to get your hands dirty with big data, economic modeling and empirical work across projects in low- and middle-income countries?

Come work for me as a full-time predoc based at Berkeley Haas.

Join us at the inaugural *Equitable Opportunity Conference* at Ross School of Business on June 6-7, 2024.

Theme: Organizations shape socioeconomic opportunities in ways that more/less align w/notions of fairness & justice.

Submission/registration link below.
tinyurl.com/UMRSB-EOC

Amazing afternoon mini-conferencing with fellow west coast innovation/entrepreneurship peeps (Francesca Truffa Matteo Tranchero Kris Gulati Matt Clancy) - thanks to Christian Fons Rosen for organizing. Such a privilege to hang out with friends and discuss cool cutting-edge ideas!

[Job opportunity / join my team!] We are looking for an impact data analyst to help drive AI for social impact. Deadline: 6pm BST Friday 26th April 2024
Apply here: boards.greenhouse.io/deepmind/jobs/…

Estimating the value of data as if it were a map
Data is a map that society uses to try to get from A to B but estimating its value is hard. Abhishek Nagaraj 🗺️ shows how we can use natural experiments to capture data's contribution through better decision-making. Also relevant for AI!

The key proviso is no access to outside information. Given that I tend to agree with Demis Hassabis that average man has no chance. Learning from experience can’t hold a candle to the fact that previous knowledge is really great at compacting key lessons in a tractable way

. David Holtz is leading this amazing event at Haas School of Business -- check it out!