PILoSSopher paulgp Usually when I see some attention-seeking garbage on twitter I just move on. But since you ask, PILoSSopher, and since you find this stuff interesting, paulgp ... 1/n

To people who badger empirical researchers using micro-type panel data -- where N is pretty large and T is not -- into computing tests for cross-sectional dependence in the errors: Please stop! These tests give lots of false positives due to unobserved heterogeneity.

“We now live in a country where a household earning more than Rs. 75 per day is considered above the poverty line, while an upper caste household earning Rs. 2,222 a day is considered economically weak.” ⁦The Hindu⁩

We are delighted to share that we are organizing a Research Scholars' Day in Feb 2023 for Econ PhD students from different universities to present their research and get feedback. The event will also include two plenary talks. More details here: iitk.ac.in/eco/research-s…

If people are converting for a bag of rice, how is it that the Indian judiciary sees conversion and not hunger as the problem?

PhD student going to academia

JOSHIMATH SINKING THREAD: All the coverage on Joshimath will show you visuals of haphazard construction n tilted homes with cracks, n also build a narrative that it is the main reason for the disaster. That’s half the truth and a coverup exercise, to protect the main CULPRIT. ++

“I have to say that all these guys are essentially clueless about the development process”. Princeton University economist & writer of new book “India is Broken” @AshokaMody to Kavitha Iyer on Morgan Stanley McKinsey & Company World Bank predictions for #India article-14.com/post/-a-small-…

Late night shout into Twitter vacuum: anyone who believes that that BBC documentary is politically damning for the current regime is living in some sort of delusion. Bhakts always knew and their bhakti originates precisely from the same rabid hatred.

One-day workshop on Firm Heterogeneity and the Macroeconomy at UNSW on May 24th. Keynote by Hugo Hopenhayn. Apply by April 7th: ausmacro.com/call-for-paper… Petr Sedlacek

Last one month I am trying to schedule a drop-off for my visa documents. The website doesn't progress beyond this. Tried various internet browsers and computers. Emailed [email protected] several times with no response. At wit's end. Please help U.S. Consulate General Chennai

The submission deadline for our Research Scholars' Day has been extended to 11th October. Nishith Prakash Arpita Society for Economics Research in India

The way so- called "educated" middle class of India behave with their domestic workers makes me truly loathe my background.

We live in a highly patriarchal society. I hv done around 200 kidney transplants. My findings in my series: 1. Around 80-90 % of Kidney Transplant Recipients are men. When a woman develops ESRD( Kidney Failure), it is very hard to find a Kidney donor, among the relatives. 2. In

There are so many important lessons to learn about international development from this awful case (thread). 1. Consider for a moment how ridiculously easy it is to do consequential stuff in low-income countries.

The biggest ever sports icon of India is Major Dhyan Chand. 49 nations took part in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and the Indian delegation led by Major Dhyan Chand was one of only two teams that refused to salute Adolf Hitler, as they marched past him during the opening ceremony.

Back while at CMC Vellore (Official), I would have patients coming into OPD often only requesting a paracetamol prescription. Now drugs in CMC cannot be dispensed without a doctor's prescription. I used to ask them why go through the bother of waiting in line to see a doctor... 1/🧵

Such a sin to be an immigrant when you're living every day wondering if people you left behind can recognise you when you get back

Storytelling matters in econ too