Hasim is a phenomenal teacher of ML bc it’s hands-on meticulous R programming. So they actually learn R indirectly which to me seems the best way to learn any new language (ie in the context of a task)

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Y’all scott cunningham is doing so bad at putt-putt these kids skipped around us. Bobby Dominy and I are dying here. 😂😂😂

It was so awesome to chat with scott cunningham about my recent publication on the influence of same race and gender mentors at Department of Social Sciences at West Point for #JHR_threads. Thanks again for thinking of me Scott. The JHR

Great thread on the link between video games and violence.

This week’s episode of #JHR_Threads is “Settling for Academia?” by Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Delia Furtado. YT interview with @furtadoDelia at the end. The paper can be downloaded (for free!) at jhr.uwpress.org/content/54/2/4…

Those “record-breaking” immigration raids in Mississippi happened on the first day of school. I mean, Jesus, this paragraph:

J'ai hâte de voir @ianschmutte UGA présenter "Estimating Compensating Wage Differentials with Endogenous Job Mobility" HEC Montréal-Économie appliquée/Applied Economics Montréal la semaine prochaine. Thanks to Benoit Dostie for inviting him! hec.ca/iea/seminaires…

New paper: More than 40% of white Harvard admits are “ALDC”: athletes, legacy, Dean’s interest (donors' kids), or children of faculty Researchers find: 1. 70+% of such admits would be rejected w/o preferences. 2. Without ALDC preferences, total admits would be more diverse.

Ben wrote a great thread👇 on successful study strategies for graduate microeconomic theory. This is a model for what an advice thread can be, with a mix of general, high-level tips and specific suggestions of notes and texts (with links).

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I always thought the economist as doctor analogy most apt. We diagnose symptoms/forces, not exact timing of heart attack/recession Patient is constantly evolving: past remedies might not work today Beset by unscientific quack fringe, but public often can’t distinguish.

Heterogenous effects of marijuana liberalization (MML vs decriminalization; gender) on car crashes in new AJPH. Rhet Smith et al finds MML reduces car crashes (similar to Benjamin Hansen et al), but decrim increases it. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.210…

Our paper (with Meghan Skira UGA and Julie Riise) on the positive maternal health impcat of paid maternity leave is forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy.

New paper by Peter Arcidiacono, Josh Kinsler, and Tyler Ransom documents anti-Asian discrimination in Harvard admissions. Typical Asian-American admit has about 20% penalty vs. white applicant. Half explained by admin personal rankings, but half not. public.econ.duke.edu/~psarcidi/real…

Our paper on the RDD with multiple endogenous variables and a single running variable and threshold is ready. I’m proud of this work with Gregorio Caetano and Juan Carlos Escanciano. arxiv.org/abs/2007.00185

Fan Liang is a macro/money theorist. Her job market paper asks why firms, even those w/ access to 💳, hold 💵? Answer: to signal their quality. Fan uses a GSW directed search framework w/ adverse selection to answer this Q (thread 👇) 1/6 fan-liang.weebly.com

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Productive day in the office at Terry College | UGA. We produced 2 PhDs. Dr Scott Spitze is going to Burning Glass Tech and Dr Fan Liang Fan Liang is going to Loyola Marymount University. Very proud of both and will miss them.

Excited to announce that I'll be joining the Center for Economic Studies (CES) at the U.S. Census Bureau as a Research Economist, starting this summer! I can't wait to get to work with some awesome colleagues!