What a great collection of resources on how to do research for PhD students and beyond! I like the focus on meta-research skills (eg productivity systems). Took me too long to realize these skills are as important as hard-core research skills (e.g. coding, statistics).

Thank you CamEcon for the opportunity to work on this project🙏 working paper coming soon!

Does AI increase productivity? This randomized controlled study on software developers suggests YES. Programmers increased their productivity by 55.8% when using AI tools like GitHub #copilot arxiv.org/abs/2302.06590

Most people I know love getting thank-you cards. But I only know a handful who write them regularly. Why? This paper: we underestimate the positive effect of showing gratitude & overestimate how awkward it’ll be My reminder today: sincerely say thanks to someone I appreciate!

Data shows that women do worse than men on financial literacy tests 😔 Why? Paper by Annamaria Lusardi & co: it's not just due to a KNOWLEDGE gap, it also reflects a CONFIDENCE gap Sometimes women know less than men. But usually, women know more than they think they know!

Love this insight from Agnes Callard's book Aspiration Ambition is overrated. Aspiration is underrated Ambition=trying to get what you already want. Eg wanting to become a classical musician Aspiration=trying to learn to want something new. Eg wanting to value classical music

Working on Gender Norms? Submit your papers to this special issue of SJPE featuring articles by Shelly Lundberg & Abi Adams 🥳 Edited by @emma_tominey & me, with @DavidAJaeger as Editor in Chief Very excited for this special issue! #EconTwitter