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Do u teach intermediate Micro or an advance course in Micro for the first or second degree? The revision of my book "Models of Microeconomics", coauthored with Martin Osborne, is downloadable freely from my homepage (see the first comment).

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Recent advances in applied micro and econometrics. A reading list: christinecai.github.io/PublicGoods/ap…

Neat statistics lecture notes to introduce you to causal inference: from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to adaptive experiments. web.stanford.edu/~swager/stats3…

Python for Econometrics slides: pyecon.org/down/pyecon.pdf

The past few years I've been developing a new research agenda exploring how the built environment -- the architecture of urban space -- shapes grassroots politics in urban Africa. Really excited to share part of this work AJPS: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… 1/5

NEW | How the climate crisis is hampering labour productivity in Accra Researchers from our structural transformation domain have published a working paper in collaboration with UNU-WIDER, looking at the effect of climate change on city-wide labour productivity in Accra, Ghana.

This paper from michael danquah, Bazoumana Ouattara, Williams Ohemeng and Alfred Barimah explores the impact of climate shocks on urban productivity in Accra and why more research is needed to “climate proof” African cities 👇 african-cities.org/new-research-h…

Ravi Kanbur on how & why development economics died VoxEU 🔗cepr.org/voxeu/columns/… cc: CEPR Dani Rodrik Indermit Gill World Bank Research Cornell Economics

It's been too long since I've made a substantive tweet, so here goes. At the following Dropbox link you can access the slides and Stata files for my recent talk at the Stata UK meeting: dropbox.com/scl/fo/50imn36… It's taken me awhile to see connections among various estimators.

Getting introduced to the latest and greatest in statistical causal inference is a game-changer: go from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to adaptive experiments. Don't miss out--level up your skills today. web.stanford.edu/~swager/stats3…

A first course in causal inference with a comprehensive text. Get up to speed and read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2305.18793

Fascinating new paper exploring spatial inequality and inequality trends in #Mozambique, by Carlos Gradín #EQUAL_NNF Finn Tarp Development Economics Research Group (DERG) UNU-WIDER Novo Nordisk Foundation Available here: wider.unu.edu/project/impact…

A really nice profile of my former colleague at Harvard Lawrence Katz in IMF F&D. Larry pioneered research on inequality. He speaks to the ambiguous effects of AI on inequality, among other things. imf.org/en/Publication…

📢CALL FOR PAPERS The Economic Journal Special issue: Climate Change and Inequality 📅Deadline: 28 February 2025 Editor: alberto bisin ➡️Learn more and submit: bit.ly/3YKS3lR Royal Economic Society @OUPEconomics #EconTwitter

Looking to dive into #MachineLearning? I’m sharing my entire university course online—completely free! Each lecture is recorded and connected to hands-on demonstration workflows and interactive dashboards, so you can follow along at your own pace. I’m excited to help you learn!

A thread through Ghana’s early economic modern history. Part 1.

NEW | Structural transformation: Domain report Structural transformation involves the movement of workers from low-productivity to high-productivity sectors – often from agriculture to manufacturing and services – and is a necessary condition for sustained economic growth.

In this report, michael danquah, kunal sen and Rachel M Gisselquist present a cross-city analysis of the spatial distribution of economic activities, as well as the drivers and constraints of structural transformation, in Accra, Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam, Harare, Lagos and Nairobi.

Milton Friedman was spot on