Death toll in Italy still growing exponentially, but at a lower rate.

Comment mesurer avec précision la #pauvreté et les #inégalités afin d'assurer l’efficacité des programmes d’assistance ? bit.ly/2QgWDp5

Recopilar #datos basados en #recuerdos tiende a producir menos #indicadores erróneos sobre el #bienestar de las #personas. Esto es importante para medir de forma precisa la #pobreza y la #desigualdad de lo cual dependen los #programas de #asistencia ➡️bit.ly/2Yt1l7G

Read Wednesday's featured article: How manipulating test scores affects school accountability and student achievement by Erich Battistin (Queen Mary University of London) wol.iza.org/articles/how-m… #standardizedtesting

Schulischer Erfolg und #Schulverantwortung: Wie wirken sich verfälschte Testergebnisse aus? Standardisierte #Schulprüfungen können Manipulationsanreize und irreführende Politikindikatoren erzeugen Erich Battistin (Queen Mary University of London) wol.iza.org/articles/how-m…

"Controlled retesting of students, grading from independent markers, or random assignment of external monitors on the test day should be part of any testing protocol," says Erich Battistin (Queen Mary University of London) wol.iza.org/articles/how-m… #standardizedtesting

In a paper that will be peer reviewed, never use the words 'clearly' or 'obviously.' If the statement really is clear or obvious, the reader will discern that fact anyway. And if it is not, then you've just told the reviewer that he/she is stupid. #AcademicTwitter #EconTwitter

Cool finding. For over a century, sons of immigrants to the US had greater upward mobility than sons of native born. The American dream. The US needs more immigrants!

An extraordinary effort by my colleagues World Bank Poverty to conduct a large-scale phone survey across South Asia to understand the effects of COVID.

The machine learning community discovers the relevance of models not being identified! They just had to give the concept their own name, “underspecification.” #EconTwitter #Econometrics technologyreview.com/2020/11/18/101…

Beautiful snowy day in DC! Capital Weather Gang A.🤓Camden🌦Walker🤳 Amelia Draper

HSS - When it comes to research evaluations, peer reviews and bibliometric analysis should be viewed as complementary rather than determinate, according to new paper - Queen Mary University of London qmul.ac.uk/media/news/202… via Queen Mary University of London