Digital Future: Fintech, AI and the Path to Financial Inclusion was a day of thought-provoking panels & engaging discussions. Cannot wait for tomorrow! We have a great lineup: haas.berkeley.edu/lift/events/di… IFC #EconTwitter #LIFTIFC2023 Register: lift_ifc_2023.eventbrite.com

Join us for: "Privacy and Fairness in Machine-assisted Decisions" at #LIFTIFC2023! 🤖 Chaired by Sonia Katyal UC Berkeley, with contributions by: Catherine Tucker Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Jann Spiess Stanford University Joshua Blumenstock UC Berkeley 🔗haas.berkeley.edu/lift/events/di… #EconTwitter IFC

If you are using @dropbox and do not want 3rd party AI technology partners to have access to your dropbox files, flip this switch (on by default, or did I agree to this somewhere?) (web->account->settings-3rd party AI) /cc EDPS

"Optimal Experimental Design for Staggered Rollouts" by Ruoxuan Xiong Susan Athey Mohsen Bayati and guido imbens is now available on Management Science! You can find the article here: pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.128…

🚨Consumer finance researchers🚨 We're submitting a comment on how CFPB's proposed rule on personal financial data rights may curtail researcher access to consumer transaction data. We're urging CFPB to consider permitting anonymized data access for research purposes. 1/2

Whitney Newey’s contributions to econometrics dlvr.it/T2NfkL

This is a great piece on our recently published work on whether children should do more enrichment activities: tinyurl.com/bdtwrcy9 . The answer is no, children are doing too much, and it’s hurting their ability to emotionally regulate.

Some folks claim "working from home is bad for mental health". We surveyed 4,000 people to find out. The data shows people are very different. It appears choice and flexibility are best for mental health (and not 5-day return to office mandates).

Something big is happening in the county jail of Flint MI An innovative rehab program is sharply reducing in-jail misconduct and post-release recidivism I'm tremendously excited to share this new paper, with @MarcellaAlsan, Crystal Yang, & Arkey Barnett dropbox.com/scl/fi/n21oplk…

New paper from Norway: Banning smartphones in school - significantly decreased doctors visits for psychological symptoms and diseases among girls - reduced bullying among both genders - improved girls’ GPA and attendance rates - largest effect sizes were among the poorest kids

"We are getting cognitively slower even when the infection is "All resolved.""

"Abnormal Brain Scans In Children With COVID-19 Revealed In Data From 96 Studies" "The research underscores how much more we have to learn about what the virus can do to the brain." iflscience.com/abnormal-brain…

Super smart play by SSRC. If your university admin is a nightmare, you can run your grants through them instead! #competition ssrc.org/how-we-work/fi…

🧑🏽‍💻 Development Economics Predoctoral Fellow (multiple positions) - ideal for graduating seniors + master’s students interested in doing a PhD - work with CEGA faculty like Paul Gertler, Laura Chioda, Manisha Shah, Tamma Carleton + Kelsey Jack - salary ranges from $64,100 – $75,700

The path to power is still a maddening tightrope walk for women. We expect men to be strong & capable, but women to be warm & modest too. We mistake their assertiveness for selfishness and vulnerability for weakness. We should hold all leaders to common standards of competence

Showing that alternative data from digital transactions through a delivery app are effective at predicting creditworthiness for borrowers with no credit history, from Laura Chioda, Paul Gertler, @SeanKHiggins, and Paolina C. Medina nber.org/papers/w33208

🔗 How can FinTech lending reshape credit access for borrowers with no credit history? J-PAL affiliates Paul Gertler @SeanKHiggins and coauthors Paulina Mendina & Laura Chioda's new NBER working paper evaluates the effects of FinTech lending on financial inclusion.

Thankfully, many people are acting individually to back up datasets which are being deleted from the web. reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/.

A recent paper by Team Scientists @supkaur, 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧, & collaborators found that providing workers with earlier pay reduced their financial stress, which boosted their productivity at work. Read more here: bit.ly/42Zlog1