Growth of "Mostly Harmless Econometrics": Use of methods like Diff-in-Diff, IV, and RCTs surged. Decline in Theoretical Work

Three activists of Koalisi Masyarakat Sipil protested against a closed meeting in Jakarta, opposing TNI Bill revisions that could potentially undermine the principles of democracy and human rights by enabling military intervention in civilian affairs.

This paper brings up a painful subject for transparency enthusiasts in economics: pre-registration is on the rise - but why only for RCTs where leeway & incentives for p-hacking/HARKing/publication bias are much smaller than in observational studies? 1/3 doi.org/10.1177/019384…

Ternyata syarat lamaran dan jobdesc pekerjaan banyak, tapi gaji di bawah UMR itu real 😕

Terharu melihat mereka yg tetap bisa memberi di tengah mengalami power abuse 🥲

#GDRI_rep Update 7: Retraction! Our comment of "Parent–teacher meetings and student outcomes: Evidence from a developing country" has led to the paper being retracted. Our comment is accepted as is. Short 🧵

Join us tomorrow: Webinar on ‘Open Science in Agricultural Economics’ April 09: 17.00-18.00, Zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/62665035300 Speaker: Robert Finger & Julia Höhler, Panel Discussion with Carola Grebitus, Arne Henningsen, Robert Huber & Jens Rommel Paper doi.org/10.1093/qopen/…

🌍 Calling all producers, buyers & processors from 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 EL ! Join our C4B Local Value Chain Dialogue 💬 c4b-project.eu/news/🚜-help-shape-the-future-of-circular-bioeconomy-join-our-co-creation-webinar/

tldr; The case for public provision is not about public goods and externalities! It is about contracting; private provision -> innovation, and if you can write a good contract, that innovation will help rather than hurt!

🌱 C4B at #EAAECongress! Proud to see #WUR PhD candidate Lukas Bonar Nainggolan present research on how collective agreements & norms boost cooperation among primary producers in the #bioeconomy. 👉 Read more: c4b-project.eu/news/wageninge…

Agnez Mo sings ‘Ibu Pertiwi’ & ‘Indonesia Pusaka’ in new Instagram post: “Do not allow yourselves to be provoked. Do not allow yourselves to be manipulated. We are wiser. We are stronger. We are no longer the Indonesia of 1998.”

Japan’s national newspaper The Yomiuri Shimbun cropped Prabowo Subianto out of its front page photo.

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BREAKING NEWS The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

Coming up: We'll soon be announcing the recipient of the 2025 prize in economic sciences. Stay tuned to discover who it will be. Watch live: x.com/i/broadcasts/1… #NobelPrize

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Mokyr

What creates sustained economic growth? This year’s laureates used different methods to answer this question. Through his research in economic history, Joel Mokyr – awarded the 2025 prize in economic sciences – has demonstrated that a continual flow of useful knowledge is

Forthcoming in the AER: "Gender Differences in Economics Seminars" by Pascaline Dupas, Amy Handlan, Alicia Sasser Modestino, Muriel Niederle, Mateo Seré, Haoyu Sheng, Justin Wolfers, and Seminar Dynamics Collective. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Michael Cuna’s JMP studies the hidden curriculum—unwritten rules for success. Combining data and field experiments, he finds first-gen students engage less in key actions, e.g. networking, due to low awareness. Read more: economics.uchicago.edu/directory/mich… #UChicago #EconJobMarket