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David Chivers

@dave_chivers

Associate Professor of Economics at University of Durham.

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Soumitra Shukla (@soumitrashukla9) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Why do job seekers reject job offers after EASY interviews? Watch my brilliant co-author Jason Sockin present our paper "Interviews" showing how interview difficulty signals match quality, including future colleagues. Easy interviews → more rejections & faster turnover.

Jesús Fernández-Villaverde (@jesusferna7026) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📦 Can industrial policy work? Yes—the East Asian experience shows it can (at least partially). But its success rests on a key condition: labor control. 🇯🇵🇰🇷🇹🇼 Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan industrialized rapidly under authoritarian or semi-authoritarian regimes. Wages and

📦 Can industrial policy work? Yes—the East Asian experience shows it can (at least partially).

But its success rests on a key condition: labor control.

🇯🇵🇰🇷🇹🇼 Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan industrialized rapidly under authoritarian or semi-authoritarian regimes. Wages and
Vincent Geloso (@vincentgeloso) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I’ve been thinking about this op-ed and all the replies it received, and all I can think about is how many people misunderstand the economics profession. The general belief that economics is a homogenous group strikes me as mistaken. In fact, while I can’t say much about

John B. Holbein (@johnholbein1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Economics job market candidates p-hack. But, why? Well, doing so helps them get academic jobs. "We find evidence that marginally significant results in [job market papers] are associated with higher academic placement likelihoods."

Economics job market candidates p-hack. 

But, why?

Well, doing so helps them get academic jobs. 

"We find evidence that marginally significant results in [job market papers] are associated with higher academic placement likelihoods."
Andis Sofianos (@sof_andis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Very proud of Lex for this achievement. It was a pleasure to supervise him. In fact, he needed very minimal guidance on his dissertation. Well done Lex!

Charles A. Gardner, PhD (@chaunceygardner) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BMJ just posted this systematic evidence review of 63 studies. It found "a lack of evidence supporting any association of e-cigarette use with cardiovascular disease." That cuts out 36% of all smoking-related deaths. Seems like something people who smoke would want to know.

Dan Neidle (@danneidle) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's shocking how much consensus there is amongst tax policy wonks and economists of Left and Right on the tax reforms the UK needs to boost growth & make the tax system fairer More shocking: they're reforms that are never mentioned by any politicians

It's shocking how much consensus there is amongst tax policy wonks and economists of Left and Right on the tax reforms the UK needs to boost growth & make the tax system fairer

More shocking: they're reforms that are never mentioned by any politicians
David Chivers (@dave_chivers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Wonder why they went for digital IDs to be mandatory rather than optional? Feels politically harder and just makes the cranks angry.

Antonio Mele (@antoniomele101) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I know what many academic economists have been wondering in the last couple of years: “Could ChatGPT ace my Economics exam/coursework?” We just launched a major Royal Economic Society report: “Rethinking Economics Assessments for a GenAI World” with Parama Chaudhury Cloda ,