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Lexington, KY

Excited to announce the call for papers for the inaugural MidSouth Education Policy Workshop, October 16-17, in Lexington, KY!

Send us your abstracts on all things econ of ed & ed policy by 8/27. Grad students & early career folks especially welcome!

Info & link to submit here: bit.ly/44TdiGf

I was thinking of this as a student is writing a paper comparing Portuguese and English papers on Bolsa Familia. It will be much easier for us to figure out which authors are at Brazilian institutions. I might have her look for Brazilian undergraduate degree too, which I'm hoping I can find

Loss of DHS data sets. @scientificdiscovery.dev posted this paper that shows new dhs data increased chance of a publication on that country. I have not read it yet
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I thought there was a cswep issue in this but cannot find it. AEA has the below resources. I recommend talking to people at peer or similar institutions. I tried to build my network of local people like that around that time

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YaRrr! The Pirate’s Guide to R An introductory book to R written by, and for, R pirates

I recommend this book everytime! A real treasure chest if tips
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#EconSky

Does anybody have DHS data for Bangladesh?

Or is there a webpage where somebody managed to save previously available DHS data?

Thank you for your help!

Congrats! I talk about this paper all the time. Way to go QJE too

I'm at #CTREE I only recognize a few people here. There is no one posting about papers. I miss the old days of Econ twitter. FWIW I also see no posts on Twitter about CTREE (the first time I have probably logged in months)

My first sentence of every review starts the same with the title of paper so I can tell which reviewer I am when I get an 2nd round review request. I then summarize in a couple of sentences to set up a final sentence which previews the rest of the review

a friend gave me her Maryland Masters of Library science robe in 2007, I still use it annually, despite having an Ag Econ PhD from Wisconsin

does anyone have data on % of papers solo authored/by number of authors and by discipline? #econsky #academicsky #academicchatter

Diff-in-diff in a panel of African countries...

Decriminalizing abortion appears to reduce fertility and child mortality, and lead women to stay in school longer.

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I got desk rejected in a week in September 2023. They said desk reviews take 2 weeks to a month when I submitted. Paper was a replication of a paper with dhs data in one country we added 11 more. Never found a home for that one

I can send it to you this summer, once it's ready. Early results look good. We gave $1,000 scholarships to students who repeated and passed Intro to Micro this fall. Looks like pass rates went up, will use Intro to Macro as comparison

I have two papers that I want to put together a session for the Western Econ meetings. One related to an experiment on videos to increase support for trans rights. The other is on a scholarship for students repeating intro to econ. Email or DMs welcome if you have anything related #econsky

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Hey #EconSky #TeachEcon,

I'm teaching a 300-level undergrad class on the Economics of Higher Education this May for the first time.

Who else teaches this class? Would you be willing to share your syllabus? What's your favorite assignment for this class?

TIA!

I have an exciting resource for those teaching international trade this semester! I teamed up with @mikecoonomics.bsky.social for this pedagogy note on using Tradle, a fun and insightful geography-based quiz game from the OEC.

Check it out here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

How would this work in soccer? Part of the system is rotating players in and out and giving up lots of twos point baskets. Is this just a lot of ball pressure? Curious as a Grinnell alum and basketball fan with limited soccer knowledge

Hello, #econsky! I have a question for you:

What’s your preferred way to post working papers and track citations?

Are there drawbacks to using repositories like SSRN or arXiv?

🚨CfP: 5th Discrimination & Diversity Workshop, 2-3 Jun '25

Keynotes by Alexander Cappelen & Claudia Olivetti,

Sessions on LGBTQ+ (chaired by Billur Aksoy), Gender (Pamela Campa), AI (Andreas Leibbrandt), Environment (Katrin Millock) and Migration (@jeromevalette.bsky.social)

Deadline: 17 Mar '25

Question for #econsky: What could cause coefficients to change when clustering on a group variable in Stata?

Context: In ACS data, I have an outcome that varies by location, occupation, and gender (Prop. of Occ-Gender group in CZ). I want to measure differences in mean by gender. [1/N]

The Jealousy List: 16 Education Articles We Wish We Had Written in 2024 The 74 staff’s annual compilation of education stories we felt were the most impactful over the last year.

One of my favorite @the74.bsky.social perennials: the annual education journalism jealousy list. The stories we wish we'd written. And cats. Lots of cats. www.the74million.org/article/the-...

I have an amazing RA graduating with her BA this may with a great thesis. Can you say more about the requirement of "Bachelor's degree and 2 to 4 years of relevant experience or equivalent combination."? Seems pretty steep for predoc

We're working a new mentorship program for women in economics to gain confidence + leadership in nature to translate to other areas where we are under-represented, dm us if interested (mentor or mentee) and stay tuned for demand surveys @carlyurban.bsky.social

It might be a bad equilibrium, but when I have a paper with null or less robust results I aim lower. Sometimes I also do lower journals if the identification is weaker

as a junior woman academic, it's hard to figure out how to get invited for opportunities. my go-to strategy is to just ask and take the no's on the chin.

so i'm asking: does anyone w/an econ/social science/policy podcast need a guest about DV, welfare, crime, incarceration, or public health?

It’s great to see our namesake getting her flowers 💐 Sadie Alexander’s inspiring legacy has touched so many lives #EconSky

how to apply to grad school Live Q&A with @itsafronomics on Zoom on November 19th at 7 PM ET/ 6 PM CT

Hi everyone! I am hosting one more "How to Apply to Grad School" session since I'm getting a lot of questions about graduate school. It will be taking place on this Thursday at 7 PM EST/6 PM CT.

Register here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#bluesky #academicsky #econsky

not to add to the proliferation of starter packs, but is there one for faculty at liberal arts colleges?

Towson (near Baltimore) is putting together a 1 day Applied Micro Development Conference. Likely April 5th. If you would be interested in presenting a paper dm or email me. Will probably be 20 to 30 minute slots. We are particularly interested in faculty from non-phd granting schools