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Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · Jul 14

Using time series graphs to make causal claims be like

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · Apr 15

Remember the "Highlights" that some Elsevier journals require? Dean Karlan and friends developed an amazing way to troll them: haikus!

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Jan 31

Congrats Henning, well deserved!

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Jan 21

A super cool paper got an update and it is pretty striking that the conclusion got even more support. A great thread by one of the authors.

Eva Vivalt @evavivalt.bsky.social · Jan 21

We recently added several analyses to our paper on the employment effects of a $1000/month guaranteed income. 🚨

These new analyses include, for the first time, administrative data on income and employment and results for marriage/ divorce and benefits, among other outcomes.

Read on for results! 1/

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Jan 21

Not at all! But we all know real wealth is measured in how many Stata licences you can afford.

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Jan 21

Did you got funding for a Stata licence?

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Jan 20

I fully agree that null effects can be informative and replication certainly helps in that regard.

Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Jan 20

Just watched the whole 2h. Highly recommended to all who are interested in Experimental Economics.

John A. List @johnlist.bsky.social · Jan 11

For those who want to jump to the frontier in select areas of economics, the AEA has posted the webcasts of this year’s continuing lectures. Thanks much to @lawrencekatz.bsky.social for his leadership and vision in assembling these lectures.
www.aeaweb.org/conference/w...

2025 AEA Recent Developments Lectures

www.aeaweb.org

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Jan 20

where unknown deviations are more likely to produce null results rather than significant effects in the pre-registered direction? 4/4

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Jan 20

potentially leading to null results. Do you think this concern is more pronounced in natural settings compared to more controlled environments—like running an experiment inside an existing firm versus creating your own firm for research purposes? And do you see an asymmetry, 3/4

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Jan 20

Duhem-Quine Thesis—that all empirical tests are joint tests—when it comes to experimental research. Isn't some caution reasonable when interpreting null results in field experiments? Even with the best preparations, unknown deviations from the researcher's intent may occur, 2/4

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Jan 20

John, you argued that null results are underappreciated in economics and that this should change. You also mentioned that, in every firm you worked with, at least one person attempted to sabotage your research. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the 1/4

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Jan 3

Terrific! Thank you so much.

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Libertad González @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social · Jan 2

Empirical evidence sometimes will change your mind. This paper did, for me. With Alicia De Quinto, we studied the long-term effects of a policy that allowed parents to work part-time until their youngest child turned 6. Many women took it up. I thought (1/3) doi.org/10.1016/j.la...

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Dec 24

I fully agree with Ben and hope we will see a change.

Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · Dec 24

In economics, editors, referees, and authors often behave as if a published paper should reflect some kind of authoritative consensus.

As a result, valuable debate happens in secret, and the resulting paper is an opaque compromise with anonymous co-authors called referees.

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Dec 23

🚨 Christmas WP Alert 🚨
New study explores the causal impact of correcting misperceived gender norms on mothers' employment attitudes and expectations. Using a field experiment with German mothers of young children, we find three key results:
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#EconSky

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Dec 19

The right take on this paper.

Alex Imas @aleximas.bsky.social · Dec 19

I don’t think that’s quite the interpretation. The (very good) paper is critiquing a specific type of finance research where researchers run a bunch of regressions, find an “anomaly” and present this as science. They show this type of ex post hypothesis testing can *even* be done by AI.

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Dec 18

I guess (field) experiments will be spared from this. At least for a while.

Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · Dec 18

Researchers used AI to generate 288 complete academic finance papers predicting stock returns, complete with plausible theoretical frameworks & citations. Each paper looks and reads as legit.

They did this to show how easy it now is to mass produce "credible" research. Academia isn't ready.

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Anna Goeddeke @annagoeddeke.bsky.social · Dec 14

I could use some advice! I don’t often write recommendation letters for German students applying to PhD programmes in the US. Any tips, things to watch out for, or resources you’d recommend?

#Econsky

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Dec 13

Hi Lionel, I would be happy if you add me. Many thanks!

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · Dec 12

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#EconSky

Inspired by @tapiorasanen.bsky.social, here is a starter pack for economists conducting field experiments 🤓🫶

Please let me know who is missing – and share widely! 🚀

go.bsky.app/9hev4gN

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Dec 12

Danke Henning! 💪

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Dec 12

It also gives a great overview of what you've already accomplished, which can be super motivating when the to-do list feels overwhelming.

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Dec 3

Nature is healing.

Alex Imas @aleximas.bsky.social · Dec 3

My Bluesky feed is filled with panic about overleaf being down while my Twitter feed is filled with hot takes about Hunter Biden.

This should tell you everything about where the research conversation has moved.

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Patrick Schneider @pschneider.bsky.social · Dec 3

Super cool JMP and given its results one can only imagine what Internet access does to women's empowerment.

Felix Rusche @felixrusche.bsky.social · Dec 3

Gender norms are extremely persistent and constrain women's life opportunities, especially so in poor countries. In my Job Market Paper, I show that grassroots media are an effective policy instrument to address gender norms at scale. #EconJMP #EconSky

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