Brant Walker
@brantjwalker.bsky.social
Yale PhD Student. Env-Econ
brantjwalker.github.io
brantjwalker.github.io
How much do Econ PhD students actually work? I tracked my hours for 6 months and wrote a short report on my sample of N=1. Check it out!
Full report: brantjwalker.github.io/files/Extras/timediary_110125.pdf
Full report: brantjwalker.github.io/files/Extras/timediary_110125.pdf
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
How much do Econ PhD students actually work? I tracked my hours for 6 months and wrote a short report on my sample of N=1. Check it out!
Full report: brantjwalker.github.io/files/Extras/timediary_110125.pdf
Full report: brantjwalker.github.io/files/Extras/timediary_110125.pdf
Hosted many in the Yale Econ/SOM/YSE 1st year cohort, plus some non-Yale friends, for our first thanksgiving in New Haven. Very thankful!
November 29, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Hosted many in the Yale Econ/SOM/YSE 1st year cohort, plus some non-Yale friends, for our first thanksgiving in New Haven. Very thankful!
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Which rivers and wetlands does the Clean Water Act regulate? Depends who's in White House and on Supreme Court.
New in Science (my first research article there!) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... we use machine learning to predict what Clean Water Act protects.
With star econ/CS/enviro coauthors
New in Science (my first research article there!) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... we use machine learning to predict what Clean Water Act protects.
With star econ/CS/enviro coauthors
Machine learning predicts which rivers, streams, and wetlands the Clean Water Act regulates
A machine learning model improves estimates of the extent of protection by the US Clean Water Act and the effects of deregulation.
www.science.org
January 28, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Which rivers and wetlands does the Clean Water Act regulate? Depends who's in White House and on Supreme Court.
New in Science (my first research article there!) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... we use machine learning to predict what Clean Water Act protects.
With star econ/CS/enviro coauthors
New in Science (my first research article there!) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... we use machine learning to predict what Clean Water Act protects.
With star econ/CS/enviro coauthors
My first NBER WP - short article, check it out!!
🚨New Paper Alert!🚨
US drinking water earmarks target low-income, Black, Hispanic communities.🌊
Important b/c earmarks are criticized for targeting wealthy/politically connected communities. 💧
Drinking water important esp. due to Flint MI. www.nber.org/papers/w3205...
US drinking water earmarks target low-income, Black, Hispanic communities.🌊
Important b/c earmarks are criticized for targeting wealthy/politically connected communities. 💧
Drinking water important esp. due to Flint MI. www.nber.org/papers/w3205...
Do Earmarks Target Low-Income and Minority Communities? Evidence from US Drinking Water
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
January 25, 2024 at 8:08 PM
My first NBER WP - short article, check it out!!
🚨My PI at UC Berkeley, Joseph Shapiro, is seeking a pre-doctoral research fellow for summer 2024.
Berkeley's predoc community has mentorship opportunities with faculty across campus, and Joe is a great advisor. If you have any questions, please reach out!
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
Berkeley's predoc community has mentorship opportunities with faculty across campus, and Joe is a great advisor. If you have any questions, please reach out!
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
December 13, 2023 at 6:00 PM
🚨My PI at UC Berkeley, Joseph Shapiro, is seeking a pre-doctoral research fellow for summer 2024.
Berkeley's predoc community has mentorship opportunities with faculty across campus, and Joe is a great advisor. If you have any questions, please reach out!
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
Berkeley's predoc community has mentorship opportunities with faculty across campus, and Joe is a great advisor. If you have any questions, please reach out!
workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
Reposted by Brant Walker
a database of datasets ⬇️
been working for awhile on pulling together economic datasets for econ & policy students b/c there is *so* much publicly available data
sharing it for anyone who finds it useful
pls suggest additions; work in progress
lenorepalladino.notion.site/Economic-and...
been working for awhile on pulling together economic datasets for econ & policy students b/c there is *so* much publicly available data
sharing it for anyone who finds it useful
pls suggest additions; work in progress
lenorepalladino.notion.site/Economic-and...
October 16, 2023 at 7:36 PM
a database of datasets ⬇️
been working for awhile on pulling together economic datasets for econ & policy students b/c there is *so* much publicly available data
sharing it for anyone who finds it useful
pls suggest additions; work in progress
lenorepalladino.notion.site/Economic-and...
been working for awhile on pulling together economic datasets for econ & policy students b/c there is *so* much publicly available data
sharing it for anyone who finds it useful
pls suggest additions; work in progress
lenorepalladino.notion.site/Economic-and...