AbsintheNorth
@abchak.bsky.social
Assoc Prof in Econ at University of Manchester. Dev Econ, Gender, Pol Econ, Human Capital, South Asia. Quietly ambitious enthusiast. All views personal.
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Re-sharing this starter pack of scholars who study the economics of gender.
December 6, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Re-sharing this starter pack of scholars who study the economics of gender.
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Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc.
In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
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In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
🧵
December 6, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc.
In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
🧵
In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
🧵
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Economists love using linear regression to estimate treatment effects — it turns out that there are perils to this method, but also amazing perks
Come with me in this 🧵 if you want to learn about our now-published paper "Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions!"
1/ (Twitter rerun!)
Come with me in this 🧵 if you want to learn about our now-published paper "Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions!"
1/ (Twitter rerun!)
The December 2024 issue of the American Economic Review (114, 12) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/785.
American Economic Review
Vol. 114 No. 12 December 2024
aeaweb.org
November 30, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Economists love using linear regression to estimate treatment effects — it turns out that there are perils to this method, but also amazing perks
Come with me in this 🧵 if you want to learn about our now-published paper "Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions!"
1/ (Twitter rerun!)
Come with me in this 🧵 if you want to learn about our now-published paper "Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions!"
1/ (Twitter rerun!)
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We've created a starter pack for all of the economics journals on Bluesky. Please nominate other journals to join the list.
go.bsky.app/4kR21vX
go.bsky.app/4kR21vX
November 27, 2024 at 2:44 PM
We've created a starter pack for all of the economics journals on Bluesky. Please nominate other journals to join the list.
go.bsky.app/4kR21vX
go.bsky.app/4kR21vX
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Great work by Oeindrila Dube, Sandy Jo MacArthur, and Anuj Shah
November 28, 2024 at 2:27 AM
Great work by Oeindrila Dube, Sandy Jo MacArthur, and Anuj Shah
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How do spatially skewed economic shocks deepen gender employment gaps? New research by @sarthak_joshi who is on the market this year reveals that rising Chinese imports reshaped labor demand in India, disproportionately restricting women’s access to urban non-farm jobs...
November 28, 2024 at 9:31 AM
How do spatially skewed economic shocks deepen gender employment gaps? New research by @sarthak_joshi who is on the market this year reveals that rising Chinese imports reshaped labor demand in India, disproportionately restricting women’s access to urban non-farm jobs...
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What can Indian politicians learn from their diaspora?
British Indian women have high rates of employment (58%)
And tend to work full-time
This indicates strong labour market commitment
Why is this?
www.ggd.world/p/why-do-hin...
British Indian women have high rates of employment (58%)
And tend to work full-time
This indicates strong labour market commitment
Why is this?
www.ggd.world/p/why-do-hin...
November 28, 2024 at 10:44 AM
What can Indian politicians learn from their diaspora?
British Indian women have high rates of employment (58%)
And tend to work full-time
This indicates strong labour market commitment
Why is this?
www.ggd.world/p/why-do-hin...
British Indian women have high rates of employment (58%)
And tend to work full-time
This indicates strong labour market commitment
Why is this?
www.ggd.world/p/why-do-hin...
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This is a remarkable paper. Substantively, it convincingly argues that what looks like weak state capacity is often *captured* capacity. Methodologically, it’s a triumph of mixed qualitative and quantitative approaches. pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
November 27, 2024 at 3:21 PM
This is a remarkable paper. Substantively, it convincingly argues that what looks like weak state capacity is often *captured* capacity. Methodologically, it’s a triumph of mixed qualitative and quantitative approaches. pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
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These two papers, taken together, really cause a rethinking of behavioral economies.
Rather than having anomalous risk preferences; it looks like people have complexity aversion to "hard" decisions, especially on valuation, which drives behavioral anomalies. Herbert Simon ftw.
Rather than having anomalous risk preferences; it looks like people have complexity aversion to "hard" decisions, especially on valuation, which drives behavioral anomalies. Herbert Simon ftw.
November 27, 2024 at 4:33 PM
These two papers, taken together, really cause a rethinking of behavioral economies.
Rather than having anomalous risk preferences; it looks like people have complexity aversion to "hard" decisions, especially on valuation, which drives behavioral anomalies. Herbert Simon ftw.
Rather than having anomalous risk preferences; it looks like people have complexity aversion to "hard" decisions, especially on valuation, which drives behavioral anomalies. Herbert Simon ftw.
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Are you an applied microeconomist and golfer? Come to Fife & do both! The 1st annual Fife Applied Microeconomics and Golf conference will be held 2-4 June. Golf on Balcomie (Old Tom Morris) and Craighead Links (Gil Hanse). Deadline 15 Jan. Info: applied-microecon.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/fifeamgolf/
November 27, 2024 at 8:46 PM
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Really looking forward to the European Society of Population Economics conference in June 2025!
📢Call for Papers #ESPE2025
⏳Submission deadline: February 1, 2025
⚓️Naples, June 12-14, 2025
👉Info: www.espe2025naples.com
🙏Please share!
(H/T Sunčica Vujić)
#EconSky
📢Call for Papers #ESPE2025
⏳Submission deadline: February 1, 2025
⚓️Naples, June 12-14, 2025
👉Info: www.espe2025naples.com
🙏Please share!
(H/T Sunčica Vujić)
#EconSky
November 25, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Really looking forward to the European Society of Population Economics conference in June 2025!
📢Call for Papers #ESPE2025
⏳Submission deadline: February 1, 2025
⚓️Naples, June 12-14, 2025
👉Info: www.espe2025naples.com
🙏Please share!
(H/T Sunčica Vujić)
#EconSky
📢Call for Papers #ESPE2025
⏳Submission deadline: February 1, 2025
⚓️Naples, June 12-14, 2025
👉Info: www.espe2025naples.com
🙏Please share!
(H/T Sunčica Vujić)
#EconSky
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Did you know that Indian higher education has now achieved gender parity?
I visualise data from the All India Survey on Higher Education (2021-22)
www.ggd.world/p/indias-unt...
I visualise data from the All India Survey on Higher Education (2021-22)
www.ggd.world/p/indias-unt...
November 25, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Did you know that Indian higher education has now achieved gender parity?
I visualise data from the All India Survey on Higher Education (2021-22)
www.ggd.world/p/indias-unt...
I visualise data from the All India Survey on Higher Education (2021-22)
www.ggd.world/p/indias-unt...
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FUN FACT
Himachal Pradesh’s gender ratio in higher education now exceeds the USA, with women in the lead.
Himachal Pradesh’s gender ratio in higher education now exceeds the USA, with women in the lead.
November 25, 2024 at 11:39 AM
FUN FACT
Himachal Pradesh’s gender ratio in higher education now exceeds the USA, with women in the lead.
Himachal Pradesh’s gender ratio in higher education now exceeds the USA, with women in the lead.
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It has always been my ambition to push economics research to work at the frontier, producing evidence as the stories unfold. Brexit is one such story. As part of the brexitcost.org project we are measuring and exploring the cost of Brexit across constituent regions in the UK. Small thread ⬇️
November 14, 2024 at 12:14 PM
It has always been my ambition to push economics research to work at the frontier, producing evidence as the stories unfold. Brexit is one such story. As part of the brexitcost.org project we are measuring and exploring the cost of Brexit across constituent regions in the UK. Small thread ⬇️
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Ok, I tried making a starter pack on intergenerational mobility. I'm sure I've missed many folks so please let me know if you want to be added: go.bsky.app/DvGG8zV
November 23, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Ok, I tried making a starter pack on intergenerational mobility. I'm sure I've missed many folks so please let me know if you want to be added: go.bsky.app/DvGG8zV
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I started a starter pack of economists working on gender. It's sparsely populated, so please point out people I've missed.
go.bsky.app/P6kvUEe
go.bsky.app/P6kvUEe
November 11, 2024 at 12:12 PM
I started a starter pack of economists working on gender. It's sparsely populated, so please point out people I've missed.
go.bsky.app/P6kvUEe
go.bsky.app/P6kvUEe
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Just to emphasize again the key point from this great JMP: there has been a massive shift in political realignment such that less educated voters sort into the Republican Party due to cultural messaging, while economic policy only modestly keeps them in the Democratic Party
November 14, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Just to emphasize again the key point from this great JMP: there has been a massive shift in political realignment such that less educated voters sort into the Republican Party due to cultural messaging, while economic policy only modestly keeps them in the Democratic Party
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Maybe an example of negativity bias - there is a massive literature (deservedly so) on India’s missing women, but very little on the recent normalization of the sex ratio
www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
November 20, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Maybe an example of negativity bias - there is a massive literature (deservedly so) on India’s missing women, but very little on the recent normalization of the sex ratio
www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
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Submit your papers for the spring 2025 NBER Gender in the Economy meeting!
The theme is "Women in the Digital World".
Submission Deadline: 12/9/24
Meeting: 2/28/25 in Cambridge
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The theme is "Women in the Digital World".
Submission Deadline: 12/9/24
Meeting: 2/28/25 in Cambridge
t.co/DGsccq6Blw
https://www.nber.org/conferences/gender-economy-spring-2025
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November 21, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Submit your papers for the spring 2025 NBER Gender in the Economy meeting!
The theme is "Women in the Digital World".
Submission Deadline: 12/9/24
Meeting: 2/28/25 in Cambridge
t.co/DGsccq6Blw
The theme is "Women in the Digital World".
Submission Deadline: 12/9/24
Meeting: 2/28/25 in Cambridge
t.co/DGsccq6Blw
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Think the academic journal system is outdated? We do too. Let’s modernize it with sqare.org! Join our initiative in Econometrics by signing the support form. First, we revolutionize Econometrics; then, we tackle the rest. #ResearchInnovation #Econometrics”
November 20, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Think the academic journal system is outdated? We do too. Let’s modernize it with sqare.org! Join our initiative in Econometrics by signing the support form. First, we revolutionize Econometrics; then, we tackle the rest. #ResearchInnovation #Econometrics”
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The UK Parliament International Development Committee has put out a call for proposals on what it should investigate next: committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
Call for Evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
In Development - call for evidence
committees.parliament.uk
November 20, 2024 at 11:43 AM
The UK Parliament International Development Committee has put out a call for proposals on what it should investigate next: committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
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WOMEN'S GROWING COLLEGE ADVANTAGE
Gap between young U.S. women and men getting bachelor's degree
1995: No difference (25% each)
2024: Women are now 10 points more likely to have a degree (47% vs. 37%)
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Gap between young U.S. women and men getting bachelor's degree
1995: No difference (25% each)
2024: Women are now 10 points more likely to have a degree (47% vs. 37%)
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
November 21, 2024 at 4:23 PM
WOMEN'S GROWING COLLEGE ADVANTAGE
Gap between young U.S. women and men getting bachelor's degree
1995: No difference (25% each)
2024: Women are now 10 points more likely to have a degree (47% vs. 37%)
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Gap between young U.S. women and men getting bachelor's degree
1995: No difference (25% each)
2024: Women are now 10 points more likely to have a degree (47% vs. 37%)
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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Starting next fall, tuition will be free for MIT undergraduates whose families make less than $200,000 a year, the school announced Wednesday.
MIT to cover full tuition for undergrads from households making below $200,000
The change reflects a broadening of MIT’s existing tuition-free program that currently has an annual income ceiling of $140,000.
www.wbur.org
November 21, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Starting next fall, tuition will be free for MIT undergraduates whose families make less than $200,000 a year, the school announced Wednesday.