David A. Jaeger (econ)
@davidajaeger.bsky.social
•Econ Prof, Director of MPP Program at U of St Andrews
•President-Elect, European Society for Population Economics
•🇺🇸 Born/bred, NJ/NYC
•Labor, education, immigration, conflict, applied 'metrics + some nice pictures.
•Posts orthogonal to my employer(s)
•President-Elect, European Society for Population Economics
•🇺🇸 Born/bred, NJ/NYC
•Labor, education, immigration, conflict, applied 'metrics + some nice pictures.
•Posts orthogonal to my employer(s)
@corinnelow.com and Imran Rasul will give keynote addresses and Adeline Delavande will give the Presidential Address. I'm the program chair.
Looking forward to seeing you in Helsinki!
Looking forward to seeing you in Helsinki!
January 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
@corinnelow.com and Imran Rasul will give keynote addresses and Adeline Delavande will give the Presidential Address. I'm the program chair.
Looking forward to seeing you in Helsinki!
Looking forward to seeing you in Helsinki!
Prof Steve Machin (LSE) will give the keynote.
And at £400 for two nights accommodation and all meals, it's a bargain! @nilsbraakmann.bsky.social , @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social , and I are the program committee, and we're all nice people. So why not submit today?
And at £400 for two nights accommodation and all meals, it's a bargain! @nilsbraakmann.bsky.social , @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social , and I are the program committee, and we're all nice people. So why not submit today?
January 2, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Prof Steve Machin (LSE) will give the keynote.
And at £400 for two nights accommodation and all meals, it's a bargain! @nilsbraakmann.bsky.social , @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social , and I are the program committee, and we're all nice people. So why not submit today?
And at £400 for two nights accommodation and all meals, it's a bargain! @nilsbraakmann.bsky.social , @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social , and I are the program committee, and we're all nice people. So why not submit today?
If there was a test involving the unobservables, I think it would be different.
December 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If there was a test involving the unobservables, I think it would be different.
That was even true before the paper got published, so we changed the title on the published version:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Problems with Instrumental Variables Estimation when the Correlation between the Instruments and the Endogenous Explanatory Variable is Weak
We draw attention to two problems associated with the use of instrumental variables (IV), the importance of which for empirical work has not been fully appreciated. First, the use of instruments ...
www.tandfonline.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
That was even true before the paper got published, so we changed the title on the published version:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Because it’s about unobservables, with no direct test statistic, unlike weak instruments and finite sample bias.
December 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Because it’s about unobservables, with no direct test statistic, unlike weak instruments and finite sample bias.
Here's a link to the MPP programme: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/eco...
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www.st-andrews.ac.uk
December 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Here's a link to the MPP programme: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/subjects/eco...
Where was his contract offer? This rings so hollow. Stearns and his smug demeanor sickens me.
December 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Where was his contract offer? This rings so hollow. Stearns and his smug demeanor sickens me.