EGAPers gather in person this month to discuss #crime & #inequality. On that theme, we are spotlighting members working on crime reduction & police accountability. First up, @santiagotobon.bsky.social discusses “place-based” interventions to reduce crime: buff.ly/rOc0b5Z

I loved presenting today at Universidad EAFIT. This coauthored paper (with Joana Monteiro and André Mancha) studies the creation of a new police unit in Brazil. Thanks to @santiagotobon.bsky.social and colleagues for the warm welcome. (Photo credit: the excellent Pablo Sanabria.)

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Leopoldo Fergusson, @santiagotobon.bsky.social , Cecilia Rossel, Juan A. Bogliaccini, Nahomi Ichino, @jakebowers.bsky.social , @dktrdr.bsky.social Danilo Freire, @lmaldona.bsky.social & Rosario Aguilar

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Leopoldo Fergusson, @santiagotobon.bsky.social, Cecilia Rossel, Juan A. Bogliaccini, Nahomi Ichino, @jakebowers.bsky.social, @dktrdr.bsky.social, Danilo Freire, @lmaldona.bsky.social, Rosario Aguilar

We have been conducting this research for three years in collaboration with @chrisblattman.bsky.social, @maranzazuru.bsky.social, and our teams from Universidad EAFIT, UChicago Harris School, and Innovations for Poverty Action, with support from donors such as Templeton, NSF, and many others

Interested in strategies to prevent the recruitment of minors by armed groups?

Here is a summary of our work in Medellín:

Reshaping Aspirations for Kids in Medellín: Steering Youth Away from Gang Recruitment

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqAZ...

Follow @maranzazuru.bsky.social here! More academics moving to BlueSky

I now closed twitter for good. Please help me connect :)! Researcher here working at the intersection of educ & crime, polisci & econ trained!

In the next episode, Santiago Tobon (@santiagotobon.bsky.social) will discuss what makes criminal organisations want to provide governance services in the neighbourhoods where they operate. #EconSky

So what do you all do? Stick on Twitter and try this for a while or totally come here to see if it works?

Asking for advise

what i missed most when i left econtwitter was a way to crowdsource...

I'm looking for a compelling multi-arm RCT where it was not obvious which treatment would work better or the answer is ex post surprising. goal is to show non-researchers that their priors can be wrong, using an A/B example. 📈📉

Let’s all Dr. Luis Baldomero-Quintana @tradecosts.bsky.social, an Assistant Prof. at William & Mary and an Affiliate @global_wm, a hearty #EconSky welcome!

He works on international trade and urban economics. You can learn more about his research at luisbq.com

All those interested in crime, violence, and policing: @santiagotobon.bsky.social is here. Polisky