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Pablo Brañas‐Garza

H-index: 32
Economics 20%
Sociology 18%
johnholbein1.bsky.social
School counselors' recommendation letters for minority students are shorter and emphasize character over achievement.
behsnaps.bsky.social
Fresh out of the oven! 🍞 With AM Espin, MP Espinosa & MJ Vazquez), we examine whether mentoring programs for vulnerable youth foster in-group bias. The results are surprising: the young person’s background and the program’s duration have a huge impact.
royalsocietypublishing.org
Conflicting identities and cooperation between groups: experimental evidence from a mentoring programme #ProcB #OpenAccess #Behaviour royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org
Conflicting identities and cooperation between groups: experimental evidence from a mentoring programme #ProcB #OpenAccess #Behaviour royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
behsnaps.bsky.social
This week, I gave a talk at the 3rd Soleto Summer School — an experience I’ll remember for a long time. It took place in a beautiful square in the heart of Soleto, with a wonderfully diverse audience.

Thanks Giuseppe Attanasi and the entire CIMEO Sapienza U Roma
departamentofae.bsky.social
👉 A new micro seminar is scheduled for today.

📅🕒 Monday, 10th March 2025 at 14:30 h
📍 Sala Vicens Vives
🎙 Pablo Brañas-Garza ( @behsnaps.bsky.social  ), Universidad Loyola-Andalucía
 📲 Title: Developmental Meritocracy
nachristakis.bsky.social
This would have been an extraordinary social network experiment.
nytimes.com
Meta's trial unveiled a tidbit: In 2022, Mark Zuckerberg floated the idea: Why don’t we delete everyone’s Facebook friends list and make them start over? Would Facebook feel cooler if you weren’t just hearing from a bunch of people you added 12 years ago and never talked to again? nyti.ms/4jstsv6
A quote from Kevin Roose, co-host of the "Hard Fork" podcast: "In 2022... Mark Zuckerberg pitched the idea of deleting everyone’s Facebook friends and basically having everyone start over with a fresh graph, a fresh slate of Facebook friends."
juanluisjimenez.bsky.social
El Gobierno catalán anuncia préstamos a jóvenes para pagar la entrada de su primera vivienda (incentivar la demanda). Cuando hicieron una política similar en Reino Unido (help-to-buy):

❌Aumentaron 8% precios.
❌No aumentó la oferta.
❌Los promotores se apropiaron de toda la ayuda.
javisburgos.bsky.social
Acabo de recibir la fantástica noticia de que he sido galardonado con el Premio de Divulgación Científica de la @uji.es. Si es bueno que te den un premio así, todavía es mejor que te lo reconozcan en tu propia casa (sigue)
cemfi.es
Congratulations to Aleksei Samkov for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis at CEMFI!. Thanks to Pedro Mira, Silvia Sarpietro and Kirill Evdokimov for serving in the Thesis Defense Committe and to Aleksei’s advisor Dmitry Arkhangelsky
behsnaps.bsky.social
Evidence based policy, right?
juanluisjimenez.bsky.social
El Gobierno catalán anuncia préstamos a jóvenes para pagar la entrada de su primera vivienda (incentivar la demanda). Cuando hicieron una política similar en Reino Unido (help-to-buy):

❌Aumentaron 8% precios.
❌No aumentó la oferta.
❌Los promotores se apropiaron de toda la ayuda.
behsnaps.bsky.social
After two very intense days, BiNoMa has come to an end. Thank you Lorenzo, Arnold, Norma, and the University of Granada. @universidadgranada.bsky.social
anxosanchez.bsky.social
El año que viene la @uc3m.es estrena grado en Matemática Aplicada. Para aprender matemáticas no lo recomiendo. Para aprender matemáticas y aplicarlas en distintos campos y resolver problemas reales, vente. Yo creo que además aprenderás matemáticas. Bien aprendidas

Info: www.uc3m.es/grado/matema...
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
behsnaps.bsky.social
At @imebess.bsky.social with @luismmiller.bsky.social (left), Javi Rodero - Antonio Alfonso - Melanie Parravano & Migue Melendez (right).

Awesome!
johnholbein1.bsky.social
Wow.

Look at how rapidly preregistration has become the norm in experimental economics.
behsnaps.bsky.social
Desconozco el tema en profundidad pero da la impresión de que todos son ventajas (vía impuestos) si los costes ya se han asumido (educación, sanidad, etc.).

Seguramente me pierdo algo, pero cuál es la pega de legalizarlos?
behsnaps.bsky.social
Es un gráfico muy bonito pero honestamente, no tengo claro si a la gente “corriente” le importa mucho este dato… creo que están en otros problemas.
anxosanchez.bsky.social
Se acaba de publicar un libro, "Amistad", de @mariuchu.bsky.social y Jacobo Bergareche, basado en conversaciones con un montón de gente, y de ellas algunas salen como podcast. Hoy podéis oírme a mí: open.spotify.com/episode/7cVM... Añado que muchos de los episodios son más interesantes que el mío!
Amistad 1x07: Anxo Sánchez
Amistad · Episode
open.spotify.com
behsnaps.bsky.social
Summer School & Workshop in:
EXPERIMETRICS & BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS
Soleto (Apulia, South of Italy), July 19-24, 2025
sites.google.com/a/uniroma1.i...

organized by CIMEO , University of Rome, with the financial support of Sapienza’s School for Advanced Studies (SSAS).

Submissions OPEN!!!
Soleto 2025
Summer School & Workshop on Experimetrics & Behavioral Economics 3rd Edition July 19-24, 2025 Soleto (Salento, Apulia Region, South of Italy)
sites.google.com
vassar.bsky.social
In our new series, Office Hours, we talk to faculty about their research, classes, and academic pursuits. Meet Benjamin Ho, Professor of Economics, who specializes in behavioral economics.

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