Using time series graphs to make causal claims be like

Remember the "Highlights" that some Elsevier journals require? Dean Karlan and friends developed an amazing way to troll them: haikus!

A super cool paper got an update and it is pretty striking that the conclusion got even more support. A great thread by one of the authors.

Just watched the whole 2h. Highly recommended to all who are interested in Experimental Economics.

Empirical evidence sometimes will change your mind. This paper did, for me. With Alicia De Quinto, we studied the long-term effects of a policy that allowed parents to work part-time until their youngest child turned 6. Many women took it up. I thought (1/3) doi.org/10.1016/j.la...

I fully agree with Ben and hope we will see a change.

🚨 Christmas WP Alert 🚨 New study explores the causal impact of correcting misperceived gender norms on mothers' employment attitudes and expectations. Using a field experiment with German mothers of young children, we find three key results: 📄👇 #EconSky

The right take on this paper.

I guess (field) experiments will be spared from this. At least for a while.

I could use some advice! I don’t often write recommendation letters for German students applying to PhD programmes in the US. Any tips, things to watch out for, or resources you’d recommend? #Econsky

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Nature is healing.

Super cool JMP and given its results one can only imagine what Internet access does to women's empowerment.

Periodic reminder that my BibTeX Converter allows you to simply copy a screenshot of the journal website and get a perfectly formatted BibTeX entry chatgpt.com/g/g-4edrlrF3...

Methodological diversity in economics. 😃

New feed just dropped. Econ conference feed displays posts with #EconConf or #AEA, #2025AEA, #AEA2025, #AEA25 & similar for APPAM, ASHE, LERA, SEA, & SOLE. Displays posts from last 7 days. Better than different feeds for each conference, each active just 1 week a year? bsky.app/profile/aaro...

Very good question and a lot of insightful answers.

Ok guys here's the point. Diff in Diff is a model based assumption that identifies the ATT (unless you're using random timing of rollouts, but almost noone is). It is model-based because you make assumptions to identify the OUTCOME MODEL in the *absence* of the treatment. 1/

In economics he would be on Round 4 of his Econometrica R&R for his job market paper, being urged to more comprehensively integrate the perspectives of his critics.

"There are two types of statisticians: those who do causal inference and those who lie about it." - Larry Wasserman #statsquotes www.jstor.org/stable/26699...

There is a new feature to show some posts from other feeds in your following feed. 📈📉

Great feature. You might need to update the app.

I’m a Postdoc @UniKonstanz, currently visiting UniChicago. I work on gender norms, labor supply, discrimination, and school closures. If you're working on any of these areas, let me know so that I can follow you. If you're in Chicago and interested in grabbing coffee, please get in touch. #Econsky