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Peter Bergman
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Associate Prof. of Economics @utaustin. Director http://learningcollider.org. @NBERpubs affiliate. Co-Chair @mit @jpal edtech. Schmidt Futures Innovation Fellow. www.peter-bergman.com.

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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · Jun 2
Our work now published showing how better AI can improve both accuracy and diversity in hiring relative to supervised learning tools and status-quo human hiring.
reveconstudies.bsky.social The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · Jun 2
Li, @lindseyraymond.bsky.social & @peterbergman.bsky.social show that incorporating exploration into an interview screening algorithm improves demographic diversity & hiring efficiency, while traditional supervised learning-only tools improve hiring rates at the expense of minority applicants.

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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 15h
Bluesky is getting too many anti-mastodonites. That and anti-dentites.

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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 15h
Totally agree re: your original post, and point taken.

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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 15h
Okay. We disagree.

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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 15h
I’m left handed, FWIW. So you got that too.

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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 15h
I think ownership is just another product characteristic. I would view a boycott as a concerted effort to coordinate. But I’m no expert on boycotts so others probably have more informed opinions there.

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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 15h
I don’t see that as a bigger problem than bigoted ownership, no. But there’s not much to argue there. You disagree. That’s fair enough.

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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 15h
Many people find the owner of the other platform repugnant and therefore choose not to use it. It doesn’t seem there’s much more to it than that. It could be greatest platform on earth otherwise but people would, nonetheless, choose not to use it. The rest is largely subjective line drawing.

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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 1d
To put it rather dryly: the ownership is a product characteristic I strongly disfavor. I don’t like being on a platform he owns.

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 1d
In seriousness X is really bad and a lunatic controls the algorithm and people’s social temperature there. I do not understand why people keep using it.

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Sarah Cohodes @cohodes.bsky.social · 2d
Pretty cool to have one of my papers listed as most cited in the Economic Reports of the President from the past 15 years.

See the recent NBER working paper for the source on this: www.nber.org/papers/w34597
List of frequently cited papers including Cohodes et al. (2016) "The Effect of Child Health Insurance Access on Schooling."

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 3d
Since Bari Weiss and Trump don’t want you to see this, read this thread and share widely.
akivamcohen.bsky.social AkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 3d
This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment.

It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d
It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.

youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
Happy Hanukkah
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 7d
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 7d
This is hilarious: what happens when AI agent operates an actual vending machine.

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 9d
Kerr is just randomizing lineups to make sure he gets a causal estimate of +/-. The regular season is just a multi-arm bandit problem to Steve.

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Golden State Warriors @warriorsofficial.bsky.social · 13d
HOW 🤯

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14d
“The guy who bedazzled this room in gold thinks your child has too many pencils.” - Jimmy Kimmel

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quan le @qlquanle.bsky.social · 15d
I have a lot more to say about Kate and how all my life I've wanted to be able to work with someone like her and when I finally got do it she exceeds all of my expectations about how great a great advisor can be. I want everyone to know how incredible Kate was to her students.

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Peter Bergman @peterbergman.bsky.social · 15d
Oh no, how incredibly sad. Brilliant, patient, kind. Devastating.

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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 15d
The brilliant Kate Ho has passed away.

She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.

The profession and the world are poorer without her.

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Colin Camerer @cfcamerer.bsky.social · 15d
“agents told her in the truck that if she didn’t watch herself “they were going to pull me over to the side of the road and give me this OC,” law enforcement shorthand for pepper spray”

In detention, they “cut off her wedding ring”

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Jesse Bruhn @jessebruhn.bsky.social · 15d
Hey #econsky! I'm organizing a workshop at Brown this Spring in partnership with Eric Nielsen and Viviana Rodriguez.

The topic is educational measurement. Please submit a paper/extended abstract! We'd love to consider your work.

And please help us spread the word to folks who aren't on bluesky!

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 16d
Why would anyone even try to vacation or do a business trip to the US under this kind of privacy invasion?
clarajeffery.bsky.social Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 16d
This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

and these are our closest allies!
Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first obtain electronic travel authorization. In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to ask applicants for a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children. Under the current system, applicants from visa waiver countries must enroll in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization program. They pay $40 and submit an email address, home address, phone number and emergency contact information. The authorization is good for two years.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 16d
This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

and these are our closest allies!
Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first obtain electronic travel authorization. In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to ask applicants for a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children. Under the current system, applicants from visa waiver countries must enroll in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization program. They pay $40 and submit an email address, home address, phone number and emergency contact information. The authorization is good for two years.

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Henry Bushnell @henrybushnell.bsky.social · 17d
News: Every 2026 World Cup match will feature two "hydration breaks," no matter the weather.

Each half will pause for exactly three minutes midway through.

It's a player welfare measure. It also has sporting & commercial implications.

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2026 World Cup to feature three-minute hydration breaks in every half throughout tournament
Every game will pause for three minutes in the middle of each half, which will essentially split the match into quarters.
www.nytimes.com

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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 19d
NEW: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

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Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 20d
THE WORLD CUP GROUPS ARE SET 🚨

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Elliot Lipnowski @elliotlip.bsky.social · 20d
New paper!

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 20d
70 years ago today, the Montgomery Bus Boycott began. Days after Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955 for violating the ordinance requiring Black residents of Montgomery to accept second class treatment, the Black community organized and boycotted the city’s buses for over one year. 1/3

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20d
As a Supreme Court justice, my job is to call balls and strikes. Specifically in the style of Angel Hernandez and Doug Eddings.

by John Roberts