Alexis Villacis
@ahvillacis.bsky.social
Economist studying the social-welfare implications of agricultural production | Chocolate & Cacao aficionado | Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University | ahvillacis.com
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Just posted updated version of our DID textbook! We now have drafts of all chapters, including the one on general designs! Now you can tell your friends still on X that they are DID-outdated :-) Happy easter for those of you that celebrate it. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Credible Answers to Hard Questions: Differences-in-Differences for Natural Experiments
This book introduces applied researchers to modern Differences-in-Differences (DID) methods, that they can use to obtain credible answers to hard causal inferen
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April 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Just posted updated version of our DID textbook! We now have drafts of all chapters, including the one on general designs! Now you can tell your friends still on X that they are DID-outdated :-) Happy easter for those of you that celebrate it. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Amen, brother!
Nothing has prepared you to live under Trump 2 as much as growing up in 1980s/90s Latin America. It was exactly like that! The sudden announcements changing everything, the overwhelming uncertainty, the sheer vertigo and whiplash. Plus, the sense that democracy is fragile and could collapse...
April 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Amen, brother!
Hey BSKY friends! We will be heading out to conduct on-farm interviews with farmers this summer. Any recommendations on tablets/software for fieldwork you've used lately? Bonus points if they can log GPS coordinates!
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March 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hey BSKY friends! We will be heading out to conduct on-farm interviews with farmers this summer. Any recommendations on tablets/software for fieldwork you've used lately? Bonus points if they can log GPS coordinates!
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Open call for papers, Risk and Risk Management in the Agricultural Economy. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on November 21, 2025. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on August 12, 2025. More information: https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals/risk-and-risk-management-agricultural-economy
February 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Open call for papers, Risk and Risk Management in the Agricultural Economy. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on November 21, 2025. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on August 12, 2025. More information: https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals/risk-and-risk-management-agricultural-economy
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The US Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) website is now offline. Since 1985, FEWS NET has provided assessments of the location and severity of food crises. These assessments are used by gov and non-government humanitarian organizations across the world to allocate aid.
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The FEWS NET Website, the FEWS NET Learning Platform, and the FEWS NET Data Warehouse and Data Explorer are currently unavailable.
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January 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The US Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) website is now offline. Since 1985, FEWS NET has provided assessments of the location and severity of food crises. These assessments are used by gov and non-government humanitarian organizations across the world to allocate aid.
static.fews.net
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Hello AERE members, please help us make our org better by filling out the survey and have the possibility to win some swag. Also let us know if you’d like to be involved in strategic planning. #EconSky
📣 Help shape AERE's future AND score sweet swag at the same time! 📣
We are excited to launch the Member Needs Survey. In <10 mins, you can:
✨ Influence our strategic direction
✨ Vote on and win AERE merch
Your voice matters! Check your email for the link.
Survey closes January 31st! ⏰
We are excited to launch the Member Needs Survey. In <10 mins, you can:
✨ Influence our strategic direction
✨ Vote on and win AERE merch
Your voice matters! Check your email for the link.
Survey closes January 31st! ⏰
January 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Hello AERE members, please help us make our org better by filling out the survey and have the possibility to win some swag. Also let us know if you’d like to be involved in strategic planning. #EconSky
Excited to share our work that just got published in
the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. We examine how extreme heat affects farm-level #agricultural productivity and #adaptation strategies in Nigeria. Here’s a look at what we found ⬇️ (A short thread) 1/10
the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. We examine how extreme heat affects farm-level #agricultural productivity and #adaptation strategies in Nigeria. Here’s a look at what we found ⬇️ (A short thread) 1/10
January 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Excited to share our work that just got published in
the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. We examine how extreme heat affects farm-level #agricultural productivity and #adaptation strategies in Nigeria. Here’s a look at what we found ⬇️ (A short thread) 1/10
the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. We examine how extreme heat affects farm-level #agricultural productivity and #adaptation strategies in Nigeria. Here’s a look at what we found ⬇️ (A short thread) 1/10
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Long-overdue on 2024 recap of cool young researcher! #econtwitter #econsky My favorite part of social media + it's exciting to highlight a year's worth of exciting researchers. (Given cross-platform posting, won't link to the original 🧵s but direct to researcher sites)
January 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Long-overdue on 2024 recap of cool young researcher! #econtwitter #econsky My favorite part of social media + it's exciting to highlight a year's worth of exciting researchers. (Given cross-platform posting, won't link to the original 🧵s but direct to researcher sites)
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The 22nd Midwest International Economic Development Conference (MWIEDC) will be held at UIUC March 28–29, 2025. Co-hosted by Ag Econ and Econ. Mushfiq Mobarak @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social keynote. Always one of my favorite conferences.
Deadline for submissions Jan 8, 2025.
Deadline for submissions Jan 8, 2025.
Midwest International Economic Development Conference
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December 3, 2024 at 3:38 PM
The 22nd Midwest International Economic Development Conference (MWIEDC) will be held at UIUC March 28–29, 2025. Co-hosted by Ag Econ and Econ. Mushfiq Mobarak @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social keynote. Always one of my favorite conferences.
Deadline for submissions Jan 8, 2025.
Deadline for submissions Jan 8, 2025.
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Another edition of "All new work is elaborating on the old": an article in the latest QJE generates TFP estimates for England over six centuries & confirms the Nef Thesis of 1934. Before Crafts, before Wrigley, Nef had said most of it 90 years ago
December 29, 2024 at 4:38 AM
Another edition of "All new work is elaborating on the old": an article in the latest QJE generates TFP estimates for England over six centuries & confirms the Nef Thesis of 1934. Before Crafts, before Wrigley, Nef had said most of it 90 years ago
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So excited that the BREAD Asia Conference on Development Economics at NUS Singapore is starting in a few minutes! Please follow the livestream at breadasia2024.com! Program is below, times are in Singapore standard time.
December 19, 2024 at 12:36 AM
So excited that the BREAD Asia Conference on Development Economics at NUS Singapore is starting in a few minutes! Please follow the livestream at breadasia2024.com! Program is below, times are in Singapore standard time.
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Shout out to @tradecosts.bsky.social and co-authors for their fascinating work on ‘How colonial segregation policies impact land values in Mexico today’ via @voxdev.bsky.social
voxdev.org/topic/instit...
voxdev.org/topic/instit...
How colonial segregation policies impact land values in Mexico today
Colonial segregation policies in Mexico City entrenched divisions between Spaniards and indigenous communities, shaping modern economic inequalities because of weak property rights, unequal provision ...
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December 21, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Shout out to @tradecosts.bsky.social and co-authors for their fascinating work on ‘How colonial segregation policies impact land values in Mexico today’ via @voxdev.bsky.social
voxdev.org/topic/instit...
voxdev.org/topic/instit...
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Excited to share with you all the National Food Museum 🥗🏛️ — a visionary project that will explore food in all its dimensions. Honored to serve on the museum's Advisory Council.
Check out the museums' website for additional information!
www.nationalfoodmuseum.org
Check out the museums' website for additional information!
www.nationalfoodmuseum.org
Home - National Food Museum
National Food Museum™ Exploring Food in All Its Dimensions History • Culture • Nutrition • Farming • Climate Change/Environment • Social Justice • Animal Welfare Our Mission To celebrate and explore t...
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December 19, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Excited to share with you all the National Food Museum 🥗🏛️ — a visionary project that will explore food in all its dimensions. Honored to serve on the museum's Advisory Council.
Check out the museums' website for additional information!
www.nationalfoodmuseum.org
Check out the museums' website for additional information!
www.nationalfoodmuseum.org
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This year we posted 26 #econjmp posts by PhD students on the market. Here is the list of all of them in case you missed any, plus a link to the @econthatmatters.bsky.social series which has some more - great to see all the exciting work in development blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
Job market series 2024 Wrap-up
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December 18, 2024 at 7:48 PM
This year we posted 26 #econjmp posts by PhD students on the market. Here is the list of all of them in case you missed any, plus a link to the @econthatmatters.bsky.social series which has some more - great to see all the exciting work in development blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Recently accepted in #JEEM:
'Money versus procedures – Evidence from an energy efficiency assistance program' by Bettina Chlond, Timo Goeschl, Martin Kesternich. #econsky
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'Money versus procedures – Evidence from an energy efficiency assistance program' by Bettina Chlond, Timo Goeschl, Martin Kesternich. #econsky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 18, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Recently accepted in #JEEM:
'Money versus procedures – Evidence from an energy efficiency assistance program' by Bettina Chlond, Timo Goeschl, Martin Kesternich. #econsky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
'Money versus procedures – Evidence from an energy efficiency assistance program' by Bettina Chlond, Timo Goeschl, Martin Kesternich. #econsky
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I shared some insights on chocolate markets and consumption amid the skyrocketing prices of cacao on @npr.org @marketplaceapm.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #EconSky
You can listen here ⬇️
www.marketplace.org/2024/12/17/c...
#AcademicSky #EconSky
You can listen here ⬇️
www.marketplace.org/2024/12/17/c...
Why rising cocoa prices don't deter chocolate lovers - Marketplace
Craft chocolate lovers will eat the higher prices, experts say. But others may alter their consumption habits.
www.marketplace.org
December 18, 2024 at 2:26 PM
I shared some insights on chocolate markets and consumption amid the skyrocketing prices of cacao on @npr.org @marketplaceapm.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #EconSky
You can listen here ⬇️
www.marketplace.org/2024/12/17/c...
#AcademicSky #EconSky
You can listen here ⬇️
www.marketplace.org/2024/12/17/c...
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🏫When the school year competes with farm work, it becomes a barrier to educating rural children. 🧑🌾 But changing the school calendar can help!
A summary of research thus far, including my new collaboration in #Madagascar, on the @ifpri.org blog: on.cgiar.org/3P5HNjn
@cgiar.org #FCMinitiative
A summary of research thus far, including my new collaboration in #Madagascar, on the @ifpri.org blog: on.cgiar.org/3P5HNjn
@cgiar.org #FCMinitiative
When school overlaps with farming: Measuring reduced educational advancement and simulating solutions in Africa
The social costs of calendars.
on.cgiar.org
December 17, 2024 at 8:29 PM
🏫When the school year competes with farm work, it becomes a barrier to educating rural children. 🧑🌾 But changing the school calendar can help!
A summary of research thus far, including my new collaboration in #Madagascar, on the @ifpri.org blog: on.cgiar.org/3P5HNjn
@cgiar.org #FCMinitiative
A summary of research thus far, including my new collaboration in #Madagascar, on the @ifpri.org blog: on.cgiar.org/3P5HNjn
@cgiar.org #FCMinitiative
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Revoking China's permanent normal trade relations #PNTR status would result in higher prices & lower economic output in the US than otherwise, particularly in agriculture & manufacturing. #PIIECharts #EconSky
Learn more: www.piie.com/research/pii...
Learn more: www.piie.com/research/pii...
December 9, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Revoking China's permanent normal trade relations #PNTR status would result in higher prices & lower economic output in the US than otherwise, particularly in agriculture & manufacturing. #PIIECharts #EconSky
Learn more: www.piie.com/research/pii...
Learn more: www.piie.com/research/pii...
You've heard of Elf on a shelf, now get ready for...
December 7, 2024 at 6:18 PM
You've heard of Elf on a shelf, now get ready for...
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This is an amazing program for early-career economists in developing countries.
Please share with your networks!
(and follow my colleague Chris Barrett — a great public goods provider among many other things)
Please share with your networks!
(and follow my colleague Chris Barrett — a great public goods provider among many other things)
RFP out for 2025 Structural Transformation of Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STARS) Fellowship, Cornell in collaboration with
WorldBank DECRG, @cgdev.org, PEP, and IICA. Research mentorship for early career (PhD not before 2019) economists working on development topics. 1/2
WorldBank DECRG, @cgdev.org, PEP, and IICA. Research mentorship for early career (PhD not before 2019) economists working on development topics. 1/2
December 3, 2024 at 3:25 AM
This is an amazing program for early-career economists in developing countries.
Please share with your networks!
(and follow my colleague Chris Barrett — a great public goods provider among many other things)
Please share with your networks!
(and follow my colleague Chris Barrett — a great public goods provider among many other things)
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It's job market season, so we do mock interviews with our PhD candidates. I tried something new: having my students interview me about my paper. This lets them see how it works and lets me demo how to avoid mistakes like droning on and on or not listening to questions or going off on tangents.
November 30, 2024 at 6:52 PM
It's job market season, so we do mock interviews with our PhD candidates. I tried something new: having my students interview me about my paper. This lets them see how it works and lets me demo how to avoid mistakes like droning on and on or not listening to questions or going off on tangents.
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Economists love using linear regression to estimate treatment effects — it turns out that there are perils to this method, but also amazing perks
Come with me in this 🧵 if you want to learn about our now-published paper "Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions!"
1/ (Twitter rerun!)
Come with me in this 🧵 if you want to learn about our now-published paper "Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions!"
1/ (Twitter rerun!)
The December 2024 issue of the American Economic Review (114, 12) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/785.
American Economic Review
Vol. 114 No. 12 December 2024
aeaweb.org
November 30, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Economists love using linear regression to estimate treatment effects — it turns out that there are perils to this method, but also amazing perks
Come with me in this 🧵 if you want to learn about our now-published paper "Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions!"
1/ (Twitter rerun!)
Come with me in this 🧵 if you want to learn about our now-published paper "Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions!"
1/ (Twitter rerun!)
Seeing my work cited 100+ times this year has been a meaningful milestone. Thank you to all who found value in it.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
November 26, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Seeing my work cited 100+ times this year has been a meaningful milestone. Thank you to all who found value in it.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
The amount of literature that I think exists about my *novel* idea
vs.
The amount of literature that actually exists about the topic.
vs.
The amount of literature that actually exists about the topic.
November 26, 2024 at 2:20 AM
The amount of literature that I think exists about my *novel* idea
vs.
The amount of literature that actually exists about the topic.
vs.
The amount of literature that actually exists about the topic.