Clint Harris
@clintent-to-treat.bsky.social
Economist | Scientist @UWMadison | @PurdueKrannert PhD | I study labor and education using econometrics.
Way to go! :)
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Way to go! :)
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Incredibly proud of this 🤩🥹! So much work and determination behind this publication. What a journey this was! Honored to have done it with you @vickybarone.bsky.social 🚀❤️
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic,” by Arteaga (@caroartc.bsky.social) and Barone (@vickybarone.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects Of the Opioid Epidemic
Abstract. In this paper, we establish a causal connection between two of the most salient social developments in the United States over the past decades: t
doi.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Incredibly proud of this 🤩🥹! So much work and determination behind this publication. What a journey this was! Honored to have done it with you @vickybarone.bsky.social 🚀❤️
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ICYMI: New paper for causal effects with panel data, subsuming other approaches. We generate realistic synthetic data based on commonly studied datasets, showing our method substantially outperforms others and providing insight about what in the data-generating process corresponds to gains.
New paper: Triply Robust Panel Estimators (TROP) by @susanathey.bsky.social @guidoimbens.bsky.social Zhaonan Qu @vivianodavide.bsky.social.
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
ICYMI: New paper for causal effects with panel data, subsuming other approaches. We generate realistic synthetic data based on commonly studied datasets, showing our method substantially outperforms others and providing insight about what in the data-generating process corresponds to gains.
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New paper with @instrumenthull.bsky.social and Michal Kolesár on leniency/judge IV designs.
This article is targeted for the Journal of Economic Perspectives, and so we wrote it with the goal of being accessible to a wide range of users, including advanced undergrads!🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2511.03572
This article is targeted for the Journal of Economic Perspectives, and so we wrote it with the goal of being accessible to a wide range of users, including advanced undergrads!🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2511.03572
November 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New paper with @instrumenthull.bsky.social and Michal Kolesár on leniency/judge IV designs.
This article is targeted for the Journal of Economic Perspectives, and so we wrote it with the goal of being accessible to a wide range of users, including advanced undergrads!🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2511.03572
This article is targeted for the Journal of Economic Perspectives, and so we wrote it with the goal of being accessible to a wide range of users, including advanced undergrads!🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2511.03572
Well you look great!
November 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Well you look great!
Literally crushing his L4-L5. I must be explaining the joke.
November 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Literally crushing his L4-L5. I must be explaining the joke.
What evidence could even convince us
That no one is actually addicted to porn
and/or
That no one can be,
or whatever on earth the actual claim is
?
That no one is actually addicted to porn
and/or
That no one can be,
or whatever on earth the actual claim is
?
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
What evidence could even convince us
That no one is actually addicted to porn
and/or
That no one can be,
or whatever on earth the actual claim is
?
That no one is actually addicted to porn
and/or
That no one can be,
or whatever on earth the actual claim is
?
Rich men whose wealth does not enrich them:
Proud towers,
to swift destruction doomed.
Proud towers,
to swift destruction doomed.
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Rich men whose wealth does not enrich them:
Proud towers,
to swift destruction doomed.
Proud towers,
to swift destruction doomed.
Surely the value of knowing the effects of multilingualism is that people could choose to learn another language to gain benefits?
It seems an RCT assigning people to language training would get a more relevant treatment effect than the whole effect (whatever it is) of a lifetime as multilingual.
It seems an RCT assigning people to language training would get a more relevant treatment effect than the whole effect (whatever it is) of a lifetime as multilingual.
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Surely the value of knowing the effects of multilingualism is that people could choose to learn another language to gain benefits?
It seems an RCT assigning people to language training would get a more relevant treatment effect than the whole effect (whatever it is) of a lifetime as multilingual.
It seems an RCT assigning people to language training would get a more relevant treatment effect than the whole effect (whatever it is) of a lifetime as multilingual.
I think even Manski bounds are constrained by the support of the variable when it's observed.
I think these bounds are out of (Manski) bounds.
I think these bounds are out of (Manski) bounds.
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I think even Manski bounds are constrained by the support of the variable when it's observed.
I think these bounds are out of (Manski) bounds.
I think these bounds are out of (Manski) bounds.
Maybe if you click yes they throw out the person's whole application.
Only the people with the most conscientious connections need apply.
Only the people with the most conscientious connections need apply.
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Maybe if you click yes they throw out the person's whole application.
Only the people with the most conscientious connections need apply.
Only the people with the most conscientious connections need apply.
If you are engaged in unlawful activity by my definition (e.g. occupying a city) you should not be legally protected from injuries you receive from someone engaged in self-defense that is proportional to the illegality of your actions.
Not endorsing violence! But I'd acquit if it was a brick.
Not endorsing violence! But I'd acquit if it was a brick.
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If you are engaged in unlawful activity by my definition (e.g. occupying a city) you should not be legally protected from injuries you receive from someone engaged in self-defense that is proportional to the illegality of your actions.
Not endorsing violence! But I'd acquit if it was a brick.
Not endorsing violence! But I'd acquit if it was a brick.
My belated take on sandwich guy.
1. I think it is assault for someone to throw a sandwich at me.
2. I think it is not assault for a lumberjack to acidentally bop a coworker with some bark while chopping down a tree.
3. I think ICE/etc being injured by someone while working is case 2.
1. I think it is assault for someone to throw a sandwich at me.
2. I think it is not assault for a lumberjack to acidentally bop a coworker with some bark while chopping down a tree.
3. I think ICE/etc being injured by someone while working is case 2.
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My belated take on sandwich guy.
1. I think it is assault for someone to throw a sandwich at me.
2. I think it is not assault for a lumberjack to acidentally bop a coworker with some bark while chopping down a tree.
3. I think ICE/etc being injured by someone while working is case 2.
1. I think it is assault for someone to throw a sandwich at me.
2. I think it is not assault for a lumberjack to acidentally bop a coworker with some bark while chopping down a tree.
3. I think ICE/etc being injured by someone while working is case 2.
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Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Register for IPUMs International Online Session
Please use this form to register for the IPUMs International Session hosted by the Historical Economic Demography Group at LSE.
The session will be on Zoom from 15:15-16:30 UK Time on 12 November 202...
forms.gle
November 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data.
🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom
Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s...
Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.
I think there is gold in it, which is kind of a stone?
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I think there is gold in it, which is kind of a stone?
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Econ of Ed (and other) friends: what are the best studies linking in-college interventions to labor market outcomes? Especially interested in those that improve outcomes via different mechanism than completion. E.g. if a college wants to improve earnings of grads, what should they do?
October 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Econ of Ed (and other) friends: what are the best studies linking in-college interventions to labor market outcomes? Especially interested in those that improve outcomes via different mechanism than completion. E.g. if a college wants to improve earnings of grads, what should they do?
Hard to imagine a real researcher having an opinion.
I have a mapping from assumptions to conclusions...
but I'll die before I tell you whether I believe my assumptions!
I have a mapping from assumptions to conclusions...
but I'll die before I tell you whether I believe my assumptions!
November 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hard to imagine a real researcher having an opinion.
I have a mapping from assumptions to conclusions...
but I'll die before I tell you whether I believe my assumptions!
I have a mapping from assumptions to conclusions...
but I'll die before I tell you whether I believe my assumptions!
If California has a true, justified belief that something causes cancer, then it must actually cause cancer.
If it does not, saying that it is known to the State of California to cause cancer is a Lie and should be treated as false advertising.
If it does not, saying that it is known to the State of California to cause cancer is a Lie and should be treated as false advertising.
What substances are know to the State of California to NOT cause cancer?
November 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If California has a true, justified belief that something causes cancer, then it must actually cause cancer.
If it does not, saying that it is known to the State of California to cause cancer is a Lie and should be treated as false advertising.
If it does not, saying that it is known to the State of California to cause cancer is a Lie and should be treated as false advertising.
I'm not sure about that.
October 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I'm not sure about that.
My favorite thing about being an academic is realizing how obvious things are after wracking my brain about them for several years.
October 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
My favorite thing about being an academic is realizing how obvious things are after wracking my brain about them for several years.
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Econ job market candidate intros.
Candidates, communicate:
1) your name, program, & fields,
2) image of JMP title & abstract + Alt Text,
3) #EconJMP, &
4) a link to your website.
Employers, browse & interact respectfully.
Everyone else, shhhh.
📉📈
Candidates, communicate:
1) your name, program, & fields,
2) image of JMP title & abstract + Alt Text,
3) #EconJMP, &
4) a link to your website.
Employers, browse & interact respectfully.
Everyone else, shhhh.
📉📈
September 15, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Econ job market candidate intros.
Candidates, communicate:
1) your name, program, & fields,
2) image of JMP title & abstract + Alt Text,
3) #EconJMP, &
4) a link to your website.
Employers, browse & interact respectfully.
Everyone else, shhhh.
📉📈
Candidates, communicate:
1) your name, program, & fields,
2) image of JMP title & abstract + Alt Text,
3) #EconJMP, &
4) a link to your website.
Employers, browse & interact respectfully.
Everyone else, shhhh.
📉📈
I use a more conservative approach in which I recall the max and min of garlic cloves I have observed, add those together, and double it.
October 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I use a more conservative approach in which I recall the max and min of garlic cloves I have observed, add those together, and double it.
New levels of making up people to be mad at.
October 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
New levels of making up people to be mad at.
There's the feeling I was looking for when I logged onto Bluesky. I can log off now.
October 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
There's the feeling I was looking for when I logged onto Bluesky. I can log off now.
Seems like we could just say white people aren't responsible for the historical accident of the circumstances that allowed their domination of other groups. I.e. their power isn't because they are smarter or harder working.
Then we can say whatever true thing we want about specific atrocities.
Then we can say whatever true thing we want about specific atrocities.
October 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Seems like we could just say white people aren't responsible for the historical accident of the circumstances that allowed their domination of other groups. I.e. their power isn't because they are smarter or harder working.
Then we can say whatever true thing we want about specific atrocities.
Then we can say whatever true thing we want about specific atrocities.