Minoru Higa
@mhigar.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @Uniandes | Environment, transportation, and living conditions | http://www.minoruhiga.com/
🚨 New Publication (open access!)
COVID-19 triggered a surge in deforestation across the Peruvian Amazon.
🦠+10% COVID-19 cases → 🌲 +1.5% deforestation
🌍+8M tons of CO₂
💸$220M in social costs (5× forest budget)
💰Impact amplified by illegal mining & coca
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.tf...
COVID-19 triggered a surge in deforestation across the Peruvian Amazon.
🦠+10% COVID-19 cases → 🌲 +1.5% deforestation
🌍+8M tons of CO₂
💸$220M in social costs (5× forest budget)
💰Impact amplified by illegal mining & coca
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.tf...
June 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨 New Publication (open access!)
COVID-19 triggered a surge in deforestation across the Peruvian Amazon.
🦠+10% COVID-19 cases → 🌲 +1.5% deforestation
🌍+8M tons of CO₂
💸$220M in social costs (5× forest budget)
💰Impact amplified by illegal mining & coca
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.tf...
COVID-19 triggered a surge in deforestation across the Peruvian Amazon.
🦠+10% COVID-19 cases → 🌲 +1.5% deforestation
🌍+8M tons of CO₂
💸$220M in social costs (5× forest budget)
💰Impact amplified by illegal mining & coca
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.tf...
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Thrilled to share 3ie’s new resource for development practitioners who want to leverage remote sensing to evaluate and strengthen programming with #Geo4Dev #CEGA + #NewLightTech
Read how you can leverage this tool: www.3ieimpact.org/blogs/explor...
Explore the resource: rsindex.softr.app
Read how you can leverage this tool: www.3ieimpact.org/blogs/explor...
Explore the resource: rsindex.softr.app
Explore 3ie’s new inventory of remote-sensing indicators to leverage satellite data for development | 3ie
Imagine you are an evaluator trying to determine whether an agricultural intervention has increased vegetation in a dry, arid, and conflict-prone region—where on-the-ground data collection is challeng...
www.3ieimpact.org
March 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Thrilled to share 3ie’s new resource for development practitioners who want to leverage remote sensing to evaluate and strengthen programming with #Geo4Dev #CEGA + #NewLightTech
Read how you can leverage this tool: www.3ieimpact.org/blogs/explor...
Explore the resource: rsindex.softr.app
Read how you can leverage this tool: www.3ieimpact.org/blogs/explor...
Explore the resource: rsindex.softr.app
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Presenting the canonical spatial model and then exploring it through the lens of development economics, pointing out the "on-the-ground" facts of missing markets, frictions, and context-specific parameters, from Gharad T. Bryan, Kyra Frye, and Melanie Morten https://www.nber.org/papers/w33453
February 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Presenting the canonical spatial model and then exploring it through the lens of development economics, pointing out the "on-the-ground" facts of missing markets, frictions, and context-specific parameters, from Gharad T. Bryan, Kyra Frye, and Melanie Morten https://www.nber.org/papers/w33453
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1/🚨New chapter in Handbook of Regional & Urban Economics: Spatial Environmental Economics
🌍 How do spatial forces affect the environment? How does enviro shape spatial outcomes?
Thread, chapter explore this nascent subfield via stylized acts, models, building blocks for rsrch. w Clare Balboni.
🌍 How do spatial forces affect the environment? How does enviro shape spatial outcomes?
Thread, chapter explore this nascent subfield via stylized acts, models, building blocks for rsrch. w Clare Balboni.
January 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
1/🚨New chapter in Handbook of Regional & Urban Economics: Spatial Environmental Economics
🌍 How do spatial forces affect the environment? How does enviro shape spatial outcomes?
Thread, chapter explore this nascent subfield via stylized acts, models, building blocks for rsrch. w Clare Balboni.
🌍 How do spatial forces affect the environment? How does enviro shape spatial outcomes?
Thread, chapter explore this nascent subfield via stylized acts, models, building blocks for rsrch. w Clare Balboni.
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Join us at the International Transportation Economics Association Annual Conference & School at Northwestern University, June 23-27, 2025! Featuring keynote speaker Prof. Dave Donaldson (MIT). Submit your transportation economics research by Feb 28. Two paper prizes available!
June 23-27, 2025:
Northwestern University Transportation Center - Northwestern University
ITEA Annual School and Conference
transportation.northwestern.edu
January 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Join us at the International Transportation Economics Association Annual Conference & School at Northwestern University, June 23-27, 2025! Featuring keynote speaker Prof. Dave Donaldson (MIT). Submit your transportation economics research by Feb 28. Two paper prizes available!
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Planning your climate or environment syllabus? I like to show short videos so students & I can visualize some of the things we're talking about. Here are some of the ones I like:
January 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Planning your climate or environment syllabus? I like to show short videos so students & I can visualize some of the things we're talking about. Here are some of the ones I like:
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Here are the first five sets of slides:
01 Introduction: psantanna.com/DiD/01_Intro...
02 Classical 2x2 setup: psantanna.com/DiD/02_two_b...
03 Clustering issues: psantanna.com/DiD/03_Clust...
04 Functional form: psantanna.com/DiD/04_Funct...
05 Covariates: psantanna.com/DiD/05_Covar...
01 Introduction: psantanna.com/DiD/01_Intro...
02 Classical 2x2 setup: psantanna.com/DiD/02_two_b...
03 Clustering issues: psantanna.com/DiD/03_Clust...
04 Functional form: psantanna.com/DiD/04_Funct...
05 Covariates: psantanna.com/DiD/05_Covar...
December 30, 2024 at 5:19 AM
Here are the first five sets of slides:
01 Introduction: psantanna.com/DiD/01_Intro...
02 Classical 2x2 setup: psantanna.com/DiD/02_two_b...
03 Clustering issues: psantanna.com/DiD/03_Clust...
04 Functional form: psantanna.com/DiD/04_Funct...
05 Covariates: psantanna.com/DiD/05_Covar...
01 Introduction: psantanna.com/DiD/01_Intro...
02 Classical 2x2 setup: psantanna.com/DiD/02_two_b...
03 Clustering issues: psantanna.com/DiD/03_Clust...
04 Functional form: psantanna.com/DiD/04_Funct...
05 Covariates: psantanna.com/DiD/05_Covar...
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After years work assembling and organizing it, together with Bruno Calderón, John Marshall and José Luis Perez Castellanos, we present you the "Electoral precinct-level database for Mexican municipal elections" osf.io/6jteh/ dropbox.com/scl/fi/3kqnb...
December 27, 2024 at 4:24 PM
After years work assembling and organizing it, together with Bruno Calderón, John Marshall and José Luis Perez Castellanos, we present you the "Electoral precinct-level database for Mexican municipal elections" osf.io/6jteh/ dropbox.com/scl/fi/3kqnb...
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I'm revising the abstract of one of my papers, so naturally I'm re-reading my evidence-based post on how to write an abstract. www.cgdev.org/blog/how-wri...
How To Write the Abstract of Your Development Economics Paper
Last year, I claimed that you win or lose readers with the introduction of your economics paper. That might have been generous. A lot of people will read no further than the abstract of your paper to ...
www.cgdev.org
December 13, 2024 at 10:27 PM
I'm revising the abstract of one of my papers, so naturally I'm re-reading my evidence-based post on how to write an abstract. www.cgdev.org/blog/how-wri...
Thrilled that our papers have been accepted to the first LAERE Congress! :) Vamos 🇨🇴!
First Congress of the Latin American Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
- Location: Bogotá, Colombia
- Date: 19-21 March 2025
- Submission deadline: [passed]
- More information: laere.org/en/home/
- Location: Bogotá, Colombia
- Date: 19-21 March 2025
- Submission deadline: [passed]
- More information: laere.org/en/home/
Home -
laere.org
December 13, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Thrilled that our papers have been accepted to the first LAERE Congress! :) Vamos 🇨🇴!
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We are hiring a full-time two-year RA! (or pre-doc?). Very excited about this position because you could be paired to work with many awesome economists at Batten (Ben Castleman, Andrew Simon, Derek Wu, Tim Layton) and myself!
More info down here 👇
jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
We are hiring a full-time two-year RA! (or pre-doc?). Very excited about this position because you could be paired to work with many awesome economists at Batten (Ben Castleman, Andrew Simon, Derek Wu, Tim Layton) and myself!
More info down here 👇
jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
Pre-Doctoral Associate, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia
Apply for Pre-Doctoral Associate, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Re...
jobs.virginia.edu
December 5, 2024 at 2:08 AM
* Please Share *
We are hiring a full-time two-year RA! (or pre-doc?). Very excited about this position because you could be paired to work with many awesome economists at Batten (Ben Castleman, Andrew Simon, Derek Wu, Tim Layton) and myself!
More info down here 👇
jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
We are hiring a full-time two-year RA! (or pre-doc?). Very excited about this position because you could be paired to work with many awesome economists at Batten (Ben Castleman, Andrew Simon, Derek Wu, Tim Layton) and myself!
More info down here 👇
jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...
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Please suggest succinct resources for guiding students through defining a good research question in the social sciences
eg advice like…
-Has a question mark at end
-Is falsifiable
-is feasible
eg advice like…
-Has a question mark at end
-Is falsifiable
-is feasible
October 21, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Please suggest succinct resources for guiding students through defining a good research question in the social sciences
eg advice like…
-Has a question mark at end
-Is falsifiable
-is feasible
eg advice like…
-Has a question mark at end
-Is falsifiable
-is feasible
November 15, 2024 at 12:37 AM
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How should you deal with journal rejections? Some suggestions below.
July 18, 2024 at 7:48 PM
How should you deal with journal rejections? Some suggestions below.
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Hopefully, if you made it this far, you appreciate bats a bit more than you did a few minutes ago.
September 5, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Hopefully, if you made it this far, you appreciate bats a bit more than you did a few minutes ago.
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I'm not in the teaching game anymore, but Quarto Live looks like a fantastic innovation in this space. Write your lecture notes per normal... but with embedded R/Py code that runs fully in-browser. Students can follow along on their iPads etc. No local install required. r-wasm.github.io/quarto-live/
Introduction – Quarto Live Documentation
r-wasm.github.io
September 4, 2024 at 11:32 PM
I'm not in the teaching game anymore, but Quarto Live looks like a fantastic innovation in this space. Write your lecture notes per normal... but with embedded R/Py code that runs fully in-browser. Students can follow along on their iPads etc. No local install required. r-wasm.github.io/quarto-live/
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A few weeks ago, I spoke on a panel about publishing at the CSWEP’s CeMENT workshop. I wanted to briefly share some of that advice here.
July 16, 2024 at 7:32 PM
A few weeks ago, I spoke on a panel about publishing at the CSWEP’s CeMENT workshop. I wanted to briefly share some of that advice here.
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Did you know?
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Slides
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Github
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#EconSky 📈📉
gabors-data-analysis.com/getting-star...
Slides
gabors-data-analysis.com/chapter-deta...
Github
github.com/gabors-data-...
#EconSky 📈📉
September 1, 2024 at 1:47 PM
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You want Economists? This list has 'em.
Pin to see economists' posts even when we forget an #EconSky tag.
Browse About tab to find follows.
Aspires to aggregate: All. Of. Us. DM if you're an economist, don't see your posts there, & want on. Crazy? I'm crazy for economics.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Pin to see economists' posts even when we forget an #EconSky tag.
Browse About tab to find follows.
Aspires to aggregate: All. Of. Us. DM if you're an economist, don't see your posts there, & want on. Crazy? I'm crazy for economics.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
August 28, 2024 at 12:16 PM
You want Economists? This list has 'em.
Pin to see economists' posts even when we forget an #EconSky tag.
Browse About tab to find follows.
Aspires to aggregate: All. Of. Us. DM if you're an economist, don't see your posts there, & want on. Crazy? I'm crazy for economics.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Pin to see economists' posts even when we forget an #EconSky tag.
Browse About tab to find follows.
Aspires to aggregate: All. Of. Us. DM if you're an economist, don't see your posts there, & want on. Crazy? I'm crazy for economics.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Welcome to all the newskies! To get your feed going, this extension is useful for finding your Twitter follows.
Started packs are great for finding people too!
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Started packs are great for finding people too!
chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...
Sky Follower Bridge - Chrome Web Store
Instantly find and follow the same users from your Twitter follows on Bluesky.
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September 1, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Welcome to all the newskies! To get your feed going, this extension is useful for finding your Twitter follows.
Started packs are great for finding people too!
chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...
Started packs are great for finding people too!
chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...
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Based on this skeet by @stephenjwild.bsky.social , I will start a skeet thread on free resources for causal inference I know.
First one is obviously this recent book by Peng Ding. Strengths of this book are the focus on statistical inference (randomization, matching, and sensitivity analysis).
First one is obviously this recent book by Peng Ding. Strengths of this book are the focus on statistical inference (randomization, matching, and sensitivity analysis).
If you want a sneak peak of the whole book: arxiv.org/abs/2305.18793
I prefer physical copies, but I won't hold it against anyone who prefers electronic versions.
I prefer physical copies, but I won't hold it against anyone who prefers electronic versions.
A First Course in Causal Inference
I developed the lecture notes based on my ``Causal Inference'' course at the University of California Berkeley over the past seven years. Since half of the students were undergraduates, my lecture...
arxiv.org
August 31, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Based on this skeet by @stephenjwild.bsky.social , I will start a skeet thread on free resources for causal inference I know.
First one is obviously this recent book by Peng Ding. Strengths of this book are the focus on statistical inference (randomization, matching, and sensitivity analysis).
First one is obviously this recent book by Peng Ding. Strengths of this book are the focus on statistical inference (randomization, matching, and sensitivity analysis).