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@adambonica.bsky.social showed ideology predicts which agencies experience DOGE layoffs. But what other factors could be driving this?

Using a generative LLM-derived measure, I find agencies perceived as knowledge institutions are more likely to experience layoffs, even controlling for ideology. 🧵

Tech support question:

How do I get citations to a judge's dismissal of a lawsuit against me to be counted in my Google scholar profile?

If you are worried about Trump's plan to politicize the executive branch, here is a specific thing you can do: write a public comment supporting a proposed rule that would block Schedule F, Trump's executive order to turn career staff into at-will appointees. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

A list of financial data sources, curated for political economy use cases. Official statistics as well as datasets compiled by organizations and academic researchers. Originally assembled for my students, now available on my website. Suggestions welcome!
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Very powerful and unequivocal statement from Breaking the Silence, one of Israel's most maligned anti-occupation organizations

Call: Special Issue of Journal of Economic Psychology - ISSN 0167-4870 (elsevier.com) on Social Institutions and Cooperation Failures. Public good provision, social dilemmas, intergroup conflict. Theory and experiments. Reposting appreciated!

Submission Deadline is December 25, 2023

Monash Economics is hiring 👇
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Our Department has advertised a number of junior positions.

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When I first read Andrew Goodman-Bacon's paper on DiD and understanding the underlying 2x2 DiDs associated with every Two Way Fixed Effects, it really blew my mind. I found it tough to navigate, but i went step by step. I enclose below the Stata code, which does a simple GB DiD. #EconSky

@andrewbaker.bsky.social wants more "funnies" on here, so here's my best & fairly embarrassing story from my time as a visa interviewer for the U.S. consulate in the 2010s: (1/n)

Me trying to remember the name of the RA that did all analyses of a seminal paper that got me a $500,000 salary.

I can’t believe this fantastic lecture by Steven Durlauf has less than 200 views. If you are interested in complementarities (or supermodular games), multiple equilibria, and any kind of social segregation, this lecture is well worth your time!
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