Carlos Costa Ribeiro
@carloscostaribeiro.bsky.social
Sociologist, IESP-UERJ. Stratification and social mobility, life course, inequality, education, race, etc
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We invite applications for two postdoctoral scholars! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center in NYC. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
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#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
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Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu
August 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We invite applications for two postdoctoral scholars! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center in NYC. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
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Nancy Cartwright has really smart critiques of how “it worked somewhere” can be really “dicey” evidence and generally does NOT warrant a causal claim. Her classic TWO (!) page piece here is brilliant: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A philosopher's view of the long road from RCTs to effectiveness
For evidence-based practice and policy, randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are the
current gold standard. But exactly why? We know that RCTs do not, without a series
of strong assumptions, warrant pr...
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April 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Nancy Cartwright has really smart critiques of how “it worked somewhere” can be really “dicey” evidence and generally does NOT warrant a causal claim. Her classic TWO (!) page piece here is brilliant: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Carlos Costa Ribeiro
divulgando de novo: semana que vem começa o curso de nivelamento para a disciplina de Inferência Causal que eu, @antrologos.bsky.social e @carloscostaribeiro.bsky.social vamos ministrar no IESP-UERJ nesse semestre. Divulguem e inscrevam-se! iesp.uerj.br/disciplina/l...
Lego III: Inferência Causal - IESP
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March 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
divulgando de novo: semana que vem começa o curso de nivelamento para a disciplina de Inferência Causal que eu, @antrologos.bsky.social e @carloscostaribeiro.bsky.social vamos ministrar no IESP-UERJ nesse semestre. Divulguem e inscrevam-se! iesp.uerj.br/disciplina/l...
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eu, @antrologos.bsky.social e @carloscostaribeiro.bsky.social vamos oferecer a disciplina Inferência Causal no IESP-UERJ nesse semestre. a ementa vai abaixo! agradeço muito se puderem divulgar iesp.uerj.br/wp-content/u...
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February 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
eu, @antrologos.bsky.social e @carloscostaribeiro.bsky.social vamos oferecer a disciplina Inferência Causal no IESP-UERJ nesse semestre. a ementa vai abaixo! agradeço muito se puderem divulgar iesp.uerj.br/wp-content/u...
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In addition to “biased,” I expected to see that woke term “difference-in-differences.”
Dear Econometricians, if you were planning to apply to an NSF grant this year, I have bad news for you #EconSky
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
In addition to “biased,” I expected to see that woke term “difference-in-differences.”
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