@felbarrera.bsky.social
🇨🇴🇺🇸. Colombia/USA. Immigrant. Economics of Education. Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations and Department of Economics (by courtesy). Vanderbilt University. he/him/his
Being a co-editor of a journal is a lot of work, and in some cases, with no compensation. It is hard. What makes it even harder is the difficulty of finding reviewers. An editor has to take tough decisions: to desk-reject or not. If not, our task become more difficult if people decline to review.
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Being a co-editor of a journal is a lot of work, and in some cases, with no compensation. It is hard. What makes it even harder is the difficulty of finding reviewers. An editor has to take tough decisions: to desk-reject or not. If not, our task become more difficult if people decline to review.
Diana Quintero, a recent graduate of Peabody-Vanderbilt, discusses grade retention for English Learners, which is the focus of her market paper. www.brookings.edu/articles/is-...
Is grade retention a gateway or gatekeeper for English learners? | Brookings
Diana Quintero finds third-grade retention boosts ML-ELs' short-term gains, but lasting benefits depend on school support.
www.brookings.edu
August 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Diana Quintero, a recent graduate of Peabody-Vanderbilt, discusses grade retention for English Learners, which is the focus of her market paper. www.brookings.edu/articles/is-...
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Taking the L out of BLS.
August 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Taking the L out of BLS.
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I wrote this post about the short-term impacts of this intervention, which were being hyped at the time, in 2022. Sadly, the same pattern repeats itself over and over again...
blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
July 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I wrote this post about the short-term impacts of this intervention, which were being hyped at the time, in 2022. Sadly, the same pattern repeats itself over and over again...
blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
A very interesting conversation on vouchers with Blake Farmer (NPR), Camellia Burris (NPR), and Chelsea Crawford(TennesseeCAN) in This is Nashville! @thisisnashville.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A very interesting conversation on vouchers with Blake Farmer (NPR), Camellia Burris (NPR), and Chelsea Crawford(TennesseeCAN) in This is Nashville! @thisisnashville.bsky.social
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School vouchers have proven to be one of the most divisive concepts in Tennessee politics. But now, it’s the law. 20,000 scholarships are available statewide and most students are eligible. It’s an hour for a timely talk today at noon.
TIN is sponsored by Music City Prep Clinic.
TIN is sponsored by Music City Prep Clinic.
July 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
School vouchers have proven to be one of the most divisive concepts in Tennessee politics. But now, it’s the law. 20,000 scholarships are available statewide and most students are eligible. It’s an hour for a timely talk today at noon.
TIN is sponsored by Music City Prep Clinic.
TIN is sponsored by Music City Prep Clinic.
May 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Does school funding actually improve outcomes? 🤔Join our first-ever #EdWorkingPapers webinar Wed 5/21 at 2pm ET with @emilyrauscher.bsky.social and @chriscandelaria.com to find out. buff.ly/TW1oFhu #research #schoolfunding
May 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Does school funding actually improve outcomes? 🤔Join our first-ever #EdWorkingPapers webinar Wed 5/21 at 2pm ET with @emilyrauscher.bsky.social and @chriscandelaria.com to find out. buff.ly/TW1oFhu #research #schoolfunding
Public dissemination of one's own work is rare. Many times, my work stops at the production of a paper that not many people read. This conversation with Provost Raver at @vanderbilt.edu was a real treat.
www.vanderbilt.edu/quantumpoten...
www.vanderbilt.edu/quantumpoten...
Episode 5: Impact of micro-investments in school children with Felipe Barrera-Osorio
In this episode of Quantum Potential, Felipe Barrera-Osorio joins Provost C. Cybele Raver to discuss his groundbreaking research—comparing the impact of need-based versus merit-based micro-scholarship...
www.vanderbilt.edu
April 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Public dissemination of one's own work is rare. Many times, my work stops at the production of a paper that not many people read. This conversation with Provost Raver at @vanderbilt.edu was a real treat.
www.vanderbilt.edu/quantumpoten...
www.vanderbilt.edu/quantumpoten...
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Greg Mankiw, who has been teaching econ 101 for decades, scolds Hassett for causally interpreting an accounting identity and pretending it’s econ 101 gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2025/03/kevi...
Greg Mankiw's Blog: Kevin Hassett forgets Econ 101
gregmankiw.blogspot.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Greg Mankiw, who has been teaching econ 101 for decades, scolds Hassett for causally interpreting an accounting identity and pretending it’s econ 101 gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2025/03/kevi...
In Oct. 24 USAID granted us 1.3M to study Bogota, Colombia charter schools. Yesterday, I received a termination notice. The aim of the grant was to provide evidence of the impact of private provision of public education. It does not escape me the irony: this is the "education agenda" of the new admo
February 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
In Oct. 24 USAID granted us 1.3M to study Bogota, Colombia charter schools. Yesterday, I received a termination notice. The aim of the grant was to provide evidence of the impact of private provision of public education. It does not escape me the irony: this is the "education agenda" of the new admo
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How to write your abstracts in empirical micro:
I was reading draft papers & found that authors omitted the method in the abstract or buried their results summary pages into the intro.
There are lots of ways to write abstracts/intros, but here are common structures in econ.
www.cgdev.org/blog/how-wri...
www.cgdev.org/blog/how-wri...
There are lots of ways to write abstracts/intros, but here are common structures in econ.
www.cgdev.org/blog/how-wri...
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
February 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
How to write your abstracts in empirical micro:
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I am hiring a predoc at MIT to start this summer!
We will work on various topics in labor economics - unions, minimum wages, imperfect competition, etc.
Please apply and share !
#predoc @mitiwer.bsky.social #EconSky
apply.interfolio.com/163492
We will work on various topics in labor economics - unions, minimum wages, imperfect competition, etc.
Please apply and share !
#predoc @mitiwer.bsky.social #EconSky
apply.interfolio.com/163492
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February 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I am hiring a predoc at MIT to start this summer!
We will work on various topics in labor economics - unions, minimum wages, imperfect competition, etc.
Please apply and share !
#predoc @mitiwer.bsky.social #EconSky
apply.interfolio.com/163492
We will work on various topics in labor economics - unions, minimum wages, imperfect competition, etc.
Please apply and share !
#predoc @mitiwer.bsky.social #EconSky
apply.interfolio.com/163492
I am going over my X account since I am stopping it completely. I found this old video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogI9.... I was very moved; I couldn't talk.
A205 - Stay With Me
YouTube video by myrooo
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February 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I am going over my X account since I am stopping it completely. I found this old video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogI9.... I was very moved; I couldn't talk.
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🎙️📆⏰SAVE THE DATE - CEPEO Annual Lecture 2025
Thurs 10th July, 6pm, Central Hall Westminster ⏰📆🎙️
We're delighted to be joined by @chloergibbs.bsky.social
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Thurs 10th July, 6pm, Central Hall Westminster ⏰📆🎙️
We're delighted to be joined by @chloergibbs.bsky.social
Sign up link to follow - subscribe to our mailing list now to make sure you don't miss it ucl.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
January 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🎙️📆⏰SAVE THE DATE - CEPEO Annual Lecture 2025
Thurs 10th July, 6pm, Central Hall Westminster ⏰📆🎙️
We're delighted to be joined by @chloergibbs.bsky.social
Sign up link to follow - subscribe to our mailing list now to make sure you don't miss it ucl.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Thurs 10th July, 6pm, Central Hall Westminster ⏰📆🎙️
We're delighted to be joined by @chloergibbs.bsky.social
Sign up link to follow - subscribe to our mailing list now to make sure you don't miss it ucl.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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I was incredibly honored to be awarded the CSWEP Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. When I accepted the award, I talked about the importance of mentoring.
The lessons I pass on are kind of obvious. But they are important, so I am going to share them yet again. (A🧵)
The lessons I pass on are kind of obvious. But they are important, so I am going to share them yet again. (A🧵)
@aeacswep.bsky.social announces Sandra E. Black as the 2024 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award winner! Visit aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... for the full announcement. Congratulations to @econsandy.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I was incredibly honored to be awarded the CSWEP Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. When I accepted the award, I talked about the importance of mentoring.
The lessons I pass on are kind of obvious. But they are important, so I am going to share them yet again. (A🧵)
The lessons I pass on are kind of obvious. But they are important, so I am going to share them yet again. (A🧵)
Para los colombianos de acá: un paralelo entre el presidente Petro y el presidente electo de USA. www.elespectador.com/opinion/colu...
Capacidad del Estado: el espejo entre Petro y Trump
“Una institución débil permite abusos y reemplaza una cultura técnica por una ideológica. Petro y Trump buscan esto”: Felipe Barrera-Osorio
www.elespectador.com
December 30, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Para los colombianos de acá: un paralelo entre el presidente Petro y el presidente electo de USA. www.elespectador.com/opinion/colu...
Some days ago, I went to my local library to pick up books that I had reserved ("Silo" series).As I was leaving, I had a thought: Trump has never been in a public library. He doesn’t understand the power of a community around "books." An object totally alien to Trump. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5nk...
Carl Sagan Talks About Books
YouTube video by tritonsky
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December 12, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Some days ago, I went to my local library to pick up books that I had reserved ("Silo" series).As I was leaving, I had a thought: Trump has never been in a public library. He doesn’t understand the power of a community around "books." An object totally alien to Trump. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5nk...
I see this tweet as a missed opportunity: Noam, what is the list of actions?
📣 Our paper "How to improve education outcomes most efficiently" was recently published in the Journal of Development Economics! Co-authored w/ @daveevansphd.bsky.social Filmer Glennerster Sabarwal Rogers. Rewarding to see this work inform research & policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 10, 2024 at 10:56 PM
I see this tweet as a missed opportunity: Noam, what is the list of actions?
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The @aefpweb.bsky.social EdDev (Scholars of Education in Developing Countries) Community Group meets Friday Dec 13 at 11am ET!
Join us as @khoavuumn.bsky.social & Rohitha Edara present work in progress.
All welcome! Contact me for Zoom link. Join group @aefpweb.bsky.social site. #econsky #edusky
Join us as @khoavuumn.bsky.social & Rohitha Edara present work in progress.
All welcome! Contact me for Zoom link. Join group @aefpweb.bsky.social site. #econsky #edusky
December 10, 2024 at 4:14 PM
The @aefpweb.bsky.social EdDev (Scholars of Education in Developing Countries) Community Group meets Friday Dec 13 at 11am ET!
Join us as @khoavuumn.bsky.social & Rohitha Edara present work in progress.
All welcome! Contact me for Zoom link. Join group @aefpweb.bsky.social site. #econsky #edusky
Join us as @khoavuumn.bsky.social & Rohitha Edara present work in progress.
All welcome! Contact me for Zoom link. Join group @aefpweb.bsky.social site. #econsky #edusky
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In today's #econjmp, Nikita Kohli of Duke uses synthetic DiD to show how a labor reform in Brazil that was intended to increase formal employment by weakening union power actually decreased formal employment & increased informal labor due to less enforcement blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...?
Can Weakened Unions Fuel Formal Work? Lessons from Brazil's Labor Reform. Guest post by Nikita Kohli
blogs.worldbank.org
November 19, 2024 at 2:57 PM
In today's #econjmp, Nikita Kohli of Duke uses synthetic DiD to show how a labor reform in Brazil that was intended to increase formal employment by weakening union power actually decreased formal employment & increased informal labor due to less enforcement blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...?
#APPAM2024: Diana Quintero, graduating soon from the LPO program, is presenting her strong job market paper on Thursday at 3:30. Paper uses RDiscontinuity to study the effects of retention on English Learners and its impact on short- and long-term outcomes. gradschool.vanderbilt.edu/2024/08/07/d...
Diana Quintero Castellanos – 2024 August Student Spotlight
Diana is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations at Peabody College. Her dissertation focuses on the impact of test-based grade retention on students designated as...
gradschool.vanderbilt.edu
November 19, 2024 at 3:55 PM
#APPAM2024: Diana Quintero, graduating soon from the LPO program, is presenting her strong job market paper on Thursday at 3:30. Paper uses RDiscontinuity to study the effects of retention on English Learners and its impact on short- and long-term outcomes. gradschool.vanderbilt.edu/2024/08/07/d...
#APPAM2024 I am going to attend APPAM 24. Young scholars, if you want to talk about your research or discuss your next steps, do not hesitate to reach out if you think I can be of any help. No-so-young scholars, please talk to me!
November 18, 2024 at 9:37 PM
#APPAM2024 I am going to attend APPAM 24. Young scholars, if you want to talk about your research or discuss your next steps, do not hesitate to reach out if you think I can be of any help. No-so-young scholars, please talk to me!
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Hadn’t seen a women in education policy research starter pack yet. Please let me know if I missed you… still getting my bearings in the new place.
go.bsky.app/PixwBrM
go.bsky.app/PixwBrM
November 18, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Hadn’t seen a women in education policy research starter pack yet. Please let me know if I missed you… still getting my bearings in the new place.
go.bsky.app/PixwBrM
go.bsky.app/PixwBrM