Yagan Hazard
@hazardyagan.bsky.social
AP at Collegio Carlo Alberto (since Sept. 2023) | PhD from PSE, visited Brown Econ Dept | Econometrics & Labor Economics | https://yaganhazard.github.io/
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Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.
www.theatlantic.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
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My papers arguing that the "Abundance Movement" needs broadening to include place-based jobs policies for distressed places are being released today, with a long paper at the Upjohn Institute & a shorter summary at Brookings Metro.
September 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My papers arguing that the "Abundance Movement" needs broadening to include place-based jobs policies for distressed places are being released today, with a long paper at the Upjohn Institute & a shorter summary at Brookings Metro.
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I am heartbroken by the passing of our colleague Ghazala Azmat. A wonderful economist and AEJ: Economic Policy Board member, she was generous with her time and a vital contributor to many areas within applied economics and economic policy. She will be sorely missed. My heart goes out to her family.
June 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I am heartbroken by the passing of our colleague Ghazala Azmat. A wonderful economist and AEJ: Economic Policy Board member, she was generous with her time and a vital contributor to many areas within applied economics and economic policy. She will be sorely missed. My heart goes out to her family.
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I just heard our wonderful colleague Ghazala Azmat has passed over the weekend, and I am so, so, so sad. She was a lovely, wonderful, kind soul. A brilliant economist who will be dearly missed. RIP my friend. My heart is so heavy. Love to everyone who was lucky enough to know her.
June 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I just heard our wonderful colleague Ghazala Azmat has passed over the weekend, and I am so, so, so sad. She was a lovely, wonderful, kind soul. A brilliant economist who will be dearly missed. RIP my friend. My heart is so heavy. Love to everyone who was lucky enough to know her.
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#EconFr le premier papier issue de ma thèse a été soumis hier. Et comme c’est un papier particulièrement instructif pour la réforme du RSA, je vais faire un petit 🧵 et vous raconter ce qu’on y trouve.
Dans le post suivant, vous trouverez le lien vers le papier et les codes de réplication.
Dans le post suivant, vous trouverez le lien vers le papier et les codes de réplication.
December 31, 2024 at 12:22 PM
#EconFr le premier papier issue de ma thèse a été soumis hier. Et comme c’est un papier particulièrement instructif pour la réforme du RSA, je vais faire un petit 🧵 et vous raconter ce qu’on y trouve.
Dans le post suivant, vous trouverez le lien vers le papier et les codes de réplication.
Dans le post suivant, vous trouverez le lien vers le papier et les codes de réplication.
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Rising credit card defaults are in the news w/ the FT and WSJ running prominent stories
Reasons are nuanced and likely to get lost in the headlines
🧵 on why the rise is largely a hangover from the post-pandemic credit supply increase
Reasons are nuanced and likely to get lost in the headlines
🧵 on why the rise is largely a hangover from the post-pandemic credit supply increase
December 30, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Rising credit card defaults are in the news w/ the FT and WSJ running prominent stories
Reasons are nuanced and likely to get lost in the headlines
🧵 on why the rise is largely a hangover from the post-pandemic credit supply increase
Reasons are nuanced and likely to get lost in the headlines
🧵 on why the rise is largely a hangover from the post-pandemic credit supply increase
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Economists love using linear regression to estimate treatment effects — it turns out that there are perils to this method, but also amazing perks
Come with me in this 🧵 if you want to learn about our now-published paper "Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions!"
1/ (Twitter rerun!)
Come with me in this 🧵 if you want to learn about our now-published paper "Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions!"
1/ (Twitter rerun!)
The December 2024 issue of the American Economic Review (114, 12) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/785.
American Economic Review
Vol. 114 No. 12 December 2024
aeaweb.org
November 30, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Economists love using linear regression to estimate treatment effects — it turns out that there are perils to this method, but also amazing perks
Come with me in this 🧵 if you want to learn about our now-published paper "Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions!"
1/ (Twitter rerun!)
Come with me in this 🧵 if you want to learn about our now-published paper "Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions!"
1/ (Twitter rerun!)
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Happy to share that my and @cconlon.bsky.social's micro BLP paper was just accepted at the Journal of Econometrics! jeffgortmaker.com/files/Incorp...
It's our 2nd tied to our PyBLP software, so here's a thread on surprising (to me) benefits of combining methods research with open source work. 1/6
It's our 2nd tied to our PyBLP software, so here's a thread on surprising (to me) benefits of combining methods research with open source work. 1/6
November 29, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Happy to share that my and @cconlon.bsky.social's micro BLP paper was just accepted at the Journal of Econometrics! jeffgortmaker.com/files/Incorp...
It's our 2nd tied to our PyBLP software, so here's a thread on surprising (to me) benefits of combining methods research with open source work. 1/6
It's our 2nd tied to our PyBLP software, so here's a thread on surprising (to me) benefits of combining methods research with open source work. 1/6
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One of us turned 1 and the other got tenure 😃😃
November 19, 2024 at 1:47 PM
One of us turned 1 and the other got tenure 😃😃
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Thanks Pedro!
Link to WP: arxiv.org/abs/2411.10959 and slides dviviano.github.io/projects/pre...
We show how we can estimate treatment effects using remote sensed outcomes without having to correctly specify a model for remote sensed outcomes and leverage arbitrary ML methods. 1/n
Link to WP: arxiv.org/abs/2411.10959 and slides dviviano.github.io/projects/pre...
We show how we can estimate treatment effects using remote sensed outcomes without having to correctly specify a model for remote sensed outcomes and leverage arbitrary ML methods. 1/n
A very interesting new working paper by the greats Ashesh Rambachan, Rahul Singh, and @vivianodavide.bsky.social: arxiv.org/pdf/2411.10959
It seems that this is another area where the empirical common practice was "too fast,'' and econometrics is catching up!
Cool and empirically relevant stuff!
It seems that this is another area where the empirical common practice was "too fast,'' and econometrics is catching up!
Cool and empirically relevant stuff!
November 19, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Thanks Pedro!
Link to WP: arxiv.org/abs/2411.10959 and slides dviviano.github.io/projects/pre...
We show how we can estimate treatment effects using remote sensed outcomes without having to correctly specify a model for remote sensed outcomes and leverage arbitrary ML methods. 1/n
Link to WP: arxiv.org/abs/2411.10959 and slides dviviano.github.io/projects/pre...
We show how we can estimate treatment effects using remote sensed outcomes without having to correctly specify a model for remote sensed outcomes and leverage arbitrary ML methods. 1/n
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I made one for stats papers
November 18, 2024 at 4:02 AM
I made one for stats papers
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This finally might produce enough outrage from macroeconomists to try out bsky...
www.cnbc.com/2024/11/09/e...
www.cnbc.com/2024/11/09/e...
'#EndtheFed': Elon Musk endorses plan to let presidents meddle with Federal Reserve after Trump election win
During his first term as president, Donald Trump was not shy about publicly disparaging Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his policy decisions.
www.cnbc.com
November 12, 2024 at 12:17 PM
This finally might produce enough outrage from macroeconomists to try out bsky...
www.cnbc.com/2024/11/09/e...
www.cnbc.com/2024/11/09/e...
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"Causal inference is a trivial problem if you know the DAG. Research design is outdated."
season's greetings!
season's greetings!
December 15, 2023 at 5:28 PM
"Causal inference is a trivial problem if you know the DAG. Research design is outdated."
season's greetings!
season's greetings!
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My ERC team has created an account where they will share updates of the Stata and R packages they are working on, follow them! bsky.app/profile/erct...
December 12, 2023 at 8:32 AM
My ERC team has created an account where they will share updates of the Stata and R packages they are working on, follow them! bsky.app/profile/erct...
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Probably the most chilling paper I read in 2023, yet essential reading for all of us. academic.oup.com/qje/advance-... #EconSky 📉📈
Violence Against Women at Work*
Abstract. In this paper, we link every police report in Finland to administrative data to identify violence between colleagues, and the economic consequences fo
academic.oup.com
November 26, 2023 at 11:45 AM
Probably the most chilling paper I read in 2023, yet essential reading for all of us. academic.oup.com/qje/advance-... #EconSky 📉📈
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Jen Doleac is on here! Welcome. Great follow. 📉📈
bsky.app/profile/jenn...
bsky.app/profile/jenn...
November 10, 2023 at 2:18 AM
Jen Doleac is on here! Welcome. Great follow. 📉📈
bsky.app/profile/jenn...
bsky.app/profile/jenn...
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If you're a senior male economist and would be interested in discussing the drafting of an open letter re the newly announced IZA leadership change, e-mail me.
Female econs are rightly tired of the burden of such efforts falling on them.
Female econs are rightly tired of the burden of such efforts falling on them.
November 10, 2023 at 7:59 PM
If you're a senior male economist and would be interested in discussing the drafting of an open letter re the newly announced IZA leadership change, e-mail me.
Female econs are rightly tired of the burden of such efforts falling on them.
Female econs are rightly tired of the burden of such efforts falling on them.
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📈📉A great way to shorten a paper. Change the margins. Some paragraphs will have one-word last lines. Make those go away by writing better. Repeat until you are too tired to be obsessive anymore. Reinstate the original margins. I did this all day. My paper is three pages shorter with better writing
November 11, 2023 at 3:03 AM
📈📉A great way to shorten a paper. Change the margins. Some paragraphs will have one-word last lines. Make those go away by writing better. Repeat until you are too tired to be obsessive anymore. Reinstate the original margins. I did this all day. My paper is three pages shorter with better writing
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Questions re: IZA decision
- What is the best summary of allegations against Falk?
- How did IZA/briq investigate allegations against Falk? What decisions followed and why?
- How did this recent decision happen? Why did Falk get the job, not Jager?
Anyone have insights?
- What is the best summary of allegations against Falk?
- How did IZA/briq investigate allegations against Falk? What decisions followed and why?
- How did this recent decision happen? Why did Falk get the job, not Jager?
Anyone have insights?
November 10, 2023 at 10:03 PM
Questions re: IZA decision
- What is the best summary of allegations against Falk?
- How did IZA/briq investigate allegations against Falk? What decisions followed and why?
- How did this recent decision happen? Why did Falk get the job, not Jager?
Anyone have insights?
- What is the best summary of allegations against Falk?
- How did IZA/briq investigate allegations against Falk? What decisions followed and why?
- How did this recent decision happen? Why did Falk get the job, not Jager?
Anyone have insights?
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One of my pastimes is to watch videos about writing fiction. Many things that work when writing fiction also work when writing academic papers!
I think this video on editing is quite useful: youtu.be/WLAmilJx3Us?....
E.g., accept that your manuscript will evolve a lot over time!
I think this video on editing is quite useful: youtu.be/WLAmilJx3Us?....
E.g., accept that your manuscript will evolve a lot over time!
November 2, 2023 at 2:21 PM
One of my pastimes is to watch videos about writing fiction. Many things that work when writing fiction also work when writing academic papers!
I think this video on editing is quite useful: youtu.be/WLAmilJx3Us?....
E.g., accept that your manuscript will evolve a lot over time!
I think this video on editing is quite useful: youtu.be/WLAmilJx3Us?....
E.g., accept that your manuscript will evolve a lot over time!
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Incredibly useful resource: Power analysis collaborative guide docs.google.com/document/d/1...
October 26, 2023 at 10:47 AM
Incredibly useful resource: Power analysis collaborative guide docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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This is a Bob LaLonde appreciation tweet.
He changed the course of economics and also changed the course of my life. He passed away too young, though his memory is a blessing.
Please add onto the thread with your appreciations of Bob!
He changed the course of economics and also changed the course of my life. He passed away too young, though his memory is a blessing.
Please add onto the thread with your appreciations of Bob!
October 25, 2023 at 8:39 PM
This is a Bob LaLonde appreciation tweet.
He changed the course of economics and also changed the course of my life. He passed away too young, though his memory is a blessing.
Please add onto the thread with your appreciations of Bob!
He changed the course of economics and also changed the course of my life. He passed away too young, though his memory is a blessing.
Please add onto the thread with your appreciations of Bob!
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Econometric Thread (#EconSky): Today, I will briefly discuss a few recent papers expanding the synthetic control method (SCM). I will talk about three WPss: Abadie + L'Hour (2019), Grossi, Lattarulo, Mariani, Mattei + Oner (2020); Cao + Dowd (2019) and Cattaneo, Feng, Palomba +Titiunik (2023).
October 24, 2023 at 2:28 AM
Econometric Thread (#EconSky): Today, I will briefly discuss a few recent papers expanding the synthetic control method (SCM). I will talk about three WPss: Abadie + L'Hour (2019), Grossi, Lattarulo, Mariani, Mattei + Oner (2020); Cao + Dowd (2019) and Cattaneo, Feng, Palomba +Titiunik (2023).