New article by Anna Josephson and myself (and others) about the dangers of using satellite weather data in economic contexts. Users beware, your results might be a function of mismeasurement in the remotely sensed weather data! #EconSky url.usb.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/Lc8fCp9WNp...

It has been a long time coming, but the COVID and livelihood paper in Africa based on the MS thesis of
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and my great student Ann Furbush is finally out. #EconSky authors.elsevier.com/a/1kg8015oGp...

📈📉, it’s here!
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and my book on research ethics is out! You can get 20% off using the code SMA37 here: routledge.pub/Research-Eth....

📉📈 what do you do when you get a “culture of the profession” survey via a listserv and the informed consent promises “anonymity” but the first 3 survey questions would allow for immediate identification of respondents? Do I call their IRB and report them?

The law suit by Gino to silence those who uncovered her fraud is akin to any person in power trying to scare off a whistle blower. And that she would blame her RAs is even more distasteful. If they did all the work then why are you an author and they aren’t?📈📉

Enjoyed seeing everyone at AAEA. This was my first conference in a long time in which I didn’t present. It was nice to be able to just focus on all the great new research others are putting out there! 📈📉

📉📈 @WorldDevJournal, just got your desk rejection. I know it took you 68 days from submission to rejection. But the quality of your editorial comments made it well worth the wait.

Exclusive: Arizona’s top prosecutor is ramping up a criminal investigation into alleged attempts by Republicans to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state by signing and transmitting paperwork falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner. https://wapo.st/3QdbbX5

I have a theory with 5 hypotheses.

I pilot a study; only 3 of the 5 seem correct.

I preregister only these 3 and proceed as if I never considered the other 2.

I find strong support for all 3.

Is this good science (i.e., an appropriate use of preregistration)? Why or why not?

Are there any fuzzy RDD papers that additionally interact treatment assignment with a proxy for the propensity to comply with the assignment?

Can we gain power with this?

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Real wages have grown in every region of the country this year: from 4.0% in New England to 0.9% in the East South Central division.

This shows median wage growth rates within worker for each Census division less division's consumer price index growth rate.
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A potentially redundant skeet but looking toward all of Econ blue sky-ers 📈📉, check out my new book with co-author Anna Josephson on Research Ethics in Applied Economics. Pre-order now for 20% off: https://routledge.pub/Research-Ethics-in-Applied-Economics

First post. What should I lead with? How about my forthcoming book with my amazing co-author Anna Josephson on Research Ethics in Applied Economics. You can pre-order here: https://t.co/lM016jWWxk