Mauricio Romero
@marome1.bsky.social
Colombian in Mexico. Mountaineer, cyclist, climber. Associate Professor of Economics at ITAM. https://mauricio-romero.com/
Officially forthcoming at @jlaborecon.bsky.social, our new paper with Melissa Adelman, Francisco Haimovich, and Emmanuel Vazquez on the results from a large experiment with 4,000 schools on how to reduce dropout between primary and secondary schools in Guatemala. Short 🧵below #EconSky
October 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Officially forthcoming at @jlaborecon.bsky.social, our new paper with Melissa Adelman, Francisco Haimovich, and Emmanuel Vazquez on the results from a large experiment with 4,000 schools on how to reduce dropout between primary and secondary schools in Guatemala. Short 🧵below #EconSky
Note that our colleagues in the Business School are also hiring. It’s a fantastic, young department pushing frontier research with strong links to the Econ Department. Great people+ great energy: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
#econsky #econjobmarket
#econsky #econjobmarket
October 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Note that our colleagues in the Business School are also hiring. It’s a fantastic, young department pushing frontier research with strong links to the Econ Department. Great people+ great energy: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
#econsky #econjobmarket
#econsky #econjobmarket
We (Econ at ITAM) are hiring:econjobmarket.org/positions/11841
Pay is competitive with the US (in absolute terms), working language is English, virtually no service work, spend ~80% of your time in research, and you get to live in one of the coolest cities in the world.
#econsky
Pay is competitive with the US (in absolute terms), working language is English, virtually no service work, spend ~80% of your time in research, and you get to live in one of the coolest cities in the world.
#econsky
October 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We (Econ at ITAM) are hiring:econjobmarket.org/positions/11841
Pay is competitive with the US (in absolute terms), working language is English, virtually no service work, spend ~80% of your time in research, and you get to live in one of the coolest cities in the world.
#econsky
Pay is competitive with the US (in absolute terms), working language is English, virtually no service work, spend ~80% of your time in research, and you get to live in one of the coolest cities in the world.
#econsky
Early Childhood Education is central to India’s NEP and global edu goals. Our(@petterberg.bsky.social @singhabhi.bsky.social) new paper at EJ (@resmedia.bsky.social ky.social, bit.ly/4gOtoVV), shows private ECE outperform public options, explaining 60% of the SES gap. In primary, NO private premium.
September 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Early Childhood Education is central to India’s NEP and global edu goals. Our(@petterberg.bsky.social @singhabhi.bsky.social) new paper at EJ (@resmedia.bsky.social ky.social, bit.ly/4gOtoVV), shows private ECE outperform public options, explaining 60% of the SES gap. In primary, NO private premium.
The course was a huge success (> 80 people in person+>70 online). Huge thanks to @borusyak.bsky.social for the excellent lectures and to LACEA's IEN for making it possible. @ITAM is always happy to host and help with these events.
🚨Excited to announce a free mini-course on Modern Difference-in-Differences Designs, taught by @borusyak.bsky.social , hosted by ITAM & LACEA's Impact Evaluation Network! 🚨
🗓️ Sept 26–27, 2025
📍 ITAM's Santa Teresa campus, CDMX
Details 👇
#EconTwitter
🗓️ Sept 26–27, 2025
📍 ITAM's Santa Teresa campus, CDMX
Details 👇
#EconTwitter
September 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The course was a huge success (> 80 people in person+>70 online). Huge thanks to @borusyak.bsky.social for the excellent lectures and to LACEA's IEN for making it possible. @ITAM is always happy to host and help with these events.
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Many interventions “work” in small trials but fail at scale
Also, EdTech often promises much, but delivers little
In a new paper (bit.ly/3JKLgVn)
@karthik-econ.bsky.social
& I show how personalized adaptive learning (PAL) software can sharply improve learning outcomes at scale🧵1/16
Also, EdTech often promises much, but delivers little
In a new paper (bit.ly/3JKLgVn)
@karthik-econ.bsky.social
& I show how personalized adaptive learning (PAL) software can sharply improve learning outcomes at scale🧵1/16
September 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Many interventions “work” in small trials but fail at scale
Also, EdTech often promises much, but delivers little
In a new paper (bit.ly/3JKLgVn)
@karthik-econ.bsky.social
& I show how personalized adaptive learning (PAL) software can sharply improve learning outcomes at scale🧵1/16
Also, EdTech often promises much, but delivers little
In a new paper (bit.ly/3JKLgVn)
@karthik-econ.bsky.social
& I show how personalized adaptive learning (PAL) software can sharply improve learning outcomes at scale🧵1/16
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“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Some professional news: I'll be starting as a co-editor at the Journal of Development Economics. I'll do my best to be constructive, fair, and fast. Looking forward to reading what you are all up to... as I hope you are looking forward to my future referee requests #EconSky
August 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Some professional news: I'll be starting as a co-editor at the Journal of Development Economics. I'll do my best to be constructive, fair, and fast. Looking forward to reading what you are all up to... as I hope you are looking forward to my future referee requests #EconSky
🚨Excited to announce a free mini-course on Modern Difference-in-Differences Designs, taught by @borusyak.bsky.social , hosted by ITAM & LACEA's Impact Evaluation Network! 🚨
🗓️ Sept 26–27, 2025
📍 ITAM's Santa Teresa campus, CDMX
Details 👇
#EconTwitter
🗓️ Sept 26–27, 2025
📍 ITAM's Santa Teresa campus, CDMX
Details 👇
#EconTwitter
July 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
🚨Excited to announce a free mini-course on Modern Difference-in-Differences Designs, taught by @borusyak.bsky.social , hosted by ITAM & LACEA's Impact Evaluation Network! 🚨
🗓️ Sept 26–27, 2025
📍 ITAM's Santa Teresa campus, CDMX
Details 👇
#EconTwitter
🗓️ Sept 26–27, 2025
📍 ITAM's Santa Teresa campus, CDMX
Details 👇
#EconTwitter
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Hey #econsky:
Does your department offer some type of incentive (e.g. teaching relief) for serving in an editorial role (editor/co-editor) of a top journal (say top field or higher)?
Does your department offer some type of incentive (e.g. teaching relief) for serving in an editorial role (editor/co-editor) of a top journal (say top field or higher)?
September 16, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Hey #econsky:
Does your department offer some type of incentive (e.g. teaching relief) for serving in an editorial role (editor/co-editor) of a top journal (say top field or higher)?
Does your department offer some type of incentive (e.g. teaching relief) for serving in an editorial role (editor/co-editor) of a top journal (say top field or higher)?
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New paper by @njudd.com shows that an additional year of education doesn't causally affect telomere length in old age, despite many (theory) accounts arguing otherwise. It's been desk rejected by 13 journals happy to publish small 'positive' telomere studies. Sigh. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
June 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
New paper by @njudd.com shows that an additional year of education doesn't causally affect telomere length in old age, despite many (theory) accounts arguing otherwise. It's been desk rejected by 13 journals happy to publish small 'positive' telomere studies. Sigh. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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📚 At the #JRF annual meeting, our Research Fellows engaged in three days of structured exchange, sharing research, building interdisciplinary connections, and advancing ideas to improve learning outcomes for children worldwide.
Meet the fellows 👥 bit.ly/4kQMPij
#Education #Research #Fellows
Meet the fellows 👥 bit.ly/4kQMPij
#Education #Research #Fellows
June 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
📚 At the #JRF annual meeting, our Research Fellows engaged in three days of structured exchange, sharing research, building interdisciplinary connections, and advancing ideas to improve learning outcomes for children worldwide.
Meet the fellows 👥 bit.ly/4kQMPij
#Education #Research #Fellows
Meet the fellows 👥 bit.ly/4kQMPij
#Education #Research #Fellows
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Nice to be back with @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social among fellow fellows! @alexeble.bsky.social @marome1.bsky.social @boldinsights.bsky.social
➡️ For those interested in the future: jacobsfoundation.org/activity/jac...
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social
➡️ For those interested in the future: jacobsfoundation.org/activity/jac...
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Nice to be back with @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social among fellow fellows! @alexeble.bsky.social @marome1.bsky.social @boldinsights.bsky.social
➡️ For those interested in the future: jacobsfoundation.org/activity/jac...
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social
➡️ For those interested in the future: jacobsfoundation.org/activity/jac...
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social
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The tragic landslide in Blatten gives me the excuse to tell you the story of how we found out Ice Ages existed. It's a cool story and the most important bit is rather similar to what's happening now.
Aerial view westward over the Blatten deposit and the newly formed lake upstream! 🧊🌊
📷Via Christian Petit/Linkedin
📷Via Christian Petit/Linkedin
May 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The tragic landslide in Blatten gives me the excuse to tell you the story of how we found out Ice Ages existed. It's a cool story and the most important bit is rather similar to what's happening now.
In the most recent issue of @restatjournal.bsky.social (direct.mit.edu/rest/article...), we (Kaspar Wuthrich and @karthik-econ.bsky.social) provide guidance on how to analyze and design experiments with factorial designs (or cross-cuts). A 🧵 below:
May 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In the most recent issue of @restatjournal.bsky.social (direct.mit.edu/rest/article...), we (Kaspar Wuthrich and @karthik-econ.bsky.social) provide guidance on how to analyze and design experiments with factorial designs (or cross-cuts). A 🧵 below:
Finally in print @restatjournal.bsky.social 😀!
May 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Finally in print @restatjournal.bsky.social 😀!
Portrait of dad, by my 3 years old
May 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Portrait of dad, by my 3 years old
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Thanks to everybody who chimed in!
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
May 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Thanks to everybody who chimed in!
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist.
So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>
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On the verge of declaring defeat with chatgpt in my asynchronous online dataviz class. Something changed this semester compared to past ones and SO MANY assignments are essentially 100% LLM output.
May 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
On the verge of declaring defeat with chatgpt in my asynchronous online dataviz class. Something changed this semester compared to past ones and SO MANY assignments are essentially 100% LLM output.
"...esa condescendencia maquillada de amabilidad, una
entrada más de ese diccionario no verbal que organiza los
códigos entre ciertos burgueses" de Cien Cuyes de Gustavo Rodríguez
entrada más de ese diccionario no verbal que organiza los
códigos entre ciertos burgueses" de Cien Cuyes de Gustavo Rodríguez
May 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"...esa condescendencia maquillada de amabilidad, una
entrada más de ese diccionario no verbal que organiza los
códigos entre ciertos burgueses" de Cien Cuyes de Gustavo Rodríguez
entrada más de ese diccionario no verbal que organiza los
códigos entre ciertos burgueses" de Cien Cuyes de Gustavo Rodríguez
Cat: "Ahhh yes perfect, my evil plan is working...if I cuddle here he won't be able to work and will have to pet me"
April 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Cat: "Ahhh yes perfect, my evil plan is working...if I cuddle here he won't be able to work and will have to pet me"
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I'll be presenting tomorrow at the joint Harvard-MIT Development seminar (2:30 p.m.- 4 p.m.).
Friends working on econ or edu in Boston/Cambridge, come over to say hi if you've got nothing else on!
Friends working on econ or edu in Boston/Cambridge, come over to say hi if you've got nothing else on!
April 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I'll be presenting tomorrow at the joint Harvard-MIT Development seminar (2:30 p.m.- 4 p.m.).
Friends working on econ or edu in Boston/Cambridge, come over to say hi if you've got nothing else on!
Friends working on econ or edu in Boston/Cambridge, come over to say hi if you've got nothing else on!
My 3-year-old said he dreamed of our cat riding a flying jaguar (like the one in Coco)… I should ask him to share whatever he's on.
April 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My 3-year-old said he dreamed of our cat riding a flying jaguar (like the one in Coco)… I should ask him to share whatever he's on.
Gran libro Salvar El Fuego de Guillermo Arraiga. Empieza así:"Este país se divide en dos: en los que tienen miedo y en los que tienen rabia. Ustedes, burgueses, son los que tienen miedo...Nosotros vivimos con rabia...Nacemos sin vida, sin futuro, sin nada.
Pero somos libres porque no tenemos miedo."
Pero somos libres porque no tenemos miedo."
March 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Gran libro Salvar El Fuego de Guillermo Arraiga. Empieza así:"Este país se divide en dos: en los que tienen miedo y en los que tienen rabia. Ustedes, burgueses, son los que tienen miedo...Nosotros vivimos con rabia...Nacemos sin vida, sin futuro, sin nada.
Pero somos libres porque no tenemos miedo."
Pero somos libres porque no tenemos miedo."
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Interesting new paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2503.09907
improves on both rdrobust and rdhonest!
Quite compelling... 1/n
improves on both rdrobust and rdhonest!
Quite compelling... 1/n
March 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Interesting new paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2503.09907
improves on both rdrobust and rdhonest!
Quite compelling... 1/n
improves on both rdrobust and rdhonest!
Quite compelling... 1/n