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Hector Rufrancos
@rufrancos.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Economics at University of Stirling. I work on labour, development, political economy and economic history. https://rufrancos.org
Thrilled to have co-hosted 9th Workshop on Econ of Organised Crime in Edinburgh w/@scoteconsociety.bsky.social, Stirling Uni & Edinburgh Uni. Two fab days of research on organised crime, policy, & institutions. Thanks to all presenters, posters, & keynote speakers Olivier Marie & ACC Stuart Houston
June 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
🚨 Thrilled to announce 4th Annual SGPE Summer School

🎓 One-day masterclass on causal inference
📚 Topics: SCM, matrix completion, partial ID
🗓️ 5 June | 📍Stirling, UK | 💻 Dr Anthony Higney (Glasgow)
🎟️ £50 PhDs / £100 staff
Lunch & dinner included!
Sign up:bit.ly/SGPE2025SS
All welcome!
May 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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We’re here in sunny stunning Glasgow for our Scottish Economic Society Annual Conference - follow us on Bluesky now we’ve left the other place @scoteconsociety.bsky.social #econsky 📈📉
April 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Call for Papers: The 9th Workshop on the Economics of Organised Crime will take place in Edinburgh, UK, on 19–20 June 2025.
Submit full papers by 15 April 2025 to WEOC2025@gmail.com.
Join us for two days of cutting-edge research and discussion!
April 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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We still have a relatively poor understanding of the relationship between evidence and policy. Program evaluation in particular is often motivated by a desire to make policy better. But how effective is program evaluation itself?Michelle Rao's JMP tackles this question. www.michellerao.com/research
November 27, 2024 at 5:42 AM
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It's that time of year again! Don't forget to submit your papers to the 2025 Scottish Economic Society annual conference in Glasgow! Keynotes by Rachel Griffin, Wendy Carlin, and Gary Gillespie. Justine Wood and I are programme chairs. Deadline is 4 November.
October 8, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Better late than never I suppose #1,540,376!
September 24, 2024 at 6:22 AM
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Apparently ~40% of crowdsource workers use LLMs when completing surveys

Relatively simple fix for text responses: Add Javascript to Qs to prevent pasting

Credit to Jiabi Wang for idea + Kaushal Addanki for code below

github.com/rafmbatista/...
October 31, 2023 at 1:52 AM