Developing a step-by-step guide to leniency designs, drawing on recent econometric literatures, from Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, @instrumenthull.bsky.social, and Michal Kolesár www.nber.org/papers/w34473

Why Don't Struggling Students Do Their Homework? In a new study we use a field experiment to identify a structural model of learning.

We find that low productivity, not low motivation, is the stronger predictor of academic struggles. Study is available here: ideas.repec.org/p/feb/framed...

Recording of the presentation here: youtu.be/C5mJ79bFwpw?...

The G7 is exempting American multinationals from the global minimum tax. It’s pathetic and scandalous.

We’re excited to introduce the Swedish Municipal Council Database! This open-access resource contains our hand-coded data for all local politicians in Sweden's democratic local elections between 1919 and 2018. A 🧵

Co-authors 🤩 @abrarbawati.bsky.social, @josefinemagnusson.bsky.social Moa Frödin

Cognitive skill decline with age is not as strong as previous studies suggest. Skills decline in old age only for those with below-average skill usage - use it or lose it.
Eric Hanushek, @kinnelavinia.bsky.social, Frauke Witthoeft, @woessmann.bsky.social
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Over a century ago, 1.2 million Greek Orthodox refugees reshaped Greece. While initially lagging, they outperformed natives in education, favoring transferable degrees over local fields, from Michalopoulos, Murard, Papaioannou, and Sakalli https://www.nber.org/papers/w33586

**New Paper Alert**
Our new field experiment explores the inter-relationship between risk and ambiguity preferences of mothers, their early childhood investments, and their children's outcomes. Available for free download: ideas.repec.org/p/feb/artefa...

Bharti Dayal, Indian artist specialising in Madhubani art, originating as a women-only art form in the region of Mithila, India #womensart

By examining how parental income interacts with factors like race, education, and parenting age, this study offers a new understanding of intergenerational income mobility, from Y. Chang, @durlauf.bsky.social, B. Hu, and J. Park.

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Was thrilled to learn that @larsvil.bsky.social has a tutorial on reproducibility! Check it out, #EconSky.

larsvilhuber.github.io/tutorial-rep...

Question about std errors:
In an RCT, treated people are randomly assigned to "pods" and interact (e.g., treatment = WhatsApp group membership). The norm (e.g. Cai-Szeidl) is to cluster on indiv for control group + on pod for treatment group. Why is clustering needed if any ICC is due to treatment?