Thomas Barrios
@tbarrios.bsky.social
Applied Scientist, Labor Economist, Econometrician
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I don’t agree with lots in this article, but do agree it’s important to highlight that minimum wages can affect other aspects of job quality.
w/ Michael Davies and Jisung Park, I find higher minimum wages increase workplace injuries, likely via work intensification.
w/ Michael Davies and Jisung Park, I find higher minimum wages increase workplace injuries, likely via work intensification.
For years, governments have made incautious rises to the minimum wage. That has caused economists to fret that wage floors are as high as they should go
Economists get cold feet about high minimum wages
Governments are pushing the policy to its limits
econ.st
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I don’t agree with lots in this article, but do agree it’s important to highlight that minimum wages can affect other aspects of job quality.
w/ Michael Davies and Jisung Park, I find higher minimum wages increase workplace injuries, likely via work intensification.
w/ Michael Davies and Jisung Park, I find higher minimum wages increase workplace injuries, likely via work intensification.
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A memory imprinted on me from 25 years ago is Claudia Goldin (well on her way to a Nobel Prize) saying her salutation in cold emails to faculty is "Dear Prof. X". Maybe that's overkill, but I truly don't get the mindset of undergrads I've never met emailing "Dear Seema." Weakly dominated strategy.
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
A memory imprinted on me from 25 years ago is Claudia Goldin (well on her way to a Nobel Prize) saying her salutation in cold emails to faculty is "Dear Prof. X". Maybe that's overkill, but I truly don't get the mindset of undergrads I've never met emailing "Dear Seema." Weakly dominated strategy.
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Check out refine.ink for AI technical referee reports on your papers if you haven't tried it yet
DM me or reply if you want preview credits to see how it performs on papers of various kinds
DM me or reply if you want preview credits to see how it performs on papers of various kinds
#econtwitter #econsky: recently used Refine.ink (developed by @ben_golub) as a AI assessment tool for papers + it is amazing, so wanted to share some examples of what it can do if you are curious. (It's much, much better than other free tools I've used)
October 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Check out refine.ink for AI technical referee reports on your papers if you haven't tried it yet
DM me or reply if you want preview credits to see how it performs on papers of various kinds
DM me or reply if you want preview credits to see how it performs on papers of various kinds
I am trying out the new Alexa+ and it is now making up the directory information that used to make it useful.
October 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I am trying out the new Alexa+ and it is now making up the directory information that used to make it useful.
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It was a great pleasure to see so many of you at our annual Master Students' Welcome Apéro, organized by ECON Alumni UZH and Econclub. 😀
With a welcome speech by @florianscheuer.bsky.social, Head of our department.
With a welcome speech by @florianscheuer.bsky.social, Head of our department.
October 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
It was a great pleasure to see so many of you at our annual Master Students' Welcome Apéro, organized by ECON Alumni UZH and Econclub. 😀
With a welcome speech by @florianscheuer.bsky.social, Head of our department.
With a welcome speech by @florianscheuer.bsky.social, Head of our department.
Any recommendations for SF Tech Week events?
October 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Any recommendations for SF Tech Week events?
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Does anyone have slides that lend themselves for undergraduate teaching, which go step by step through a behavioral lab experiment, and would be willing to share them with me?
October 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Does anyone have slides that lend themselves for undergraduate teaching, which go step by step through a behavioral lab experiment, and would be willing to share them with me?
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The opportunities and risks of the entry of LLMs into mathematical research in one screenshot. I think it is clear that LLMs will make trained researchers more effective. But they will also lead to a flood of bad/wrong papers, and I'm not sure we have the tools to deal with this.
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The opportunities and risks of the entry of LLMs into mathematical research in one screenshot. I think it is clear that LLMs will make trained researchers more effective. But they will also lead to a flood of bad/wrong papers, and I'm not sure we have the tools to deal with this.
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We are hiring!
Assistant or Associate Professor of economics in the Econ Dept at University of Melbourne.
We are specifically looking for candidates specializing in econometrics.
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/isAeCq7By5...
Assistant or Associate Professor of economics in the Econ Dept at University of Melbourne.
We are specifically looking for candidates specializing in econometrics.
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/isAeCq7By5...
EJM - Econ Job Market
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We are hiring!
Assistant or Associate Professor of economics in the Econ Dept at University of Melbourne.
We are specifically looking for candidates specializing in econometrics.
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/isAeCq7By5...
Assistant or Associate Professor of economics in the Econ Dept at University of Melbourne.
We are specifically looking for candidates specializing in econometrics.
url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/isAeCq7By5...
Is price discrimination of this type legal? This seems odd to me. Wondering if anyone on here knows for sure
September 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Is price discrimination of this type legal? This seems odd to me. Wondering if anyone on here knows for sure
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Predoc opportunity in health/labor/public economics at @beckerfriedman.bsky.social: job-boards.greenhouse.io/universityof...
Please share widely!
#EconSky
Please share widely!
#EconSky
Research Professional – Josh Gottlieb and Matt Notowidigdo (Full-Time, Benefits Eligible)
Chicago, IL
job-boards.greenhouse.io
September 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Predoc opportunity in health/labor/public economics at @beckerfriedman.bsky.social: job-boards.greenhouse.io/universityof...
Please share widely!
#EconSky
Please share widely!
#EconSky
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This post irritates me because it basically compares two applications with essentially the bare minimum for "memory" in AI. If these are the two meaningful comparisons I need to be doing my job better
www.shloked.com/writing/clau...
www.shloked.com/writing/clau...
Claude Memory: A Different Philosophy
A breakdown of Claude's memory implementation, how it differs from ChatGPT, and what these opposite approaches reveal about each company's philosophy.
www.shloked.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This post irritates me because it basically compares two applications with essentially the bare minimum for "memory" in AI. If these are the two meaningful comparisons I need to be doing my job better
www.shloked.com/writing/clau...
www.shloked.com/writing/clau...
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U.S. employers added 22,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3 percent.
Data: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Live coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09... #NumbersDay
Data: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Live coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09... #NumbersDay
Employment Situation Summary
- 2025 M07 Results
www.bls.gov
September 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
U.S. employers added 22,000 jobs in August and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3 percent.
Data: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Live coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09... #NumbersDay
Data: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Live coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09... #NumbersDay
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Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:
"The impact of increased exposure of diversity on suburban students’ outcomes: An analysis of the METCO voluntary desegregation program"
By Elizabeth Setren
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#econsky #publiceconomics
"The impact of increased exposure of diversity on suburban students’ outcomes: An analysis of the METCO voluntary desegregation program"
By Elizabeth Setren
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#econsky #publiceconomics
August 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:
"The impact of increased exposure of diversity on suburban students’ outcomes: An analysis of the METCO voluntary desegregation program"
By Elizabeth Setren
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#econsky #publiceconomics
"The impact of increased exposure of diversity on suburban students’ outcomes: An analysis of the METCO voluntary desegregation program"
By Elizabeth Setren
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#econsky #publiceconomics
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To Prime Minister Netanyahu, an open letter from 23 economists at universities in the US and Europe. We urge you to read it.
drive.google.com/file/d/1D_Sv...
drive.google.com/file/d/1D_Sv...
Letter to PM Netanyahu from 23 economists.pdf
drive.google.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
To Prime Minister Netanyahu, an open letter from 23 economists at universities in the US and Europe. We urge you to read it.
drive.google.com/file/d/1D_Sv...
drive.google.com/file/d/1D_Sv...
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❓Why do the Nordics & Dutch speak English so much better than the Germans, Italians & French?
➡️ New Working Paper:
Out-of-School Learning: Subtitling vs. Dubbing and the Acquisition of Foreign-Language Skills
w/ F. Baumeister & E. Hanushek
www.nber.org/papers/w33984
A 🧵 1/12
➡️ New Working Paper:
Out-of-School Learning: Subtitling vs. Dubbing and the Acquisition of Foreign-Language Skills
w/ F. Baumeister & E. Hanushek
www.nber.org/papers/w33984
A 🧵 1/12
July 7, 2025 at 6:33 AM
❓Why do the Nordics & Dutch speak English so much better than the Germans, Italians & French?
➡️ New Working Paper:
Out-of-School Learning: Subtitling vs. Dubbing and the Acquisition of Foreign-Language Skills
w/ F. Baumeister & E. Hanushek
www.nber.org/papers/w33984
A 🧵 1/12
➡️ New Working Paper:
Out-of-School Learning: Subtitling vs. Dubbing and the Acquisition of Foreign-Language Skills
w/ F. Baumeister & E. Hanushek
www.nber.org/papers/w33984
A 🧵 1/12
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Would be curious to get people‘s thoughts on the best IDE for teaching/doing econometrics with Python. Also, what’s the best GenAI for coding in Python? #EconSky
July 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Would be curious to get people‘s thoughts on the best IDE for teaching/doing econometrics with Python. Also, what’s the best GenAI for coding in Python? #EconSky
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I like the idea of using economic theory for AI alignment.
Anyone know of related research?
Anyone know of related research?
the theory still seems weak. econ theory can predict signs, relative magnitudes, relations to use to isolate others, etc to guide how you shape variation in the data. i think alignment would benefit from more theory to generate predictions and normative goals
July 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I like the idea of using economic theory for AI alignment.
Anyone know of related research?
Anyone know of related research?
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I have a new review article w/ Alessandra Voena on women's power in the household in LMICs (just submitted to JEL).
I've written ~6 review articles, and I think this is the best one. We make some useful conceptual points IMO. But you decide! Comments welcome!
seemajayachandran.com/womens_power...
I've written ~6 review articles, and I think this is the best one. We make some useful conceptual points IMO. But you decide! Comments welcome!
seemajayachandran.com/womens_power...
June 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I have a new review article w/ Alessandra Voena on women's power in the household in LMICs (just submitted to JEL).
I've written ~6 review articles, and I think this is the best one. We make some useful conceptual points IMO. But you decide! Comments welcome!
seemajayachandran.com/womens_power...
I've written ~6 review articles, and I think this is the best one. We make some useful conceptual points IMO. But you decide! Comments welcome!
seemajayachandran.com/womens_power...
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Looks like intensive advising may b e more cost-effective than financial aid. Turns out guiding students through complex college choices might be more effective than giving them money and setting 18 year olds loose on the world to make consequential decisions: www.nber.org/papers/w3392...
June 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Looks like intensive advising may b e more cost-effective than financial aid. Turns out guiding students through complex college choices might be more effective than giving them money and setting 18 year olds loose on the world to make consequential decisions: www.nber.org/papers/w3392...
