Jessica Leight

Development economist, @Yale / @UniofOxford / @MIT. Asso editor, REHO / CER / PloS One / BMC Public Health. Mom of 3. Views my own

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

What countries are overrepresented in dev research? Using new database of published dev papers, a scatterplot of papers published vs. log extremely poor population (<PPP $2.15 in 2021); left-truncated for < 100K ppl. Curve captures proportional representation (given log scale)

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

@ElaineLiuEcon Interesting set of responses. I also lean toward a lot, but we also know that much of the text in many letters has been more or less copy and paste, right? Not obvious why AI use is meaningfully different

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

Waking up in Phnom Penh!

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

@otis_reid @DKThomp Now we have all the problems the article describes (overfull schedules, complex preferences, high transaction costs, low energy/time for the female organizer who is me) and don't seem to have solutions to any of them. But I guess I'm aware of it, at least!

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

@otis_reid @DKThomp Congrats on the age zero addition! I love more kids, but it has definitely had a deleterious effect on our social life (not that it was in such great shape before); my parents used to host friends a lot with 4 kids at home, and that honestly seems hard to imagine

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

@saravana_econ @ile_din Congrats! Awesome news

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

@ryanbedwards @jt_kerwin @paulnovosad @JeffDenning This paper also is outstanding for documenting lack of informativeness of AEA registry entries
https://t.co/RWB2PiCFvG
In terms of actual compliance, they do find around 95% in recent years but lower prior to abt 2022; and some seem to be post hoc registrations

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

@jt_kerwin Completely agree. It allows people to send a signal of research integrity that is often largely unearned

But I also think that editors' seeming low level of interest in enforcing any compliance with PAPS, if filed, is an important factor

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

@shreyaseedas Probably comes down to someone's subjective judgment of the quality of the report

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

@shreyaseedas I think it's reasonable to flag to the editor but as others have noted, it's very hard to anyone to distinguish btw actually using AI to do all the work; and using AI to just write up points (though I don't necessarily endorse that strategy either)

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

@viniciusccicero @DenisonU @ColoradoStateU My pleasure!

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @viniciusccicero @DenisonU, previously @ColoradoStateU, who works on topics related to trade + development, particularly in Brazil

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

@viniciusccicero @DenisonU @ColoradoStateU with another increase when the trade is prohibited.
Plus WIP on inequality, resource booms, and much more - check out his work!
https://t.co/Vy93neYLFy

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

@viniciusccicero @DenisonU @ColoradoStateU And a fascinating WP currently under revision for JEEA explores creation of the donkey hide trade in Brazil driven by increase Chinese demand for traditional medicine; finds that conflict over property rights for free-roaming donkeys ⬆️ crime. .
https://t.co/KhfeVDTpCK

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

A little peeved that with all my diligent investment of time I've apparently only watched two of the top ten

The wire and mad men

What am I doing with my life

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Our list of the 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century is out now. See what came in at No. 1 here. https://t.co/FzYq08U7V5

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

Can't wait to try refine 5

When I do I'll post another review

[Ben Golub @ben_golub]

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[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

@etjernst @jrgptrs Oh absolutely. On a separate thread someone said the journal wanted to retract the paper but the publisher refused under legal threat (?) So that is not their responsibility; but regardless, I don't think journals should publish or take seriously these withdrawals