Robbie Maris

Kia ora! I'm an economics and chemistry student studying at the University of Waikato. I'm also an avid football referee and fan.

[Pearson Schools UK @PearsonSchools]

As part of our #ResitRethink, we’ve teamed up with @EduPolicyInst to focus on what helps and hinders the thousands of students in England who re-sit GCSE English and maths each year.

Read the new report: ➡️ https://t.co/Se6s3QSvYy GBEDGS0225P16EMCAR &utm_content=epi

[Education Policy Institute @EduPolicyInst]

📝 Our latest report – funded by @pearson – looks at what helps and what hinders the roughly one-third of students in England who must retake English and maths each year. Key insights below ⬇️

https://t.co/754tI7zPlH

[Robbie Maris @RobbieMaris1]

Check out some research I did with Zack Dorner, Stephane Hess and Steve Tucker...

We explored the associations between social media use and Vaccine preferences during covid in New Zealand. A very interesting context to study vaccine preferences given NZ's unique covid response!

[JMIR Publications @jmirpub]

JMIR Infodemiology: Social Media and the Evolution of Vaccine Preferences During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Discrete Choice Experiment https://t.co/Q26n2nyaxC #infodemic #infodemiology

[John A. List @Econ_4_Everyone]

AFE has arrived in London! I started AFE back in 2011 as a venue for people to present their field experiments. Roughly 15-20 people attended.

Now, we have roughly 300 people attending the conference this year. Interestingly, 85% of the attendees are new!

That is exactly why we decided to have AFE at LSE this year. Inclusivity and opportunity are important for any science.

Can’t wait to learn from everyone over the next few days.

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

i know a trained assassin when i see one

[MsEmilyHunt @MsEmilyHunt1]

Today we have published new @EduPolicyInst research making the case for a 16-19 Student Premium and how it might work in practice: https://t.co/vZuazA8ms7

[NS Ramnath @rmnth]

He made it harder to ignore our own ignorance, and that is no mean achievement.

RIP, Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024)

[Cass Sunstein @CassSunstein]

On a day of unfathomable grief, with the loss of Danny Kahneman, here's a happy moment. He was so, so, so happy when @R_Thaler got the Nobel.

[Cole Knaflic @storywithdata]

Contrary to popular criticism—including my own—pie charts are NOT inherently evil (merely oft misused). What other #dataviz myths shall we dispel?

[Robbie Maris @RobbieMaris1]

@instrumenthull How much does random measurement error in performance drive the association between race and value added? Others have shown that with measurement error, schools that take in more higher attaining students have spuriously higher value add. Is this captured in your work?

[Peter Hull @instrumenthull]

Our paper studying the relationship between school performance ratings, true school quality, and student racial composition is now out in AER: Insights!

Ungated copy here: https://t.co/jHnz5J8oyc

Summary thread below https://t.co/s9LwXM18Yh

[FE Week @FEWeek]

'Our most vulnerable learners are ostensibly going backwards under this policy'

↩️ @EduPolicyInst's Robbie Maris
https://t.co/KpzG01MF5m

[Robbie Maris @RobbieMaris1]

Check out my EPI blog on the effectiveness of the UK's English and maths resit policy below 👇

[Education Policy Institute @EduPolicyInst]

🚨NEW BLOG: Time for a resit reset?🚨

With students not achieving a good pass in GCSE English & maths at 16 a focus of government policy, we've published a blog analysing the effectiveness of the current resits policy.

Read in full: https://t.co/I333tZ6c9g

Key findings below🧵

[Robbie Maris @RobbieMaris1]

@Econ_4_Everyone @annastansbury @Rschultzzy I think one important factor is that you realistically need to be preparing for (and probably thinking about) grad school from high school/early undergrad (so you have the right math skills and experiences). This is easier for high SES and non-1st gen students IMO!

[Felix Chopra @FelixChopra]

1/ Qualitative interviews offer unparalleled richness but are rarely used in economics. Let's change that! New WP with @Ingar30 uses an AI-driven approach to conducting q qualitative interviews, making them scalable, cheap, and ripe for both qualitative and quantitative analysis!

[Economissive @Economissive]

A thread for a National's foreign buyers tax...

[Nick @StrayDogNZ]

Christopher Luxon has shown once again that he cannot answer the question of which, if any, economists support his plans to fund tax cuts through foreign buyer taxes.

When Corin Dann pressed him for names this morning on @radionz, Luxon simply laughed and changed the topic.

[Economissive @Economissive]

On Morning Report, Luxon said that removing interest deductibility and increasing the bright line test had (exact quote) "added $75 a week to rents"

Nonsense, at least from a historical perspective

A journalist rang me about the claim today. After a chat, I sent them this

[Robbie Maris @RobbieMaris1]

@NicholasOKane5 @EricCrampton I wasn't meaning to imply that they are the same thing, just that most other countries have some form of tax on wealth or increases in wealth (capital gains - which is on average proportional to absolute wealth anyway).

I agree with you though - yes to CGT, no to wealth tax 😊