Taylor Mackay

Assistant professor of econ @csuf | public / urban econ | NBA + bad movie tweets

[Ito Windsor @ItoWindsor]

Still a banger

[SSRC @ssrc_org]

SSRC-@Arnold_Ventures Criminal Justice Innovation Fellow @AriaGoles is studying whether pre-arrest diversion (e.g., ticketing rather than arrest) can improve public safety outcomes.

Read more here:

https://t.co/D5DbR8hrqy

[Journal of Public Economics @JPubEcon]

Recently published short paper in the @JPubEcon :

"Measuring Take-up of the California EITC with State Administrative Data"
Vol 227 (Nov 2023)

by John Iselin (@john_iselin ), Taylor Mackay (@_tmackay ), & Matthew Unrath (@mattunrath )

https://t.co/uVy9XE4UGa

[Taylor Mackay @_tmackay]

@MikeBlack114 As an academic who regularly uses regression... I am very relieved to hear people don't take this analysis seriously.

[Taylor Mackay @_tmackay]

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[Wesley Morgan @wesleysmorgan]

It continually astounds me how often I talk to fairly well-informed Americans who are under the impression that Afghan gov't troops "didn't put up a fight," and for whom the massive (and extensively covered) death toll Afghan forces suffered 2015-21 is completely new information.

[Taylor Mackay @_tmackay]

https://t.co/Kb3SbfZNbl

[Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson]

Reggie's favorite book? "The Great Gatsby."

"What I love about reading -- it took me a long time as a kid, and the older I got, I'm like, that's the beauty of reading -- it's whatever you see. I can break it down to you, but you may not see it that way. Just so good."

[Taylor Mackay @_tmackay]

Quick break from filling out innumerable job applications to issue a PSA for economists (and fellow nerds of all stripes!): Are you the market for a favorite NBA player? Consider Reggie Jackson!

His nickname? "Big government", for his propensity to bail his team out in big games

[Taylor Mackay @_tmackay]

This season, he’s started turning press conferences into impromptu book club meetings with journalists. What’s not to love?!

[Tomer Azarly @TomerAzarly]

“Right now, I’m reading The Count of Monte Cristo. It’s an amazing story. My gosh, I swear, it’s gotta be like 200 words just describing if I walk out this room. I’m like, it’s an amazing book, but damn! Some people have vivid imaginations!”

- Reggie Jackson 😂

[Taylor Mackay @_tmackay]

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[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Jordan Clarkson and Jalen Green became the first two players of Filipino descent to share the court in NBA history 🙌

@JordanClarksons | @JalenGreen

[Taylor Mackay @_tmackay]

@filab1989 Agreed!👨‍🔧👨‍🔧👨‍🔧 Although to be fair to Grainger, they seemed like a generally excellent place to work. Other jobs I had, less so.

[Taylor Mackay @_tmackay]

@uwasif90 Lol I've been relegated to rice making and dish duty as Jacqui's gotten fancy with cooking during the pandemic

[Evan White @EvanBWhite]

@CAPolicyLab @elsaleea @_tmackay @arparnar @mattunrath @codeforamerica @ElizabethLinos @IRLEUCB @UnitedWaysCA @HilaryHoynes @rothstein_jesse @SenFeinstein @SenAlexPadilla The Child Tax Credit could cut child poverty by 40%. But some folks won't get it because they didn't (and didn't have to) file taxes.

Let's not leave these hundreds of thousands of CA children behind. This report describes who they are. In many cases, our poorest neighbors.

[California Policy Lab @CAPolicyLab]

*New Research Alert* #ChildTaxCredit is projected to cut child poverty, but some of the most vulnerable California families are at risk of missing out. New research sheds light on who those families are: https://t.co/SAhiNkL3lX By @elsaleea @_tmackay @arparnar @mattunrath (1/12)

[Kathryn Anne Edwards @keds_economist]

Early evidence shows that the refundable child tax credit, deposited in advance in parents' account, is associated with less food insecurity and financial hardship.

Read more from the census here:

https://t.co/7a4NP6VBmj

[Taylor Mackay @_tmackay]

@uwasif90 This is a very good tweet.

- Sincerely, a lifelong (last six months) Spurs fan.

[Taylor Mackay @_tmackay]

Sold!

[Nick HK @nickchk]

This includes The Effect, by the way. So if you want that nice discount you only have a few days to get it! https://t.co/InKdh1N3US

[Center for Growth and Opportunity @cgousu]

Many states believe that granting unauthorized immigrants driver’s licenses could lead to more uninsured drivers and accidents. A past paper by @bf_churchill, @_tmackay & Bing Yang Tan, dispels these claims and shows that little risk is actually involved. https://t.co/weI2hiX1I7

[Nick HK @nickchk]

It's fully-featured and ready to go! The did Stata package allows Stata access to the Callaway and @pedrohcgs R package "did" for estimating difference-in-differences with staggered treatment and covariates. Check it out, and installation instructions, at https://t.co/Syr9Frx9OM

[Taylor Mackay @_tmackay]

https://t.co/yyMoYWrxA2