Advitha Arun

Econ PhD-ing @UCIrvine

[Gita Gopinath @GitaGopinath]

A painting of the end of meritocracy: A meeting of the two largest economies and not one woman at the table.

[Jay Alto @theJayAlto]

you pity the moth confusing a lamp for the moon, yet here you are confusing a screen for the world

[Rubina @Ru_Hundal]

Hey #econtwitter I am an applied microeconomist on the academic job market! I work on information, inequality, and mobility in labor and development economics. My JMP addresses a source of misallocation: a mutable, class-linked trait (oral appearance) becoming a barrier to jobs.
I show that this fixable trait is an equilibrium outcome, and I quantify the penalty and decompose the channels. Here’s how: 🧵

[Advitha Arun @AdvithaArun]

@gandhisahil @eni_iljazi I think it’s Rapido. I remember seeing a sliding scale option to entice drivers to accept with higher price. Interesting application of first-price sealed-bid auction

[Advitha Arun @AdvithaArun]

0.24% of national income..

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Elon Musk says that no one has died because he slashed humanitarian aid. I went to South Sudan to check if that's true. It's not. Within an hour of starting interviews, I had the names of a 10-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl who had died because of decisions by wealthy men in Washington.
The visit that moved me the most was to a remote area that used to have no health care, where women routinely died in childbirth. Then a US-funded maternity clinic opened through @UNFPA in December, and not one woman has died since. I showed up, and people mistakenly thought I was responsible for the clinic. One new mom wanted to name her baby for me, and the village elders thanked me and hailed America's generosity. What they didn't know was that Trump/Musk had cut all funding for UNFPA and that as a result the maternity clinic will close this month, and women will once again be bleeding to death in the dust.
Here's a giftlink to my report from ground level about what the shutdown of USAID means: https://t.co/tbgKk7ESqj

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Tariffs are on/off/paused, and are targeted/universal, applied to our friends/foes/everyone, starting sooner/later. They'll be in place for the short/long run because they are a useful policy/bargaining chip, and will solve our problem with fentanyl/deficits/manufacturing/revenue

[Ria Chopra 🐍 @riachops]

a good foundation to have in a relationship is the two people being different flavours of wise but the same flavour of silly

[Rafael Ruiz ⏸️���� @RafaRuizdeLira]

Third year of the PhD, I've made the mistake of reading too much of the literature. There are no gaps in the literature. It's so over

[Kyle🤖🚀🦭 @KyleMorgenstein]

Trump said “I have the concepts of a plan” and 10,000 academics gasped

[Dr Meming @Dr_Meming]

My brain as soon as somebody asks me about my research

[twinkatron3000 @idkanuu]

i wish i was a man i would’ve gone on at least 6 solo trips by mow

[Advitha Arun @AdvithaArun]

@Archithaaaaaaa Hi

[Advitha Arun @AdvithaArun]

@r_sabareesh Congratulations!!! 👏🏻🥳🎓

[abrish @cxrnerrstone]

wish i knew all languages so i could eavesdrop more efficiently

[Sarah Brouillette @brouillettese]

when you get an academic rejection it's because of structural conditions

when I get an academic rejection it's because I suck and they figured it out

hope this helps 🫶

[Michelle Tao @TaoMichelle]

Google Photos reminded me that I accepted my PhD offer 2 years ago! Here’s a short piece I wrote, titled 'Lemons, peaches, and Econ PhD programs,' while deciding which offer to accept (aka my unsolicited advice for those still deciding) https://t.co/B8se4m73vw

[Khoa Vu @KhoaVuUmn]

The only three self-help books that you ever need:

help reshape
help datetime
help scatter

[Isabel🌻 @isabelunraveled]

feeling behind is the ultimate energy killer. rarely does the feeling come from anywhere other than your own self-judgement, which keeps you from moving more freely and quickly at what you are so convinced that you should be doing more of!

you are not behind—start where you are.

[dimaagi neck smells @imajokin]

she already has 15 popele wishing her happy women's day on text bro, stand out from the crowd - send her money