Alexa N

MS graduate in international and development economics at the University of San Francisco

[Khoa Vu @KhoaVuUmn]

Economists be like "So happy to see this paper finally in print. I remember first working on it 35 years ago."

[Jay Cummings @LongFormMath]

The engineering The math
building on building on
ever single every single
campus campus

[Itai Sher @itaisher]

A little knowledge of game theory is sometimes worse than none.

[janna elizabeth haider, phd🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @janna_e_haider]

every quarter i give my students an extra credit assignment to make a meme about something we covered in class. this quarter i taught US History from approx 1815-1920(ish), and the kids had some spicy takes (thread of memes)

[Robert Östling @robertostling]

I find animations useful to teach metrics to undergrads. I believe it improves understanding to see what goes on. Here is a thread with my favorite GIFs, most of them are re-makes of stuff from #EconTwitter.

[Jonathan Hersh @jonathanhersh]

Teaching a course on machine learning in development economics for MA level economics students.

Post papers you think I should cover that I might have otherwise looked over. #EconTwitter

[Khoa Vu @KhoaVuUmn]

Children wishing. Economists
for Santa's. searching for
gifts. valid IV
🤝🤝
"It's real. Don't believe anyone saying otherwise."

[María Ballesteros 💚 @m_ballesteross]

The grad student urge to read 14 papers before writing 1 sentence.

[Dr. Jacqueline Goldman @jagoldma]

Backstreet boys Linear Regression
🤝🏻
Tell me Y

[Pengpeng Xiao @pengpeng_xiao]

Just in:🔥Conditional accept!!!🔥
“Employer Responses to Family Leave Programs”
When women go on extended parental leave, how do employers adjust to the labor shortage? My paper w/ @arizo_karimi and @RitaGinja quantifies firms' adjustment costs from PL reforms in Sweden. 🧵[1/N]

[Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpacheco]

Qualitative methods, mixed methods, quantitative methods.

[Phys.org @physorg_com]

Nearly 6 million #children are driven into severe hunger by the hot, dry shifts of a strong #ElNiño @NatureComms https://t.co/9mFnIf2nhA

[Shengwu Li @ShengwuLi]

I've put together presentation advice for econ theory talks.

It's coming that time of year when many young theorists rapidly learn to present papers, so I thought this might be useful.

https://t.co/aihRou24Ii

[USF M.S. Int’l & Dev Economics @IDEC_usfca]

Congrats to our alumna Nettie Silvernale ('21, MS IDEC)👩‍🎓on her new job as Predoctoral Research Professional at the University of Chicago! Read more about her job and experience in our program:
https://t.co/jBIcIksLqX

[Khoa Vu @KhoaVuUmn]

Econometrics paper be like

[Livia Alfonsi @livia_alfonsi]

Hey #econtwitter ! @gaiagdossi and I have put together a (very un-exhaustive) list of best practices for Applied Micro RAs - feel free to use it, share it and contribute! 👇

https://t.co/VAefAj5Ubt

[Claire Nemes @cenemes.bsky.social @cenemes]

Best paper title award for the day goes to Dalén et al. 2004:

[Ryan Ken @Ryan_Ken_Acts]

I’m so sorry y’all that I can’t let it go. But the speaker of the house thanking a Black man for his murder is just so horrific and also incredibly telling about this country’s relationship to Black people.

[Alexa N @alexamnava]

Holding on by a thread*

*Stata YouTube tutorials

[Khoa Vu @KhoaVuUmn]

Academics be like