Arman Rezaee

Development economist @ucdavis; affiliate @CEGA_UC, UCD Data Science Initiative; associate fellow @ideaspak; alum @UCSDEcon @Kennedy_School @UCBerkeley

[Travis Lybbert @TravisLybbert]

Last year, my colleague/coauthor Ed Taylor and I published the 3rd Edition of our Intro to Dev Econ textbook with @ucpress. We explain the logic of this unconventional book and why we teach it the way we do in this blog post: https://t.co/rzGfrP17r0

[David Albouy @albouy]

10+.Many replication issues are more gray than black and white.

Science is supposed to be collaborative and a public good.

Unfortunately, the comment-reply system is overly turf-ridden and adversarial.

I hope we can all share credit and good will with each other (12/12)

[Arman Rezaee @arezaee]

Currently the paper I most often find myself recommending others to read.

[NBER @nberpubs]

At least 25% of Indian rural workers can’t find jobs in lean months, helping explain why self-employment is high in poor countries and pointing to large labor market distortions, from @emilybreza, @supKaur, and Yogita Shamdasani https://t.co/Ljp83DkV4x

[Arman Rezaee @arezaee]

This is great!

[Melissa Dell @MelissaLDell]

(1/n) Social science research often relies on scans of documents such as statistical tables, newspapers, firm level reports, etc. #EconTwitter

[Arman Rezaee @arezaee]

Any rumblings yet on whether the UCs/@ucdavis are going to require vaccines for the fall?

[Ashish K. Jha @ashishkjha]

This morning, @BrownUniversity President Christina Paxson announced plans for close to traditional fall semester on campus (with some adjustments)

And a requirement that all students on campus be vaccinated

This is the right call. Vaccines get us our lives back

[Daniel Björkegren @danbjork]

Deadline for ACM COMPASS conference is extended to Friday April 9! We would love to see your work on data science + development economics. https://t.co/qk80Ai3z88 @acmcompass

[Arman Rezaee @arezaee]

I've been waiting for this!!

[David Evans @DaveEvansPhD]

In Uganda, a mobile phone-based marketplace for agricultural commodities increased trade flows and reduced price divergence, but only for the largest farmers who could reach the scale required to find buyers on the platform. https://t.co/xAJxW7rh6C by @lfbergquist & McIntosh

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Some context on how Biden plans to fund his infrastructure package.

[Arman Rezaee @arezaee]

@Laura_Meinzen_D @dianamoreira_sb Woohoo!!

[Arman Rezaee @arezaee]

@alexoimas These are legit my two favorite cheeses. Though not together...

[Arman Rezaee @arezaee]

@aidthoughts True in part imo, though I'm pretty sure there was a tweet about getting kicked in the face that would apply here. Also the econ conflict world is at least as interdisciplinary as others as far as my experience goes. Look at @ESoConflict for e.g.

[Arman Rezaee @arezaee]

'Twas another great PacDev! Thanks to @UCSDEcon @GPS_UCSD, @CEGA_UC, and everyone else for organizing!!

[Arman Rezaee @arezaee]

NOOOooo. At least we will get another season of Ted Lasso

[Asim Ijaz Khwaja @aikhwaja]

If you’re curious to know how Pakistani’s have been doing under covid here is a very informative survey exercise @CERPakistan has been carrying out every few months.
It’s a nice interactive database so scroll down and see the different figures
https://t.co/YAP4CkSSaS

[Jim Tankersley @jimtankersley]

President Trump's first major economic legislation vs. President Biden's, in @TaxPolicyCenter distributional tables: https://t.co/yq8ZNZM6Cf

[Arman Rezaee @arezaee]

@aeimit @LauraKGee @mikemadowitz I need these for me, for the inevitable follow-up questions when I tell people I am an economist!

[Nishith Prakash @Prof_Nishith_P]

Thank you @kaushikcbasu for your blessings! We are grateful!