Given issues with nightlights, what are some other geospatial proxies for GDP?
One new solution has been developed—the critical infrastructure spatial index (CISI).
Here's everything you need to know about it:
Soon we won't be able to use nightlights as a proxy for economic growth.
Why?
It's due to limitations of its spectral bands.
Here's the breakdown in simple terms:
I taught a new advanced masters/intro Ph.D. course on applied microeconometrics in R this semester. Everything is on GitHub, which means it's freely available for all! I spent a lot of time talking about coding, which might not be clear from the slides.
https://t.co/NQlNZhISdB
I am delighted to announce publication of the 4th edition of Linear Algebra Done Right as an Open Access book. The electronic version is legally free to the world at https://t.co/ii1ovMFKvH.
That website also has links to pre-order the print version of the book.
#linearalgebra
Happy Monday #EconTwitter!
Curious about 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 economic time series data?
Dive into this very nice, free online book by @robjhyndman & George Athanasopoulos (@MonashUni).💡
It presents essential/advanced topics, with applications in #Rstats!
Give it a read!🔗
@pressFToTweet Thats fair. I liked visiting montreal personally so im not sure about everything in this thread, but i dont want to discount others’ lived experiences. I’m sure there’s a degree of “sampling bias” in the experiences you hear, so go in with an open mind 😄
@pressFToTweet I just saw a bedroom for rent in ottawa for $1750. Thats more than i pay for my two bedroom apartment. Over leveraged Homeowners are not doing well st all😔
@ryancbriggs My parents have been waiting for a visa since September. It took 2ish years for my citizenship process to finish. IRCC is a hot mess right now 🤷🏻♀️
A More Credible Approach to Parallel Trends
https://t.co/2soSfAaxhQ
Ashesh Rambachan, Microsoft Research and MIT and Jonathan Roth, Brown University
#economics
Hi #EconTwitter!
Interested in the #econometrics of 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 and 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?
Check out this provoking paper by James Heckman @heckmanequation (@UChicago) and Rodrigo Pinto (@UCLA) on their "econometric causal model" approach!