one of the most disturbing demographic data trends you’ve ever seen.
the united states—pre-pandemic, mind you—vastly underperforming the g7 in life expectancy
Sometimes a simple drive time map falls into the breaking news category. How far you need to drive to access an abortion clinic across the lower 48? Source: https://t.co/7meu8k7jdd
For those of you teaching DAGs out there, we now have some slides for the Crash Course in Good and Bad Controls!
You can download them here: https://t.co/uzqrHRlKDs
📢 We are super excited to inform you that PopFest is coming back!
The 2022 edition will be held in Florence, next October. The dates and the call for paper will be released soon.
Stay tuned for updates!
...and follow @popfest22!
@EUI_EU @FlorenceUps #popfest22
Nature experimental paper finds in person meetings raises innovation by about 15%
Randomized Control Trial paper finds WFH 2 days a week reduces employee quits by 35%
Hybrid #WFH can deliver both
3 office days for better innovation
2 home days for better employee retention
Fact 1: Economics is one of the least socioeconomically diverse academic disciplines. It has the lowest share of PhD recipients who are first-generation college graduates (no parent with a BA or higher).
(data throughout is from NSF SED: census of all US PhD recipients).
Presenting my research on how #birthorder may intersect with individual and family background indicators to redefine traditional expectations of educational #stratification at @CollegioCA@ECSR_Soc 👨👩👧👦
Keeping the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit would cost $97B a year.
But (!) it would generate social benefits with net present value of $982 billion per year.
That's a 10x return. Seems worthwhile.
https://t.co/G6jiEmXr05
Excited to spend a week in Turin at the @ECSR_Soc and @CollegioCA Spring School 2022 focusing on "Geography, Mobility and Social Stratification”. Looking forward to many stimulating discussions!