@mikekofoed@J2dubyas@Shooshan5 @ianschmutte Whoa now. Let’s bring this thread down a notch. More like Craig Ehlo - would routinely get posterized by MJ but always trying to help the team win despite his limited gifts. And pro-natalist.
“The @UniversityofGA is grateful for John Godfrey’s extraordinary generosity and engagement.”
The University of Georgia has named its Economics Department the John Munro Godfrey, Sr. Dept. of Economics in honor of alumnus John Munro Godfrey, Sr.
https://t.co/z8frJC4C17
“At its core, economics is a framework for problem-solving that allows us to model and understand optimal behavior.”
Congratulations to Josh Kinsler on his recent appointment as head of the Department of Economics at the @UniversityofGA.
https://t.co/Dw3wR5Yks1
What to do about 1.6M girls “missing” at birth per year worldwide, largely due to #genderbias? Nabaneeta Biswas, @cornwl & Laura Zimmermann find a monetary incentive program for raising girls in India improves the sex ratio without limiting fertility.
https://t.co/s0AiAqt7Xp
An estimated 26.7M people worldwide are caught in human trafficking situations.
The UGA-based Center on Human Trafficking Research & Outreach pairs social work with economics to curb the impact & unwind this far reaching shadow economy.
Read More:
https://t.co/ysf7POlP7q
#EconTwitter, my student Pablo Troncoso (@PabloATroncoso1) is on the market this year. In his job market paper, Pablo studies the impact of 2008 pension expansion in Chile on labor supply of older workers, using admin & survey data 🧵1/
https://t.co/uq6BrTjhbG
Productive day in the office at @TerryCollege. We produced 2 PhDs. Dr Scott Spitze is going to Burning Glass Tech and Dr Fan Liang @liangfan0911 is going to @LoyolaMarymount. Very proud of both and will miss them.
John M. Abowd (@john_abowd), Edmund Ezra Day Professor Emeritus of Economics, Statistics and Data Science @Cornell, is interviewed by @ianschmutte and @larsvil in the latest issue of International Statistical Review (@IntStat).
https://t.co/J6D2DnTQT9