Check out my paper on State Building in a Diverse Society (co-authored with Ruth Carlitz, Ameet Morjaria and Philip Osafo-Kwaako), forthcoming in the Review of Economic Studies:
https://t.co/8345xaSX5E
🚨 JMP alert
Worried about the exogeneity of a macro structural shock with respect to omitted variables?
⚠️Testing the correlation between past of omitted variables and present of shocks might mislead conclusions.
↪️ Add a correction term!
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Amedeo Andriollo's (@amedandr) JMP proposes a test for exogeneity of macroeconomic structural shocks, robust to omitted variable dynamics. Do shocks to uncertainty about economic policy leads to higher/lower future inflation? To find out: https://t.co/wfwNUiu297
#EconJobMarket
Department of Economics PostDoc Candidate Samuel Ampaw’s research interests are Health Economics, Development Economics. Learn more about @samie_ampaw & other Northwestern Economics Job Market Candidates at https://t.co/ZCkpPN8e8z
Department of Economics PhD Candidate Amilcar Velezs’ research interest is Econometrics. Learn more about @amilkant & other Northwestern Economics Job Market Candidates at https://t.co/ZCkpPN8e8z
Department of Economics PhD Candidate Giovanni Sciacovelli’s research interests are Macroeconomics, International Economics. Learn more about @gsciacovelli_ & other Northwestern Economics Job Market Candidates at https://t.co/ZCkpPN8e8z
Department of Economics PhD Candidate Laura C. Murphy’s research interests are Macroeconomics, Household Finance. Learn more about Laura & other Northwestern Economics Job Market Candidates at https://t.co/ZCkpPN8LY7
Department of Economics PhD Candidate Michael Cai’s research interests are Macroeconomics and Behavioral Economics. Learn more about @michaeldcai & other Northwestern Economics Job Market Candidates at https://t.co/ZCkpPN8LY7
Department of Economics PhD Candidate Devis Decet’s research interests are in Development, Public, and Environmental Economics. Learn more about @devdecet & other Northwestern Economics Job Market Candidates at https://t.co/ZCkpPN8e8z
Department of Economics PhD Candidate Ryu Matsuura’s research interests are Development, Political Economy, Applied Microeconomics. Learn more about Ryu & other Northwestern Economics Job Market Candidates at https://t.co/ZCkpPN8LY7
Department of Economics PhD Candidate Anastasiia Evdokimova’s research interests are Industrial Organization, Health Economics. Learn more about Anastasiia & other Northwestern Economics Job Market Candidates at https://t.co/ZCkpPN8e8z
👩🏿🏫Are you a researcher from East or West Africa looking to grow your skillset in the quantitative social sciences? Apply now to the CEGA Fellowship Program! Successful applicants will spend 16 weeks in-person, at either @NorthwesternU or @UCBerkeley
https://t.co/jCMIkRcYCX
Dopo 8 anni dal rapimento e dalla morte di Giulio Regeni, il 20 febbraio riprenderà il processo ai quattro agenti dei servizi segreti egiziani accusati del suo omicidio.
#8annisenzaGiulio#veritaegiustiziaperGiulio
Does competition over water resources lead to violence?
A new paper with @AndreaM994 studies this question using high-resolution data on the whole African continent for the period 1997-2021. All the details in the🧵below. Link to the paper: https://t.co/vJ3c97fDfa
🌍💧 Water is fundamental for human life. When this resource gets scarcer, do individuals cooperate or fight for it? With @devdecet we investigate this question in the African context with a new WP: 📢 "Water Wars". #EconTwitter 1/10
Tolerance of violence as a coping strategy? In today's development impact blog, @EugeniaFrezza summarizes her JMP on the causal effect of IPV on victims’ attitudes under prolonged exposure to abuse and in contexts where divorce is not a viable option.
https://t.co/O41PijsrOn