James Okun

phd student @mitecon. io and public. likes animals, math, & data.

[James Okun @jamescokun]

Amy Finkelstein is hiring predocs! Can't recommend the job enough to folks considering an economics phd. You will learn a lot and have fun! https://t.co/8pPvzH5mAi

[James Okun @jamescokun]

@JulesBaudet @MITEcon welcome! tomorrow…

[James Okun @jamescokun]

@valezurla @Brown_Economics @John_N_Friedman @ProfEmilyOster @NatlTax congrats valeria!!!!

[AEA Journals @AEAjournals]

Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from U.S. School Districts" by Rebecca Jack, Clare Halloran, James Okun, and Emily Oster. https://t.co/3CNVBPix5D

[David Grabowski @DavidCGrabowski]

Interesting new working paper by Einav, Finkelstein & @nealemahoney finds gains from the reallocation of skilled nursing facility patients to higher-quality facilities within a market
https://t.co/P9KE01Uprh

[Emily Oster @ProfEmilyOster]

WSJ covers our paper on remote learning and test scores

https://t.co/jUK1f48qAs

[Emily Oster @ProfEmilyOster]

Our team (me, @ClareHalloran, @RebeccaSJack and @jcokun1) has a new working paper out today at NBER, on pandemic learning mode and test scores. https://t.co/EE0N7bp9Oc.

A short thread about it: (1/n)

[Richard H Thaler @R_Thaler]

Very happy about the choice of Jesse Shapiro for a MacArthur Fellowship. Jesse has long been one of my favorite people to talk to. He is a fantastically versatile researcher. For those who don't know he is Vice President of the @ProfEmilyOster family firm.

[James Okun @jamescokun]

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology

[Blue Trumpet Vine @_sambk]

"brutalist amusement park"

[Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy @fordschool]

Professor @dynarski's research and advocacy for simplified financial aid policy became reality with the passage of the December budget reconciliation bill. In 2023, the FAFSA will be reduced to 33 questions from the original 108. https://t.co/tkEhbn44BP

[James Okun @jamescokun]

@zhouyuci So proud and excited for you! Princeton needs to get ready for the best data viz in the business

[Geoffrey Kocks @Econ_Geoff]

Logging onto Twitter and seeing more long threads about pre-docs and real analysis

[James Okun @jamescokun]

@ProfEmilyOster https://t.co/sEOoYtMzig

[James Okun @jamescokun]

@ProfEmilyOster If you’re using the NYC vaccination hub, I’ve heard it’s glitchy. Filling out the form a second time fixed this for my dad.

[James Okun @jamescokun]

@Stata @Econ_Geoff

[Wojtek Kopczuk 🇵🇱🇺🇦 and 🇺🇲 @wwwojtekk]

In case you had any doubts whom athletics preferences in top colleges serve
https://t.co/78NdpaBMAr

[Yuci Zhou @zhouyuci]

if you don't think this is a good idea, pls comment on the proposed rule here https://t.co/FamynoB7RE

[Emily Oster @ProfEmilyOster]

Go time. Thanks for nice coverage @NPR!

https://t.co/CXaqldG5I1

And visit the full dashboard here: https://t.co/AYe6ILVcjR

[James Okun @jamescokun]

@wilsonwillywong Cite me

[James Okun @jamescokun]

@Stata destring!