📝New paper w/ @ruofan_ma and Aleksei Opacic on the pitfalls of a common way to test for causal mechanisms: the "intermediate outcome test." We show that they are only informative under very strong assumptions that are almost never discussed in practice.
https://t.co/JdTofLYVul
In @AEAjournals AER, @PikaGoldin's 2023 @NobelPrize lecture surveys the entry of women into the workforce, the decrease in the gender gap in earnings, and the relevance of childbirth to the remaining gender gap in earnings.
https://t.co/rCjNl2UM4H
Check out this online tutorial (with code and everything) accompanying the LaLonde paper: https://t.co/R1zE5q4DDx
Shout out to @zhxie21 and @Jinwen57Wu for their excellent RA work.
Social contagion is a powerful force.
People copy the thoughts, feelings, & actions of those to whom they are connected. Understanding social network structure & function makes it possible to use social contagion to intervene in the world to improve health, wealth, & learning.
Plus today's READI (Research on East Asian Demography and Inequality) student/postdoc meet-up was a GREAT turnout! Special thanks to Kylie Yim for taking such a nice group photo