Maira Emy Reimão

Assistant Professor, development economics, at @VillanovaU @VU_Business. Opinions are my own though.
Also, #hoyasaxa! I research, I travel, I eat.

[Maira Emy Reimão @mairaemy]

On how architecture can shape riots - including the one in Brazil. (I'm Brazilian and have never been to Brasilia, in part bc it's seen as empty.) "So vast are its voids that the sheer scale of the space may have helped temper the energies of the crowds." https://t.co/IuNWAAvkPx

[Maira Emy Reimão @mairaemy]

@leahbevis "Tree-mendous" made me lol. I'm all for "AI in the Wild".

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@YujungHwang3 The highways outside of Delhi were the first place in which I've seen cars/trucks driving in the wrong direction, coming towards us, like in action movies. So even the direction of the road seems to be more of a suggestion!

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@willafriedman Testing room. A designated dept space for students who need accommodations and need to take tests at a different time/quiet space.

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@jhaushofer @jenniferdoleac I use T-Mobile, which doesn't charge for data abroad (at least the US accts). Then, when abroad, make all my calls through Whatsapp, which, for many countries, seems the preferred way for most people including businesses anyway. (No idea if T-Mobile accts in the EU also do this.)

[Maira Emy Reimão @mairaemy]

@claudferraz From behavioral economics, maybe partially that poll workers are volunteers, many of whom care more about the results and "fraud", so spend extra time verifying and questioning everything, vs os mesarios forcados a comparecer e que querem ir pra casa o mais rapido possivel.:)

[Maira Emy Reimão @mairaemy]

@htkilic @Josh_Merfeld Does Listening to LAC at the World Bank still exist? I was there when it was being developed, and remember talk about relying on it to detect changes/spikes - i.e., maybe it won't tell us the unemployment rate, but it will tell us changes in unempl. earlier than better surveys.

[Maira Emy Reimão @mairaemy]

@ryancbriggs Ah, got it! Thanks! So something like this in the picture (https://t.co/m0plcQb5yM) they're just meticulously putting each different seed in each part after proofing?

[Maira Emy Reimão @mairaemy]

@ryancbriggs Oh! Looks nice! Did you put the sesame at the end or on the strands first and then braided? I've always wondered about those loves with the sesame on one strand only - how do they get it to stick to one strand but not others? Or do they just meticulously put it after braiding?

[Maira Emy Reimão @mairaemy]

@BrunaLab I spent most of the day annoyed at those 8%, but now I'm more shocked that over 40% of people actively chose to vote for him instead.

[Maira Emy Reimão @mairaemy]

@BrunaLab Having spoken to a few (siiiigh) my understanding is that they're in denial that he'll burn the house down between now and the end of the month, and the polls made it seem he was far enough behind that it was safe to "vote according to their principles this time". Again, siiigh.

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@Val_Mueller_ASU Oh gosh. I'd be (will be?) pretty annoyed too! In person during a workday especially. I'm sorry. I'm livid for you. :)

[Maira Emy Reimão @mairaemy]

@Val_Mueller_ASU Yup. Both kids got sick last week (different days) and the school called me even though my husband is listed first. The assumption is that I'll be the one to rush out and get them. And even after that didn't happen for kid 1, the next day they still called me first for kid 2.

[Maira Emy Reimão @mairaemy]

@jbouie @mjs_DC Appalling but not a new phenomenon, including the news actually giving voice to this version of the event.
https://t.co/oWkmgXjfvw

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@ryancbriggs Maybe they caught a major mistake as they were doing their revisions and decided to fix it? It is still strange to just submit that as your R&R, but maybe their letter to the editor has an explanation and the editor forgot to pass it on? Though, yes, it is now a different paper.

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@JeffBloem @IFPRI That's awesome! Congrats!

[Maira Emy Reimão @mairaemy]

Also, in many traditional set-ups the division isn't between women cooking and men not. It is that women cook the non-public, family meal, daily; while men cook the main feast item - often the meat (think BBQ). So, can they cook for kids + guest? Yes. Do they regularly? No.

[Maira Emy Reimão @mairaemy]

Interesting discussion on gauging beliefs and expectations on gender in surveys. Absolutely agree with the idea, but I think a better q gets at actual behavior rather than self-assessed ability. e.g., "over the last 7 days, did you cook any meal for anyone besides yourself?"

[Alice Evans @_alice_evans]

“Can you cook dinner for two children and a guest?” Y/N

(That’s a common labour demand in many households, around the world. Asking about “children and a guest” gauges whether they can do more then bachelor style instant noodles).

[Nick HK @nickchk]

Announcement and invitation! A new project that aims to improve the quality of research in applied microeconomics by examining researcher choices. I am hoping to recruit up to *200 researchers* of all kinds (with pay) and hope you will join me! (Thread) https://t.co/XAOflRxoBf

[Maira Emy Reimão @mairaemy]

@gelbach To be fair, it probably really is once in a lifetime, considering it won't be there soon enough.
(Also, we lived in Miami until last year - husband refused to buy a place bc "a mortgage is 30 years but in 30 years the house will also be gone.")