Jeff Livingston

Professor of Economics, Bentley University. Research interests in economics of education and behavioral economics.

[Jeff Livingston @proflivingston]

@Econ_4_Everyone I refuse to participate unless you add a take option.

[Jeff Livingston @proflivingston]

@danilaserra_eco Congrats!

[Jeff Livingston @proflivingston]

@alexolegimas The only bummer about the In the Basement recording is Cobra isn’t included. Fortunately… https://t.co/Tre7Yt47xh

[Jeff Livingston @proflivingston]

@alexolegimas Mind blowing. My top 3 are Cobra, Husbands, and Islands of Men

[Jeff Livingston @proflivingston]

@Econ_4_Everyone @UofT I just had one of my favorite days of the semester about a week ago - when I teach this paper! Students love it every time.

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[Jeff Livingston @proflivingston]

@JohnHolbein1 4 5 1 2 3 6 7 8 9

Or, rogue 1 and 4 again between 3 and 6

[John A. List @Econ_4_Everyone]

I just landed on a transcontinental flight and am reading this now. First, thanks much for your kind words on our work. Second, there seems to be some confusion. That is exactly the effect that our study is trying to explain.

The parameter you seem to be interested in, the average effect of Preschool on test scores (including 3rd grade) is described in our own figure 1 of this study and in our past paper that we cite in this study (Castillo et al). In sum, we found null effects consistent with the fade-out literature.

This new paper is now exploring the "why"s of fade-out. We test mechanisms hypothesized in the literature and find that the average null effects are masking an important pattern: among our entire sample of students who were part of our partner elementary school district, Preschool students perform substantially better than control students when in an elementary school classroom with many other Preschool classmates. Preschool students are no different from their control peers when in an elementary school classroom with very few Preschool classmates.

[Jeff Livingston @proflivingston]

@Econ_4_Everyone @DrDanaSuskind oooooo thanks JL… this tweet is perfect for the intro of my AFE talk on Thursday. It’s going straight in!

[Jeff Livingston @proflivingston]

@dmckenzie001 @Econ_4_Everyone @zaferakin1 @billuraksoy I’ve taught from a few super-early versions of 3 or 4 chapters… even in that unpolished state the book was amazing. I can’t wait to get my paws on the final version and the whole book.

[Ezgi Kurt @Dr_EKurt]

Thrilled to announce that my paper on the Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy on Firms is now published in the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking! Grateful to the editor, anonymous referees, advisors, and colleagues for their support! https://t.co/prBa2ihDBX #econtwitter

[Daniel Bergstresser @dbergstresser]

I’ve gotten tons done today and I think that the secret has been being willing to do things really, really poorly

[Jeff Livingston @proflivingston]

@mushfiq_econ @aviceisza has always had serious drip. Though he would also make sweatpants look super cool.

[Jeff Livingston @proflivingston]

@Econ_4_Everyone @GallenYana We had that rule after kindergarten - he made too many good friends right away. Still best friends with one of them today!

[Jeff Livingston @proflivingston]

@andrewrsimon @jenniferdoleac @UVA @UVABatten Let’s go Rusty! Congrats!

[Jeff Livingston @proflivingston]

@mikekofoed And a very possessive one.

[Jeff Livingston @proflivingston]

@jonmvdavis :( so sorry JD. It’s the worst.

[Jeff Livingston @proflivingston]

@annabellehutch @sportseconprof Oh it was super weird. There weren’t enough suites to go around either. The day hotel reservations came online for the conference you had to spam click the website hoping to get through. Pretty funny given economists are supposed to be good at solving these kinds of problems!

[Jeff Livingston @proflivingston]

@annabellehutch @sportseconprof Everyone - academic and non - did all of their interviews at the same time, so there would be nowhere close to enough conference rooms to go around. Since Covid everyone started doing them on Zoom and that model has stuck long term.