Matt Notowidigdo

Labor Economics & Health Economics @ChicagoBooth AEJ-Policy co-editor @AEAJournals Research Associate @nberpubs

[Matt Notowidigdo @ProfNoto]

My annual tradition continues -- my 10 favorite economics papers published in 2021, ordered alphabetically

[Meant to do this yesterday, but I had a paper rejected on New Year's Day -- Happy New Year! -- so I decided to deal with that instead]

[Matt Notowidigdo @ProfNoto]

Just under the wire again, but I continue my annual tradition -- my 10 favorite economics papers published in 2020, ordered alphabetically

[Was pretty tough this year; might have to do an "honorable mention" list in January...]

[Matt Notowidigdo @ProfNoto]

@jamesharrigan I am figuring this out now, so TBD. Ideally it would be posted online, but the university press might require printing a formal corrigendum in a future issue (which seems like overkill to me, but whatever). As long as it's eventually posted online that's fine by me.

[Matt Notowidigdo @ProfNoto]

I posted a short note correcting a mistake in an approximation formula in a recent publication of mine

Publication: https://t.co/b1yIHTWtoH

Corrigendum: https://t.co/FCO5lYUzuF

[Matt Notowidigdo @ProfNoto]

Huge thanks to https://t.co/cZDFs9xcu8 for alerting us to the mistake (and thanks to @ben_golub and team for creating such a useful tool)

Bottom line: https://t.co/cZDFs9xcu8 is great!

[Matt Notowidigdo @ProfNoto]

We use a similar formula in my new NAFTA paper, however, so I'm glad to get it right

(NAFTA paper here: https://t.co/2hNAJtuzx8)

[Chicago Booth @ChicagoBooth]

Congratulations to economics professors Christina Patterson and Jack Mountjoy, both awarded 2026 Sloan Research Fellowships! This is one of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to early-career scholars. @SloanFoundation #SloanFellow https://t.co/upmludE3rq

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

[Brad Shapiro @btshapir]

Check out Joe Battles on the econ job market. He's an awesome health economist, studying one of the highest-touch points in the healthcare space: pharmacies.

[Matt Notowidigdo @ProfNoto]

@paulnovosad I usually recommend the Journal of Applied Econometrics, since it publishes both "narrow" and "wide" replications (see here: https://t.co/5MIlwbAdRn)

[Tyler Ransom @tyleransom]

Exactly as @ProfNoto @C_Garthwaite @NicoleOzm and Jordan Keener drew it up in their paper on NCAA athletes!

"As part of the restructuring of Gundy's contract, his ... salary will be reduced to be redistributed as part of revenue sharing with players"

https://t.co/6qtupWCrdQ

[Evan Rose @evankrose]

Chicago labor/public folks (including me) are hiring new research professionals! We have a great program that provides a ton of opportunities to learn in a very fun environment.

Candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

@econ_ra
Details: https://t.co/A689E24Leb

[Matt Notowidigdo @ProfNoto]

@Jabaluck Good excuse to post this @Austan_Goolsbee NPR segment:

[Matt Notowidigdo @ProfNoto]

Had a great experience earlier this year using Standard Error Research Editors (@SamInLowerCase / https://t.co/CPmpx5pGej)

The company makes an admirable effort to keep their services affordable to students -- keep in mind for your JMPs!

[Matt Notowidigdo @ProfNoto]

@Christine_Cai27 50%! Not bad compared to drawing a human at random, I guess

[Matt Notowidigdo @ProfNoto]

ChatGPT 4o gets this wrong, too, though it does a nice job parsing the PNG

[Jeremy Kauffman 🦔🌲🌕 @jeremykauffman]

Only 55% of people worldwide got this simple table reading question from the 2012 international PISA exam correct

About half the world struggles to read graphs or do basic data interpretation

[Matt Notowidigdo @ProfNoto]

In other @JPAL_NA news: we are continuing to accept self-nominations for invited researchers (application deadline is August 1st): https://t.co/aKk2Y9wfFq

[Matt Notowidigdo @ProfNoto]

I'm excited about this amazing line-up of @JPAL_NA-funded studies that will be presented this week at the NBER Summer Institute:

[Matt Notowidigdo @ProfNoto]

I'm excited about this amazing line-up of @JPAL_NA-funded studies that will be presented this week at the NBER Summer Institute:

[Sarah Miller @smilleralert]

It's well known that lower income people tend to suffer much worse health. Is poverty at the heart of this disparity, and, if so, could a large cash transfer help close this gap? We examine an RCT that provided 1000 low income participants $1000/month for 3 years. We find…

[Matt Notowidigdo @ProfNoto]

@analisapackham Congratulations! Super exciting news.

[Tradeoffs @tradeoffspod]

Over the last decade, cities, states and even @iamjohnoliver have embraced a popular health care charity: forgiving people’s medical debts for pennies on the dollar.

It’s been seen as a quick, cheap way to help some of the 100 million people in the U.S. stuck with medical bills.