Sumit Mishra

almost always a fool.
academic at a private teaching shop.
research assistant to Professors Naila and Bubble.

[Sumit Mishra @sumitrmishra]

the segregation paper measures public goods via the EC data. it is problematic for several reasons.

[Paul Novosad @paulnovosad]

The legendary Pranab Bardhan interviewed me about our Indian mobility and segregation papers for his Substack

[Sumit Mishra @sumitrmishra]

World's smallest (AI-generated, if you'd like) violin plays in the background.

[Maya Sen @maya_sen]

I think this will also eventually extend to higher ed -- elite universities will end up focusing on “low tech” undergraduate education

bluebooks, oral exams, discussion based learning

[Sumit Mishra @sumitrmishra]

The latest issue of Nature has three very interesting papers on reproducibility in social sciences.
Interestingly, there's not much of a difference between economics and political science.

[I4R @I4Replication]

🧵1/ Our first meta-science paper (with 350+ coauthors) is published today in Nature. It presents one of the largest-ever reproducibility projects in economics & political science.

Here’s what we found 👇

[Sumit Mishra @sumitrmishra]

have you considered, for a moment, that the SECC land data that you use may well be...junk?

[Paul Novosad @paulnovosad]

I was writing about land reform in West Bengal last night and was curious if it had persistent effects on the ownership distribution.

So I did what anyone would do, I* wrote an academic paper on it

Turns out — yes! 1/

[Nidhi @aggarwa_nidhi]

Looking for a highly motivated Research Assistant / Research Associate to support ongoing research projects in the area of clean technology adoption.
More details below: https://t.co/Qb7F3BjZSN

[Sumit Mishra @sumitrmishra]

science is self-correcting. therefore, people will continue citing Autor et al approvingly.

[joseph francis @joefrancis505]

Here is my comment on Autor, Dorn, and Hanson (2013).

In short, I found that the "China shock" weren't all it was made out to be.

The caveat is that I am often wrong. 1/11

[Soham Sahoo @sohamsahoo]

We’re hiring Academic Associates in the Public Policy Area at IIM Bangalore!
Great opportunity for those aiming for a PhD in Economics, Public Policy, or related fields.
Apply here: https://t.co/KcItSfhEnl
Deadline: 30 Oct 2025

[Sumit Mishra @sumitrmishra]

@CommenterSerial you're welcome.

[Sumit Mishra @sumitrmishra]

@CommenterSerial caste data is available in the primary census abstract.
here's the link to the PCA data- https://t.co/RlNc4JJvBX
if you're looking for subdistrict-level religion data, here it is- https://t.co/UyFOibIFr9

[Sumit Mishra @sumitrmishra]

@Ajay_Sharma_87 congratulations, Ajay!

[David Roodman @davidroodman]

My new, short write-up about a flaw in a recent study finding that India’s universal vaccination program boosted future wages of babies who got the shots: https://t.co/cJMtUlCfBn
1/

[Sumit Mishra @sumitrmishra]

@Vijayshreeeee here it is, Vijayshree. https://t.co/5jTE5PaPNN

[Nidhi @aggarwa_nidhi]

Looking to hire a RA for projects on banking, financial intermediation, corporate finance and financial markets. Details here:

https://t.co/EYYWktUqnh

[Johanna Rickne @johannarickne]

🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by @JohnHolbein1 alerted me, @OlleFolke, and Joop Adema (@Jopieboy) to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵

[Sumit Mishra @sumitrmishra]

the structural break in economic growth for India happened sometime during the late 1970s or the 1980s.
average growth figures--
1980-81 to 1990-91: 5.8%
1991-92 to 2004-05: 6.1%

[Sumit Mishra @sumitrmishra]

most US-based economists are always always this clueless yet supremely arrogant.

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

This comment takes the cake. The graph in question is about the well-being of over 1 billion people. The figure in question is... well, you can guess

[Sumit Mishra @sumitrmishra]

it is not even the end of january, and we already have a perfect candidate for the most misleading graph of the year.

[Johan Norberg @johanknorberg]

India’s performance before and after the start of economic liberalization in 1991, via @martinwolf_

[Sumit Mishra @sumitrmishra]

It is time to talk about the bullying and harassment I faced on the streets of Allahabad for learning R.

[Press Trust of India @PTI_News]

STORY | Anguished Sitharaman says she was mocked on streets of Tamil Nadu for learning Hindi

READ: https://t.co/fLKjyiHKme

[Thomas Isaac @drthomasisaac]

24 ICSSR institutions languish because of non implementation of 7th Central Pay Commission revised pay scales even after 8 years of award.ICSSR is still awaiting Centre’s clearance.Neglect of these institutions is an yet another attempt to strangle liberal centres learning.

[Upasak Das @upasak_das]

Aarti Krishnan from the Manchester Business School and I are looking for a RA for 2 months with an interest in circularity & sustainability, who can support data analysis using natural language processing and other ML techniques. More information:
https://t.co/W9Px07mEiP