Tomas Nilsson

Public servant working for the provincial government in Alberta. Ph.D., MSc and CAP. Profile picture and background by DALL-E.

[Philip Smith 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @PhilSmith26]

This chart compares LFS and SEPH employment after adjustments have been made to account for differences in scope and concepts in the two surveys. I expected LFS employment to grow more slowly than SEPH employment in recent years due to the 12-month moving-average LFS applies to its non-permanent residents LFS-target-population component. But I found the opposite to be true. #cdnecon

[Tomas Nilsson @tknilsso]

En absolut favorit. https://t.co/WrpB3y0YFZ Gott Nytt År, @peter_lemarc !

[Ehud Reiter @EhudReiter]

New blog: What LLMs cannot do
https://t.co/Kh6vZHwq7k

I highlight a few very interesting papers on the topic

[Philip Smith 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @PhilSmith26]

StatCan reported today that the current account deficit in Canada's international payments narrowed in the 3rd quarter. Non-energy-product goods trade and net portfolio interest payments on bonds account for much of the deficit. #cdnecon

[Miles Corak @MilesCorak]

In a country of about 39,000,000 people there were 342 firearm related homicides.

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

You know how we can’t agree on whether the economy is Good or Bad?

It turns out there’s also a big dispute as to whether there’s been a huge increase in income inequality or none at all.

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

Today, we launched a big project that we have been working on for the last few months: Data Pages.

Data Pages give you all the information you need to understand what this data can tell you about our world.

Here is one example: https://t.co/KDq60Ii02G

[Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) @GTAP_Purdue]

***Job Posting***

@E3Modelling - Computable General Equilibrium Expert

Closing Date: December 26

https://t.co/kB3LoHiFJe

#EconTwitter #EconJobs

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

One of the most terrible statistics that we publish on @OurWorldInData is this one — the share of mothers who have seen one of their children die.

As you see, the share is higher than 10% in many countries, and in some, it is higher than a third.

[Tomas Nilsson @tknilsso]

@SpacePlowboy I don’t know the answer to that question, but I do spot someone wearing an @OldsCollege t-shirt!

[Tomas Nilsson @tknilsso]

In this two-part interview, Terry Griffin (@SpacePlowboy), radio host Shelby Varner and I discuss ag-tech adoption from a Canadian and U.S. perspective. I hope you have a chance to listen to the conversation. #agriculture #agtech h/t @OldsCollege

[Terry Griffin @SpacePlowboy]

Listen in as @tknilsso and I chat about technology adoption in Canada

#agtech #precisionag #farmdata #farming #agriculture #economics

[Tomas Nilsson @tknilsso]

#agtech #agriculture h/t @SpacePlowboy @OldsCollege

[Terry Griffin @SpacePlowboy]

Listen in as @tknilsso and I chat about technology adoption in Canada

#agtech #precisionag #farmdata #farming #agriculture #economics

[Terry Griffin @SpacePlowboy]

Listen in as @tknilsso and I chat about technology adoption in Canada

#agtech #precisionag #farmdata #farming #agriculture #economics

[Terry Griffin @SpacePlowboy]

Listen in as @tknilsso and I chat with Shelby about #agtech adoption in USA and Canada

https://t.co/JnQIuJTmb8

[Tomas Nilsson @tknilsso]

Agtech adoption among oilseed and grain farms by size in Canada. Data source Statistics Canada 2021 Census. #agtech #agriculture #farming #farmingtech

[Tomas Nilsson @tknilsso]

@AAFC_Canada @SKAgriculture This figure shows technology adoption by size of farm in Saskatchewan. Oilseeds and grain farms. The data is from the 2021 Agriculture Census.

[K-State Ag Economics @kstateagecon]

Dr. @tknilsso, Olds College of Agriculture and Technology, will present “Adoption of Agriculture Technologies in Canada” during the Agricultural Economics Seminar Series on May 16 at 3 p.m. in Waters 342.

[Tomas Nilsson @tknilsso]

How the world might come to an end. Or maybe not. Eliezer Yudkowsky on the Dangers of AI https://t.co/PVJDgFx3MB

[Michele Evans @mchlevns]

I'm continuing to discover new information sources in my role. Here's one on #ecdev for official language minority communities @ISED_CA Express https://t.co/huX2T7SXjZ

[Tomas Nilsson @tknilsso]

Agtech adoption among oilseed and grain farms by size in Canada. Data source Statistics Canada 2021 Census. #agtech #agriculture #farming #farmingtech