Jose Ygnacio Diaz

Economist, Chief Impact Officer at the Consternation Fund. I specialize in benefit-cost analysis. Behavioral economics aficionado, and slow gravel cyclist

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Algo sabía Paul Scholes sobre cómo pegarle a la pelota 🎯

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@AllisonLiuzzi

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The Constellation Fund is hiring! We're looking to add a Research Assistant to our team. See the job post at https://t.co/SPPvYGZP4X
#tcrg #programevaluation #econtweeter #sroi #socialreturnoninvestment #benefitcostanalysis

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@aaronsojourner 1. A growing disenfranchised group ignored by the system 2. A false sense that the system is strong enough 3. A charismatic populist leader that takes advantage of 1 and 2. In weak democracies the final decisive factor for the fall is a weak judicial system. .. so there is hope.

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This from a Nobel laureate economist. We must stop underinvesting in early ed! #mnleg @GovTimWalz @LtGovFlanagan @paulgazelka @melissahortman @KarinHousley @LisaDemuthMN @MelisaFranzen @davepinto @CarlaNelsonMN @_RyanWinkler @EricPrattMN @kdaudt @sendahms @ChuckWiger @TinaSmithMN

[Tim Bartik @TimBartik]

For this position, we are looking to diversify our research group by hiring a senior researcher who is outside of economics, preferably someone who has expertise in qualitative research, mixed methods, or survey research.

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@aaronsojourner So sorry for your loss, Aaron. What an amazing woman your mother was!

[John B. Holbein @JohnHolbein1]

Can you guess what happens when you provide homeless people with housing?

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You reduce crime, increase employment, improve health, and do not increasing reliance on social benefits.

80% of costs are offset by the benefits in the first 18mos.

https://t.co/lAwzaGFMwI

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The Norwegian Secret To Enjoying A Long Winter https://t.co/ZI1YSL7WYz

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

You can’t use reason to convince anyone out of an argument that they didn’t use reason to get into.

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@ProfJAParker I’m rooting for a National Solow’s Residual day

[AEA Journals @AEAjournals]

The Executive Committee of the AEA issued the following statement to members today: https://t.co/Z87UJWduzF

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https://t.co/sNaXc9oPXR

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

I don’t think I’ve said this loud enough, so here goes: Every economist I know believes that the single best way to ensure a robust recovery is to beat the bug. There’s no economic health without public health.

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Important data here from @jhaushofer & collaborators, comparing actual attitudes with (mis-)perceptions about attitudes:

Should we stop social gatherings?
97% say yes
but they think only 67% believe this.

Should we close stores?
77% say yes
but think only 63% believe this.

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@EGolberstein Aberlour. A clasic, but not smoky at all, though.

[Abigail Wozniak @AbigailWozniak]

🚨 NEWS: I'm thrilled @DataFoundation has stepped up to build out new data collection in response to my proposal, launching @COVIDImpact Survey today. Data will be publicly available at end of April. Here's what we're collecting...

[John Horton @johnjhorton]

So my house is on fire. I got out in time (sort of), but it is really cold outside. The fire dept. hasn't shown up yet---and the house is still very much on fire---but I'd like to get back to what I was doing before the fire started. I'm going back in. Wish me luck!

[Jose Ygnacio Diaz @ygnaciodiaz]

Constellation Fund gives out new grants to Twin Cities nonprofits to 'disrupt philanthropy' https://t.co/jQW44Cw3TF