#  @NeumarkEcon David Neumark David Neumark posts on X about in the, paper, if you, phd the most. They currently have [---] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [---] [#](/creator/twitter::1562885648800833537/interactions)  - [--] Week [------] +1,400% - [--] Month [-------] +123% - [--] Months [-------] +58% - [--] Year [-------] -99% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1562885648800833537/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] +31% - [--] Month [---] +27% - [--] Months [---] -2.90% - [--] Year [---] -44% ### Followers: [---] [#](/creator/twitter::1562885648800833537/followers)  - [--] Week [---] +2.90% - [--] Month [---] +6% - [--] Months [---] +13% - [--] Year [---] +24% ### CreatorRank: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::1562885648800833537/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) 28.57% [countries](/list/countries) 9.52% [finance](/list/finance) 6.35% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) 2.38% [musicians](/list/musicians) 2.38% [stocks](/list/stocks) 2.38% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 2.38% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 0.79% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) 0.79% **Social topic influence** [in the](/topic/in-the) 11.11%, [paper](/topic/paper) 9.52%, [if you](/topic/if-you) 5.56%, [phd](/topic/phd) 4.76%, [public](/topic/public) 3.17%, [the world](/topic/the-world) 3.17%, [economics](/topic/economics) 3.17%, [market](/topic/market) 3.17%, [israel](/topic/israel) 3.17%, [the most](/topic/the-most) 3.17% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@nberpubs](/creator/undefined) [@jayphoward](/creator/undefined) [@mariomacis](/creator/undefined) [@jaredgi31875156](/creator/undefined) [@janetheactuary](/creator/undefined) [@chargrahn](/creator/undefined) [@bleblan68656830](/creator/undefined) [@stevegarciamd](/creator/undefined) [@americanoddguy](/creator/undefined) [@sloanfoundation](/creator/undefined) [@zoebcullen](/creator/undefined) [@ederenoncourt](/creator/undefined) [@ludwigstraub](/creator/undefined) [@assafzim](/creator/undefined) [@waymo](/creator/undefined) [@franceskalbs](/creator/undefined) [@ezraklein](/creator/undefined) [@melaniatrumps](/creator/undefined) [@joshrauh](/creator/undefined) [@wsj](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [CVS Health Corp (CVS)](/topic/cvs) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "My daughter told me they discussed one of my papers (on living wages) at summer camp. Unusual summer camp to be sure. Is there any better feeling as an economist mom than when your kid texts you a photo from his college econ class showing a lecture slide citing one of your papers. 🥰☺ Is there any better feeling as an economist mom than when your kid texts you a photo from his college econ class showing a lecture slide citing one of your papers. 🥰☺" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1749645508346605746) 2024-01-23T04:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "That can be true which can give us a result like this in some settings. These meta-analysis tools are based on a framework where what varies across studies is just sample size and hence precision. When estimates and precision vary for other reasons I don't see their validity. @NeumarkEcon So if I could re-phrase: The empirical strategies that are most credible -- in the sense that they are most likely to recover a causal effect -- may also be the more imprecise ones @NeumarkEcon So if I could re-phrase: The empirical strategies that are most credible -- in the sense that they are most likely" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1759239938418368616) 2024-02-18T15:34Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Here's the argument formally in relation to public sector workers extracting rents based on local amenities. https://www.aeaweb.org/articlesid=10.1257/pol.6.2.198 Areas w high private sector wages have. -Higher tax rates -Average quality public goods -Higher public-sector wage premiums Are governments leveraging their local attractiveness to extracts rents.and generating spatial missallocation in the process https://t.co/J5lre6fgvW https://t.co/v8GNYvPecQ https://www.aeaweb.org/articlesid=10.1257/pol.6.2.198 Areas w high private sector wages have. -Higher tax rates -Average quality public" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1759596333860815142) 2024-02-19T15:10Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Do you think the narrowness of the schools on this list suggests missing some outstanding scholars outside the top departments I think Econ is worse on this dimension than other fields. (And yes I recognize that on average the best young scholars are at the best places.) Congrats to the wonderful new @SloanFoundation Research Fellows I don't know all of them personally but I have learned much from their work. Keep changing the world @zoebcullen Eduardo Davila @EDerenoncourt Laura Doval Maryam Kilian Ryota Iijima and @ludwigstraub https://t.co/bSr15Eiw27 Congrats to the wonderful new" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1760575428245283149) 2024-02-22T08:01Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Does IIA hold These discrete choice models are getting out of control. https://t.co/2eMmjXF9YJ These discrete choice models are getting out of control. https://t.co/2eMmjXF9YJ" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1762408859522699383) 2024-02-27T09:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "No equilibrium True False Uncertain. Briefly explain. https://t.co/jQq14IPrnU True False Uncertain. Briefly explain. https://t.co/jQq14IPrnU" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1766578809237561544) 2024-03-09T21:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "My op-ed on the California fast-food #minimumwage. Editors not authors pen the title. In this case I don't think "crazy" is an overstatement. (I expect a study from Michael Reich within weeks showing that fast-food employment skyrocketed.)" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1774869101627986429) 2024-04-01T18:39Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "I wouldn't mind paying more for my fast food to get more income to poor families. But. [--]. Lots of fast food workers aren't in poor families. [--]. Lots of poor families are also going to pay the higher prices (and a much larger share of their income)" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1775921540321993037) 2024-04-04T16:21Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Do they reveal individual hiring managers' names or just company names My understanding is that companies/corporations are not human subjects. Very curious how IRB approved this. Core of IRB is protecting dignity of subjects privacy cost/ benefit etc. Obviously there are zillions of correspondence studies (originated in sociology) but those report aggregated data and afaik do not reveal subjects names or employers https://t.co/MYNdM6bxZr Very curious how IRB approved this. Core of IRB is protecting dignity of subjects privacy cost/ benefit etc. Obviously there are zillions of correspondence" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1777811880003899425) 2024-04-09T21:32Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "@assafzim And before anyone says "what about you and your minimum wage research" I suggest you take a closer look at how my conclusions have sometimes differed (e.g. on living wages reducing poverty) and read this: https://www.forbes.com/sites/modeledbehavior/2015/07/29/in-praise-of-david-neumark/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/modeledbehavior/2015/07/29/in-praise-of-david-neumark/" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1834697134517764393) 2024-09-13T20:54Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Trying to block anti-Semitic posts anti-Palestinian posts and posts from right-wing kooks to make @X more useful and palatable. Hope there is something left Economics politics cats Taylor Swift" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1839417852417220799) 2024-09-26T21:32Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "OK this is cool. @Waymo" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1852810835359563898) 2024-11-02T20:31Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "I disagree with her on a lot but she does her homework. AOC: This is quite a bit of market concentration. Wouldn't you agree CVS HEALTH CHAIR DAVID JOYNER: No. I'd suggest it's a model that works really well for the consumer AOC: I think it works well for CVS. Health insurance gets a cut pharmacy benefit manager gets a cut drug https://t.co/2oJtb5boIk AOC: This is quite a bit of market concentration. Wouldn't you agree CVS HEALTH CHAIR DAVID JOYNER: No. I'd suggest it's a model that works really well for the consumer AOC: I think it works well for CVS. Health insurance gets a cut pharmacy" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2014472126695395430) 2026-01-22T22:55Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "People actually just get better at research. I tell my students they will quickly transition from too few ideas and too much time to too many ideas and not enough time. Nobody talks about it but you see these super-bright PhD students putting out "only" 2-3 good papers over a period of 4-5 years. Then when they get a research position they generally start churning out 2-3 papers PER year. Its not like defending your thesis changes anything Nobody talks about it but you see these super-bright PhD students putting out "only" 2-3 good papers over a period of 4-5 years. Then when they get a" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2015176265901470079) 2026-01-24T21:33Z [---] followers, 14.8K engagements "But no one say Russia or China doesn't have a right to exist or refuses to engage with those who believe Israel does. I agree not all criticism of Israel is antisemitism obviously. But do you see this point We criticise Chinas human rights without attacking Chinese people. We criticise Putin's warmongering without criticising Russian people. Criticising Israel is not anti-Semitism. Not even a little bit. We criticise Chinas human rights without attacking Chinese people. We criticise Putin's warmongering without criticising Russian people. Criticising Israel is not anti-Semitism. Not even a" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2015527676174585963) 2026-01-25T20:50Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "No I want peace. If you think that Hamas should disarm but you don't think that the IDF should disarm then you don't want peace - you want ethno-domination. If you think that Hamas should disarm but you don't think that the IDF should disarm then you don't want peace - you want ethno-domination" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2016252487783858523) 2026-01-27T20:50Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "This can be the same person. I've watched 100+ PhD students pick their advisors. The ones who chase the famous name They burn out by year two. The ones who pick the person who actually mentors They publish. They finish. They thrive. Reputation gets you in the door. Mentorship gets you through it. I've watched 100+ PhD students pick their advisors. The ones who chase the famous name They burn out by year two. The ones who pick the person who actually mentors They publish. They finish. They thrive. Reputation gets you in the door. Mentorship gets you through it" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2016252891485634725) 2026-01-27T20:52Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Gee I wonder. Demilitarising Gaza @FranceskAlbs in Dec: "Why is the occupied Palestinian territory. unlawfully occupied by Israel to be demilitarised. something imposed on the Palestinians. the oppressed occupied people but there is no conditionality imposed on the unlawful occupier"🎯 https://t.co/SkDMMuCP9f Demilitarising Gaza @FranceskAlbs in Dec: "Why is the occupied Palestinian territory. unlawfully occupied by Israel to be demilitarised. something imposed on the Palestinians. the oppressed occupied people but there is no conditionality imposed on the unlawful occupier"🎯" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2016298059014275570) 2026-01-27T23:51Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Up your meds. Israel controls our government and our media. I dont give a single fuck what you have to say about it. Its obvious. Where are the Epstein files BTW Yeah. Israel controls our government and our media. I dont give a single fuck what you have to say about it. Its obvious. Where are the Epstein files BTW Yeah" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2016521044916666792) 2026-01-28T14:37Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "I'd love to see what happens if you probe on the minimum wage. My experience is that if I ask AI about an academic topic where I know the scholarship is flawed it will give me the naive consensus as if it were authoritative. If I try to scrutinize it will defend that consensus for a couple prompts. But fairly quickly if I keep pressing it My experience is that if I ask AI about an academic topic where I know the scholarship is flawed it will give me the naive consensus as if it were authoritative. If I try to scrutinize it will defend that consensus for a couple prompts. But fairly quickly if" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2016606457932968174) 2026-01-28T20:17Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "I think the results in this research with Jyotsana Kala provide important new evidence on the #minimumwage. Specifically they widen rather than narrowing black-white disparities. https://www.cato.org/research-briefs-economic-policy/minimum-wages-racial-disparities https://www.cato.org/research-briefs-economic-policy/minimum-wages-racial-disparities" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2016853703677137269) 2026-01-29T12:39Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Students who disrupt events on campuses should be punished period. I'd favor one semester no refund suspensions. It's interfering with education. It's not free speech. They can organize their own events with the same rules. Why would these students believe this about @ezraklein (I admire his sangfroid during the whole incident.) Why would these students believe this about @ezraklein (I admire his sangfroid during the whole incident.)" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2017350709369573498) 2026-01-30T21:34Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "As if this is scholarship. Claire Rosen Sultan an anti-Israel activist just published a paper in Postcolonial Studies that rails against "Jewish American Zionists (JAZ)". But the most sickening part was not her stupid arguments which we have seen and debunked before. It was that she decided to https://t.co/4Xvp1ILv2Q Claire Rosen Sultan an anti-Israel activist just published a paper in Postcolonial Studies that rails against "Jewish American Zionists (JAZ)". But the most sickening part was not her stupid arguments which we have seen and debunked before. It was that she decided to" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2017465081123246183) 2026-01-31T05:08Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Sure. Kneepads worn out yet https://store.gavinnewsom.com/kneepads/ I absolutely loved First Lady @MELANIATRUMPs new film. I saw it tonight and I highly recommend it. The film provides a behind the scenes and intimate look inside the preparation and process to become First Lady of the United States. I dont like watching movies. I dont https://store.gavinnewsom.com/kneepads/ I absolutely loved First Lady @MELANIATRUMPs new film. I saw it tonight and I highly recommend it. The film provides a behind the scenes and intimate look inside the preparation and process to become First Lady of the" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2017610775989522893) 2026-01-31T14:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Well Dreyfus didn't actually do anything. The mainstreaming of the genocide libel is one of the great scandals of our timea coordinated campaign that unfolded with breathtaking speed after October 7th. Just five days after Hamass mass murder of Israeli Jews historian Raz Segal accused Israel of committing a The mainstreaming of the genocide libel is one of the great scandals of our timea coordinated campaign that unfolded with breathtaking speed after October 7th. Just five days after Hamass mass murder of Israeli Jews historian Raz Segal accused Israel of committing a" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2017611404904435775) 2026-01-31T14:50Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Oh please. MELANIA the film. #1 Highest Opening In [--] Yrs (Doc) Loved By All - A CinemaScore https://t.co/HTVM0Cu2Jv MELANIA the film. #1 Highest Opening In [--] Yrs (Doc) Loved By All - A CinemaScore https://t.co/HTVM0Cu2Jv" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2017782071536849015) 2026-02-01T02:08Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "If he pursues this lawsuit he'd have to testify under oath. Never going to happen. The President of the USA threatening to sue a comedian for making a joke about him. Please lecture me more about freedom of speech Americans. https://t.co/NXI99DuKnH The President of the USA threatening to sue a comedian for making a joke about him. Please lecture me more about freedom of speech Americans. https://t.co/NXI99DuKnH" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2018346354536521839) 2026-02-02T15:30Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Won Kok. Sam's Grill. Z&Y. Kokkari. Kitchen Dumpling (Noe Valley). I'm on a quest to find every good restaurant in San Francisco. Give me your top [--] to [--] recommendations Anything is good from lunch cafes and bakeries to fine dining. No East Bay no Peninsula.just San Francisco I'm on a quest to find every good restaurant in San Francisco. Give me your top [--] to [--] recommendations Anything is good from lunch cafes and bakeries to fine dining. No East Bay no Peninsula.just San Francisco" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2018731771748376618) 2026-02-03T17:02Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Please don't run again. Greensboro Charlotte Columbia and Savannah: Im sorry I wont be able to see you this week. The venues in each city will be in touch soon with the rescheduled date. Stay safe stay warm and I will see you out there. https://t.co/yvDvHqq1e7 Greensboro Charlotte Columbia and Savannah: Im sorry I wont be able to see you this week. The venues in each city will be in touch soon with the rescheduled date. Stay safe stay warm and I will see you out there. https://t.co/yvDvHqq1e7" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2018913989200404710) 2026-02-04T05:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@joshrauh Agreed" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2019170085378863271) 2026-02-04T22:03Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "It must be so hard to read an opinion you disagree with. A friend called today to ask: What's going on with the @WSJ In the past few weeks the paper's op ed page has carried prominent articles by Iran's foreign minister Tim Walz Michael Blumenthal (an attack on Trump) and Rahm Emanuel that latest in a series of articles by A friend called today to ask: What's going on with the @WSJ In the past few weeks the paper's op ed page has carried prominent articles by Iran's foreign minister Tim Walz Michael Blumenthal (an attack on Trump) and Rahm Emanuel that latest in a series of articles by" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2019437590215332276) 2026-02-05T15:46Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Strong disagree. Invaluable training for students. Hot take: it's good if Claude Code eliminates most econ RA positions. Most of them were pretty low-skilled anyways Instead students can focus on class independent research and other such things most of which are more fun and educational than RA work Hot take: it's good if Claude Code eliminates most econ RA positions. Most of them were pretty low-skilled anyways Instead students can focus on class independent research and other such things most of which are more fun and educational than RA work" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2019618360947097904) 2026-02-06T03:45Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Long term would Cubans be better off in a democratic capitalist country Seems obvious to me. Labeling Cuba as a national security threat is a lie used to justify economic war. The goal is to crush the Cuban people manufacture a humanitarian catastrophe and force regime change at any cost. It is unconscionable and cruel. We must stop it. Labeling Cuba as a national security threat is a lie used to justify economic war. The goal is to crush the Cuban people manufacture a humanitarian catastrophe and force regime change at any cost. It is unconscionable and cruel. We must stop it" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2019629416201220491) 2026-02-06T04:29Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@ashleytrubin This is and should be illegal. I don't know about my university overall but this never happened in my department" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2019630195377074643) 2026-02-06T04:32Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "It wasn't genocide. It was a horrible war in an urban setting that started because of the Oct [--] attack. I'm not crazy about AIPAC by any means but fighting candidates pushing this lie is legit. I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive AIPAC is not our friend. They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws no matter your record they will work against you. They are a right-wing organization that I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive AIPAC is not our friend. They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2019790421703204953) 2026-02-06T15:08Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "I can't think of anything objectionable in what she says or quotes. IYKYK failing to confront ideological capture will lead to civilizational ruin. Our youth should be fiercely proud of America and of the western project of modernity. https://t.co/8WY1IkSJJz IYKYK failing to confront ideological capture will lead to civilizational ruin. Our youth should be fiercely proud of America and of the western project of modernity. https://t.co/8WY1IkSJJz" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2020522076466299213) 2026-02-08T15:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "It's this kind of extreme rejectionism that keeps dooming the Palestinians to failure. Former doctor Rahmeh Aladwan explains what Free Palestine means: The violent expulsion of every single single Jew and the theft of their property in order to create a 100% Arab ethnostate. https://t.co/Z5gmkgbO4d Former doctor Rahmeh Aladwan explains what Free Palestine means: The violent expulsion of every single single Jew and the theft of their property in order to create a 100% Arab ethnostate. https://t.co/Z5gmkgbO4d" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2020522533439631652) 2026-02-08T15:38Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "You're kidding right There are numerous papers on this topic and Bryan Caplan's book on the topic presents a very distorted view of the evidence. Gregory Clark and Bryan Caplan (the latter in separate work) are challenging the claim that human capital has huge returns. They find returns closer to 0%-3%. This is something I have disagreements with (for reasons of interpretation causal mechanisms etc.) but I have not seen https://t.co/D2xTRLBs9Y Gregory Clark and Bryan Caplan (the latter in separate work) are challenging the claim that human capital has huge returns. They find returns closer to" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2021096517956927879) 2026-02-10T05:38Z [---] followers, 18.9K engagements "As they say both things can be true. The single worst interview I've ever done was with Jon Stewart. I normally try to be calm and level-headed but I basically lost it with him. And worry that I lost viewers/listeners too doing more to convince them that economists were obnoxious than that we had useful insights. The single worst interview I've ever done was with Jon Stewart. I normally try to be calm and level-headed but I basically lost it with him. And worry that I lost viewers/listeners too doing more to convince them that economists were obnoxious than that we had useful insights" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2021604927521620239) 2026-02-11T15:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Well it's just stupid not to vote for the person closer to your views among the only two candidates (whoever they are) who can win. (See: Trump is President.) But enjoy your self-righteousness. A non-exhaustive list of Democrat potential presidential candidates for whom I (and many Leftists) will *NEVER* vote no matter how terrible the Republican is: Kamala Harris Pete Buttigieg Gavin Newsome Josh Shapiro Cory Booker Take note @DNC A non-exhaustive list of Democrat potential presidential candidates for whom I (and many Leftists) will *NEVER* vote no matter how terrible the Republican is:" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2021774020803547217) 2026-02-12T02:31Z [---] followers, [---] engagements ""The economy decides" Jon Stewart: "It does strike me that as soon as workers start to demand higher wages and as soon as government stimulates on the demand side.suddenly the economy decides we're going to go into crisis mode and hyper-inflate everything." Yes there's no way his economic ideas are https://t.co/G4NbNUl9wY Jon Stewart: "It does strike me that as soon as workers start to demand higher wages and as soon as government stimulates on the demand side.suddenly the economy decides we're going to go into crisis mode and hyper-inflate everything." Yes there's no way his economic ideas" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2022062904212967933) 2026-02-12T21:38Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Oh boo hoo. Three European governments accuse me - based on statements I never made -with a virulence and conviction that they have NEVER used against those who have slaughtered 20000+ children in [---] days. Three European governments accuse me - based on statements I never made -with a virulence and conviction that they have NEVER used against those who have slaughtered 20000+ children in [---] days" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2022178020178677892) 2026-02-13T05:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "No we have [--] years to ignore them. Leftists are telling you [--] years before the primary that we will not vote for Gavin Newsom if he's the nominee. You have [--] years to find someone else. Leftists are telling you [--] years before the primary that we will not vote for Gavin Newsom if he's the nominee. You have [--] years to find someone else" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2021731343487619488) 2026-02-11T23:41Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Have you heard of opera I have absolutely nothing against Bad Bunny as an artist Im just confused as to how a population that overwhelmingly speaks English is supposed to enjoy a performance in a language they dont understand. English is the language of America. https://t.co/o2HVyLlwY8 I have absolutely nothing against Bad Bunny as an artist Im just confused as to how a population that overwhelmingly speaks English is supposed to enjoy a performance in a language they dont understand. English is the language of America. https://t.co/o2HVyLlwY8" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2021013745028431895) 2026-02-10T00:10Z [---] followers, 48K engagements "I'd love to be at the job market seminar. This is truly terrifying. Watch the whole X-post. And bookmark the date. Feb [--] [----]. This post documents Claude Code writing an entire economics paper from ideation to completion in under [--] hours. @YanagizawaD I have not read the paper. I do not know if it makes sense. But I This is truly terrifying. Watch the whole X-post. And bookmark the date. Feb [--] [----]. This post documents Claude Code writing an entire economics paper from ideation to completion in under [--] hours. @YanagizawaD I have not read the paper. I do not know if it makes sense. But I" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2022114957555642709) 2026-02-13T01:05Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "@sndurlauf I don't disagree about the upper tails. But I'm not sure that's how we characterize a discipline. Anyway. Clearly no right answer about that question so we can both be right (or wrong)" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/2022885452982763697) 2026-02-15T04:07Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Ha A great paper" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1638268501847867392) 2023-03-21T19:57Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "It gets perpetuated when departments make having one a requirement for tenure. That's a lazy short-cut. At tenure review read the papers and evaluate them Especially when editors are entrenched at journals for decades why should others rely on them as the key arbiters" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1639075916537282562) 2023-03-24T01:25Z [---] followers, 38.1K engagements "Mediterranean sunset" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1640393763355869194) 2023-03-27T16:42Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "You can learn that in a PhD program. These are so unnecessary" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1640956598117081088) 2023-03-29T05:58Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "What is the TA budget UCSD told workers they can only afford 85% of the typical number of TA jobs next year. Meanwhile the UC Regents voted to give Chancellor Pradeep Khosla a $500000 raise. @UofCalifornia has the money for our contract. They just lack the will to implement it UCSD told workers they can only afford 85% of the typical number of TA jobs next year. Meanwhile the UC Regents voted to give Chancellor Pradeep Khosla a $500000 raise. @UofCalifornia has the money for our contract. They just lack the will to implement it" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1644794006474485760) 2023-04-08T20:07Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Strongly disagree and still looking for many examples of results that don't stand up to new methods. I maintain that careful researchers were considering the biases identified in the new literature albeit in a more ad hoc and less formal way" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1645222715136282625) 2023-04-10T00:30Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Agreed. Moreover @jenniferdoleac is a great hire. Implicit in these criticisms is a preposterous notion that if the finding of any one paper is counter to what advocates wish it to be that (1) the finding is wrong (2) the researcher should be disqualified from certain jobs (3) the researcher is biased. https://t.co/pHDAR5VqMf Implicit in these criticisms is a preposterous notion that if the finding of any one paper is counter to what advocates wish it to be that (1) the finding is wrong (2) the researcher should be disqualified from certain jobs (3) the researcher is biased." [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1646140646884003840) 2023-04-12T13:18Z [---] followers, 12.9K engagements "But to be fair their papers may have been under review for [--] years. Economists be like "Recent studies have examined this issue" then cite a paper from [----]. Economists be like "Recent studies have examined this issue" then cite a paper from 1998" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1647775918067273732) 2023-04-17T01:36Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "No fear here: [--]. All Too Well. [--]. Wildest Dreams. [--]. State of Grace. And honorable mention to Never Grow Up which my daughter and I danced to at her wedding last Sept. You wouldn't believe the number (and identities) of the people who have replied to me off-twitter for fear that the public might learn of their love for Taylor Swift and that might hurt their brand. You wouldn't believe the number (and identities) of the people who have replied to me off-twitter for fear that the public might learn of their love for Taylor Swift and that might hurt their brand" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1648472894312427521) 2023-04-18T23:45Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Yeah the problem we all face is that we don't like the edits that were forced on our Econometrica papers. #EconTwitter Tom Sargent on the refereeing process in economics: https://t.co/88gpsCMaks Tom Sargent on the refereeing process in economics: https://t.co/88gpsCMaks" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1649147858267041794) 2023-04-20T20:27Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "There is a good deal of price discrimination allowed in product markets that isn't allowed in labor markets. I don't think we have great rationales for this. Is there a theoretical basis for being comfortable with charging men more for car insurance It's statistical discrimination it's clear why firms do this and it seems fine with me. But do we have a theory for deciding which forms of statistical discrimination we are fine with https://t.co/LkipJ8bPsa Is there a theoretical basis for being comfortable with charging men more for car insurance It's statistical discrimination it's clear why" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1649769498357170176) 2023-04-22T13:37Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Borjas actually argues for many benefits of immigration but just argues that a small subset of workers gets hurt. Thread: I dont get why people like citing Borjas so much to argue against immigration. Taking Borjas' worst case scenario still makes a case for a liberalization of many aspects immigration policy relative to current conditions #econtwitter Thread: I dont get why people like citing Borjas so much to argue against immigration. Taking Borjas' worst case scenario still makes a case for a liberalization of many aspects immigration policy relative to current conditions #econtwitter" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1652007759565447170) 2023-04-28T17:51Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Congratulations Chloe Best start to the weekend celebrating @ChloeNEast tenure (And @a_velasquezg not able to celebrate yet) congratulations to both @CUDenver https://t.co/pBEgKVLCBg Best start to the weekend celebrating @ChloeNEast tenure (And @a_velasquezg not able to celebrate yet) congratulations to both @CUDenver https://t.co/pBEgKVLCBg" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1652322133153054720) 2023-04-29T14:41Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "A new and extensive survey of studies of the impact of the #minimumwage on many dimensions of health and related behaviors. The Effects of Minimum Wages on (Almost) Everything A Review of Recent Evidence on Health and Related Behaviors https://www.nber.org/papers/w31191#.ZE9LytTLBV0.twitter https://www.nber.org/papers/w31191#.ZE9LytTLBV0.twitter" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1652905842105270272) 2023-05-01T05:20Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "My advisor (Jim Medoff) gave me the same advice in [----]. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage https://t.co/cMxMO1D9gp I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1664659680793067523) 2023-06-02T15:46Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Way to go Daniel Congrats to @DanielFiroozi @UCIrvine economics Ph.D. #Classof2023 & @ucisocsci Outstanding Scholarship award winner Daniel is heading to @CMCnews in the fall as an asst prof. Learn more about his award-winning academic pursuits: https://t.co/QZ91N7l3CT #zotzotzot #ucipride https://t.co/6XxxcV8mwN Congrats to @DanielFiroozi @UCIrvine economics Ph.D. #Classof2023 & @ucisocsci Outstanding Scholarship award winner Daniel is heading to @CMCnews in the fall as an asst prof. Learn more about his award-winning academic pursuits: https://t.co/QZ91N7l3CT #zotzotzot #ucipride" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1664730440723464193) 2023-06-02T20:27Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Me too See you there Very excited about this opportunity to spend time at @HooverInst. I have been appointed a Visiting Fellow at the @HooverInst for the AY 2023-2024 year. I look forward to seeing more of my friends at Stanford. I have been appointed a Visiting Fellow at the @HooverInst for the AY 2023-2024 year. I look forward to seeing more of my friends at Stanford" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1672405025677770753) 2023-06-24T00:43Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Today's affirmative action decision is not like Roe v Wade in overturning precedent. The court had long expressed reservations about affirmative action with a nuanced decision in Bakke and a statement in Grutter that affirmative action should not be needed long term" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1674423763600031745) 2023-06-29T14:25Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "My cats' yin and yang interpretation" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1674919871778541568) 2023-06-30T23:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "I actually value the feedback from seminars above all else. That's also why I'm not averse to econ seminar culture. I want people to probe for weaknesses because they inevitably think of things I haven't thought of. "The main reason why you give a seminar is to advertise the work. Originally I thought the point was to get comments but I now believe its the networking; people get to see the work they get to understand it and you get to clarify what they dont understand." Daron Acemolu "The main reason why you give a seminar is to advertise the work. Originally I thought the point was to get" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1682983106620567552) 2023-07-23T05:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "This seems like investment in human capital and R&D with an added concern for national security implications. That seems far from protectionist industrial policy. Here are policies that the Hoover Institution recommends to improve the U.S.' long-term competitiveness in the semiconductor industry. Folks Reaganomics is over. Industrial policy has won. All that's left is to hash out the details of what the new world looks like. https://t.co/MDnr2slvu8 Here are policies that the Hoover Institution recommends to improve the U.S.' long-term competitiveness in the semiconductor industry. Folks" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1686249017196662784) 2023-08-01T05:34Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "As a third cousin of Leon Trotsky I guess I now have something in common with Prigozhin's family. Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia with nine other people on board also dead https://t.co/MyWc67NhPa Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia with nine other people on board also dead https://t.co/MyWc67NhPa" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1694438964638408802) 2023-08-23T19:58Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@ojblanchard1 I trust you didn't turn a deaf ear to that advice" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1695198717102436643) 2023-08-25T22:17Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "The #minimumwage literature is an interesting exception where journal editors have been quite open to replication/re-evaluation papers. Interesting question why this is so more than other topics and why on so many topics editors are uninterested in this kind of inquiry. Interesting article about the low impact of replication failures in psych. I think similar questions can be asked of econ. Every couple years we have some methodological advance that proves the old ways unreliable. Are we very interested in knowing which old results hold up Interesting article about the low impact of" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1696894417678811368) 2023-08-30T14:35Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Agreed Stunning day on MSUs campus. We U.S. academics find things to complain about salaries teaching loads parking but we are incredibly privileged to work on college campuses and think for a living. https://t.co/veUJL3x7je Stunning day on MSUs campus. We U.S. academics find things to complain about salaries teaching loads parking but we are incredibly privileged to work on college campuses and think for a living. https://t.co/veUJL3x7je" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1697339025072542099) 2023-08-31T20:02Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Don't scream. Do it. Even more important -- study the questions that interest you and you think are important. That's what makes all we go through worth it. If you want to do what others tell you to do go to the private sector and make more money. Next time I hear the advice that people should pick big questions with imperfect identification over less important but better identified ones I am going to scream. This is not the game this profession is playing. Next time I hear the advice that people should pick big questions with imperfect identification over less important but better identified" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1699518888038257008) 2023-09-06T20:24Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "I once had a Congressman yell at me for talking about the #minimumwage when I had never worked a min wage job. I replied "my brother-in-law is a highly-qualified cardiologist even though he's never had a heart attack." (Still don't know how I came back with that one so quickly.) You havent really lived until a member of Congress has yelled at you. https://t.co/DgLSKiie5i You havent really lived until a member of Congress has yelled at you. https://t.co/DgLSKiie5i" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1705827728950468712) 2023-09-24T06:13Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "There is only one country in the world for which people make excuses and offer justifications when civilians are slaughtered. I don't know for sure whether that is anti-Semitism but it sure smells like it" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1711104937134883095) 2023-10-08T19:43Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@IAMRI0T @StopAntisemites No one is contesting the right to take signs down. But if you take a public action you can also be called out publicly for those actions" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1721146088391073879) 2023-11-05T12:42Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "I too would like to hear more including why whoever is making this decision thinks it makes sense and why they think there is nothing to the sexual harassment claims. Why Why Why Why is IZA replacing Simon Jager (who had done great things for IZA) with Armin Falk who has been embroiled in sexual harrassment allegations. This [--] page letter is not giving me the context to understand this https://t.co/m5FvjL74Hi. https://t.co/H15rbD0pLU Why Why Why Why is IZA replacing Simon Jager (who had done great things for IZA) with Armin Falk who has been embroiled in sexual harrassment allegations. This 1" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1723075555594297577) 2023-11-10T20:30Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Is there still no word from @iza_bonn or Falk" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1725041181753737451) 2023-11-16T06:40Z [---] followers, 10.2K engagements "This is exactly the point. A leader of a prestigious organization should be beyond reproach not just "not proven guilty." Appointment to leadership not akin to a criminal trial--guilty or innocent. Leadership is a privilege earned through trust. Armin Falk has lost that trust. Appointment to leadership not akin to a criminal trial--guilty or innocent. Leadership is a privilege earned through trust. Armin Falk has lost that trust" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1725225784514920679) 2023-11-16T18:54Z [---] followers, 18.5K engagements "First time you and I signed the same letter I bet @NeumarkEcon @BosslerMario Agreed. @NeumarkEcon @BosslerMario Agreed" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1725306913158758595) 2023-11-17T00:16Z [---] followers, 17.6K engagements "Is it remotely possible that IZA will ignore a letter signed by approaching 1/2 of fellows saying they will resign if the decision is not rescinded Unfortunately I think the answer may be yes. Strange hill to die on. There many great candidates to lead IZA. A number of people have reached out because they would like to add their signature to the "IZA letter" even if the letters have been sent. Given the demand we decided to re-open signatures. If you are a fellow or affiliate request access and you will receive a link. A number of people have reached out because they would like to add their" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1726415475482202135) 2023-11-20T01:41Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "I don't think these are the criteria. I make RAs co-authors when they contribute intellectually to a project -- going above and beyond simply doing what I instruct them to do. Dunno I may be the only contrarian on this. Offering co-authorship to RAs will only widen inequalities in the field. People that are doing PHDs at top schools will now have more top-5 (or equvalent papers) even before beginning the tenure track. Dunno I may be the only contrarian on this. Offering co-authorship to RAs will only widen inequalities in the field. People that are doing PHDs at top schools will now have more" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1754941115508428937) 2024-02-06T18:52Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "My paper on #agediscrimination in hiring is out at @J_HumanResource. I provide evidence of age discrimination but also evidence that making early stages of the hiring process age-blind reduces discrimination. https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/59/1/1 https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/59/1/1" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1758188776260845650) 2024-02-15T17:57Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "@SFJCRC @SJSU Universities should simply expel students who interfere with lectures and events in a manner that prevents them from being held or stops speakers from speaking. That's how we protect free speech" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1759759537819828444) 2024-02-20T01:59Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "You can just turn down that TA assignment. But I disagree with the premise. You will learn a ton by TAing grad students. When you have to explain things to others--that's when you really understand the material. If doing well in 1st year econ classes leads to TAing the core and PhD TA assignments are strictly worse than both UG TA and RA in terms of what the job market values is doing well in the core a strictly dominated strategy (Assume student w/ applied interests) If doing well in 1st year econ classes leads to TAing the core and PhD TA assignments are strictly worse than both UG TA and" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1762920780873261318) 2024-02-28T19:20Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Plus in general lots of policies change at borders at least state borders. And for other issues especially in relation to @minimumwage effects see Now forthcoming in JPE Micro. https://www.cesifo.org/en/publications/2022/working-paper/whats-across-border-re-evaluating-cross-border-evidence-minimum https://www.cesifo.org/en/publications/2022/working-paper/whats-across-border-re-evaluating-cross-border-evidence-minimum" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1764420904820326558) 2024-03-03T22:41Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "@profsamperry A few things. [--]. Too few publications esp moving beyond the dissertation. [--]. Too much co-authorship with senior scholars/former advisors making it hard to identify individual creativity. [--]. Not enough pipeline signaling future productivity. [--]. Lack of recognition/impact" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1769252946595004602) 2024-03-17T06:42Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Big surprise. (And don't respond "But Card and Krueger.") https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-food-drink/california-food-chains-laying-off-workers-ahead-new-minimum-wage-law https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-food-drink/california-food-chains-laying-off-workers-ahead-new-minimum-wage-law" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1772496229764825431) 2024-03-26T05:30Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "@johannarickne @Jopieboy @OlleFolke Always gotta be careful with heavily saturated models when some dummies get dropped. What looks like a treatment effect might not be. I always advise students to think through what is getting dropped and why to avoid this error" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1773084853862318377) 2024-03-27T20:29Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Funny sometimes I feel the same way. I would prefer to not keep writing more minimum wage papers. I've other things to write about. But when people write bad papers claiming they found some flaws in my papers I have to spend time writing more minimum wage papers to explain why said papers were bad. Such is life. I would prefer to not keep writing more minimum wage papers. I've other things to write about. But when people write bad papers claiming they found some flaws in my papers I have to spend time writing more minimum wage papers to explain why said papers were bad. Such is life" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1775723898459591133) 2024-04-04T03:15Z [---] followers, 29.8K engagements "JUE special issue on Race Social Justice & Cities is finally out Thanks to authors and my other co-editors @leah_boustan and Nate Baum-Snow https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-urban-economics/vol/141/suppl/C https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-urban-economics/vol/141/suppl/C" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1775920921284632680) 2024-04-04T16:18Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "This evidence on MW effects in the hairdressing sector is interesting. Mostly passed through to prices. I think that's a reasonable expectation--likely very inelastic demand (said the bald guy) and little if any scope for input substitution. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0927537124000356 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0927537124000356" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1777388293287809490) 2024-04-08T17:29Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "There are income effects and substitution effects. Wealth windfalls have income effects only. Higher "incomes" usually means higher wages which can have substitution effects that reduce fertility. Higher incomes tend to lower fertility rates which makes it fascinating that windfall gains in housing wealth tend to increase fertility. The injustices of privatized land rents might be quite literally transferring the ability to have kids from the landless to the landed. Higher incomes tend to lower fertility rates which makes it fascinating that windfall gains in housing wealth tend to increase" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1777909974230094010) 2024-04-10T04:02Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "What a story/eulogy. Thanks for sharing. I imagine many of us have older (then younger) scholars who helped make us what we are. I'm devastated about the loss of my dear friend collaborator and role model in all things Bernie Weisberger who died yesterday at [---]. Among other things which I'll get to in a moment there's no way I would have survived the UChicago Econ PhD program without him close by. /1 I'm devastated about the loss of my dear friend collaborator and role model in all things Bernie Weisberger who died yesterday at [---]. Among other things which I'll get to in a moment there's no" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1778441279959187582) 2024-04-11T15:13Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Theory doesn't tell us what AI will do. It predicts what AI might do if the world matches the model reasonably well. That's a useful exercise but let's describe the conclusions more cautiously. An important new paper being presented at the NBER Organizations meeting right now (live link below) It uses the theory of hierarchies in organizations to understand what AI will do to the labor market https://t.co/I70sATyklv An important new paper being presented at the NBER Organizations meeting right now (live link below) It uses the theory of hierarchies in organizations to understand what AI will" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1778879048510259338) 2024-04-12T20:13Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Yeah I can't think of anything that happened recently that might trigger disgust with Palestinian leadership and recognition of why there has to be a Jewish state. Ironic () that Hamas has made clear the imperative for Zionism. I know someone who went from ardent support of Palestine/self-determination/anticolonialism to Zionist apologist literally overnight. All it took was a promotion to a senior managerial position and a tripled salary. Money & power are serious drugs. I know someone who went from ardent support of Palestine/self-determination/anticolonialism to Zionist apologist literally" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1781444325160927256) 2024-04-19T22:06Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Are you claiming they are agitators from pro-Israel groups or hard-core antisemitic Islamists If the former this is continuing proof that the hard left is as loony and conspiracy-minded as the hard right. As a Ferguson activist I know what its like to have agitators infiltrate our movement manipulate the press & fuel the suppression of dissent by public officials & law enforcement. We must reject these tactics to silence anti-war activists demanding divestment from genocide. As a Ferguson activist I know what its like to have agitators infiltrate our movement manipulate the press & fuel the" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1782605616361718035) 2024-04-23T03:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "The coffee in Melbourne is insanely good Visiting Melbourne. Just learned what a Magic is. Would recommend. Strongly. https://t.co/5wAxMKJ1Lr Visiting Melbourne. Just learned what a Magic is. Would recommend. Strongly. https://t.co/5wAxMKJ1Lr" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1783337222697308658) 2024-04-25T03:28Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Anyone who doesn't think this is immoral and appalling needs to take a serious look in the mirror. A graduate @Northeastern flashes the "Red Hands" symbol at a commencement ceremony. The image became an iconic symbol of the Second Intifada after Palestinian terrorists held up their bloody hands as the crowd cheered after lynching [--] Israelis who took a wrong turn into Ramallah. https://t.co/EFBqBGxTAA A graduate @Northeastern flashes the "Red Hands" symbol at a commencement ceremony. The image became an iconic symbol of the Second Intifada after Palestinian terrorists held up their bloody" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1787248878737367045) 2024-05-05T22:31Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "I know it's facile to say Hamas can end this war tomorrow by laying down arms with its leaders going into exile. But is there any question that Palestinians in Gaza wouldn't be better off with Hamas gone and a technocratic PA government with strong moderate Arab support" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1787931243612618874) 2024-05-07T19:43Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Seems a bit contrary to "replication file." Zucman executed this change by sleight of hand. In October [----] - with no announcement - he deleted the old replication file for his QJE paper from his @UCBerkeley website and replaced it with the new numbers. He only restored the old file after he was caught & heavily criticized https://t.co/6G5wVrWh2e Zucman executed this change by sleight of hand. In October [----] - with no announcement - he deleted the old replication file for his QJE paper from his @UCBerkeley website and replaced it with the new numbers. He only restored the old file after he" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1788770052826964169) 2024-05-10T03:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "She has trouble accepting the possibility that voters just decided they didn't like Bowman. I have no problem with calling out the role of money in politics -- but why just AIPAC If you watch this it is just dishonest; its not credible that the motivation for the donations to Latimer was to harm Democrats overall prospects in November or that Latimers victory will have that effect. If you watch this it is just dishonest; its not credible that the motivation for the donations to Latimer was to harm Democrats overall prospects in November or that Latimers victory will have that effect" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1806363282158055671) 2024-06-27T16:25Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Equilibrium. Like the difference between Becker's model of individual discriminatory behavior and what it might imply about discriminatory wage differences at the market level. @BrianCAlbrecht @ericfruits What are the mathematical techniques of price theory if not individual constrained optimization @BrianCAlbrecht @ericfruits What are the mathematical techniques of price theory if not individual constrained optimization" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1811102764975763461) 2024-07-10T18:18Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Are you trying to convince more and more people to never buy a Tesla My next car will be electric but another brand. Congratulations @JDVance1 Excellent decision by @realDonaldTrump. Congratulations @JDVance1 Excellent decision by @realDonaldTrump" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1812937125572006154) 2024-07-15T19:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Seems a little tautological no Compelling paper from @adhami_mohamad @ChadJonesEcon @PeteKlenow finding that population growth accounts for a huge portion of long term welfare increases https://t.co/y4cEnx7W14 Compelling paper from @adhami_mohamad @ChadJonesEcon @PeteKlenow finding that population growth accounts for a huge portion of long term welfare increases https://t.co/y4cEnx7W14" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1815596986575581421) 2024-07-23T03:57Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "I didn't know IO papers actually get published. Paper was just accepted (literally b/w prior thread and now) at the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics 🥳 Can only recommend the journal for IO papers Fast turnaround and very helpful comments from @matthewgrennan and referees Paper was just accepted (literally b/w prior thread and now) at the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics 🥳 Can only recommend the journal for IO papers Fast turnaround and very helpful comments from @matthewgrennan and referees" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1816951118255259940) 2024-07-26T21:37Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "@Mario_Macis Correct and hard to believe this requires explaining" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1821553496539435047) 2024-08-08T14:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@HilaryHoynes This is one of the most important research areas I've seen in a long time. Flips the script from "don't make safety net too strong because it discourages work." Kids clearly don't "choose" to be poor whatever your perspective on adult behavior/incentives" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1832096984708382785) 2024-09-06T16:42Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "@Mario_Macis Agree it's a silly characterization and to some extent these other places are more geared to empirical analysis in support of an agenda. (My perspective as an empiricist.)" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1832532738047668652) 2024-09-07T21:33Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Our paper evaluating the border-design strategy and results from Dube/Lester/Reich's influential paper on #minimumwage effects on restaurant employment is now an @nberpubs Working Paper (and forthcoming in JPE Micro--kudos for publishing replications). https://www.nber.org/papers/w32901utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6 https://www.nber.org/papers/w32901utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1833122860295963028) 2024-09-09T12:38Z [---] followers, 14.8K engagements "Testing for statistical discrimination by gender when there is a choice about how strongly to signal gender. A common issue in online and perhaps other labor markets. https://www.nber.org/papers/w32929utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6 https://www.nber.org/papers/w32929utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1833152150815309842) 2024-09-09T14:35Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Kinda hard after the convention and when his family runs the RNC. Trump says poll show that he won the debate more evidence of serious dementia. I wonder if the Republicans will remove him from the ticket Trump says poll show that he won the debate more evidence of serious dementia. I wonder if the Republicans will remove him from the ticket" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1833736587714453661) 2024-09-11T05:17Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "You haven't read the #minimumwage literature. My experience as a reader (and reviewer) of empirical IO is that is nearly impossible to sneak dubious advocacy work into a top economics journal. (Law reviews and practitioner journals are another story unfortunately). I can only think of one such mistake in the past decade. My experience as a reader (and reviewer) of empirical IO is that is nearly impossible to sneak dubious advocacy work into a top economics journal. (Law reviews and practitioner journals are another story unfortunately). I can only think of one such mistake in the past decade" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1834687619831300264) 2024-09-13T20:16Z [---] followers, 12.8K engagements "This is an absurd and dangerous charge. Neither Trump nor Vance should be anywhere near power. I'd say the most important difference is that people on your team tried to kill Donald Trump twice. I'd say the most important difference is that people on your team tried to kill Donald Trump twice" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1836144663734161830) 2024-09-17T20:46Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "He was a great economist. He seems to have gone off the deep end. What happened THROWBACK: Prof. Jeffrey Sachs says the most violent country in the world since [----] has been the United States The moderator angrily cuts him off and the audience erupts into applause https://t.co/uIslCL19ys https://t.co/he9aC2s5FH THROWBACK: Prof. Jeffrey Sachs says the most violent country in the world since [----] has been the United States The moderator angrily cuts him off and the audience erupts into applause https://t.co/uIslCL19ys https://t.co/he9aC2s5FH" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1837137427582074957) 2024-09-20T14:31Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "You're right in that Vance says untrue things quite articulately. Sen. @JDVance appeared confident calm and in command of policy issues. Gov. Walz appeared nervous over prepared and inarticulate. Mr. Vances strategy was to soften his image increase his likability and appear presidential. He succeeded. I honestly cant decipher what Mr. https://t.co/z1Mp0Mt1mw Sen. @JDVance appeared confident calm and in command of policy issues. Gov. Walz appeared nervous over prepared and inarticulate. Mr. Vances strategy was to soften his image increase his likability and appear presidential. He succeeded. I" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1841310979113796075) 2024-10-02T02:55Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "If Vance doesn't want more immigrants because they fill schools and push up housing prices why does he want women to have more babies Could it be the color of their skin" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1841528039483834658) 2024-10-02T17:17Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "And "schlonged" seems like a poor word choice. This race keeps getting crazier and crazier here we have Donald Trump expressing solidarity with convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein. This race keeps getting crazier and crazier here we have Donald Trump expressing solidarity with convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1847392085709910524) 2024-10-18T21:39Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "The oligarchs are lining up. Has the WaPo removed that nonsense about "democracy dies in darkness." Obviously it is not a guiding principle at the paper. Has the WaPo removed that nonsense about "democracy dies in darkness." Obviously it is not a guiding principle at the paper" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1849985768153903581) 2024-10-26T01:25Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "New @nberpubs working paper finds strong adverse employment effects of #minimumwage on low-skilled blacks little impact for low-skilled whites. Potentially significant for thinking about race gap in employment. https://www.nber.org/papers/w33167 https://www.nber.org/papers/w33167" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1858534573388472329) 2024-11-18T15:35Z [---] followers, 10.5K engagements "I think this is a bad idea. The goal of a lit review isn't to list the relevant papers and show that you're aware of them. It's to think about the papers critically and argue how your research contributes given the weaknesses and limitations of that work. I.e. think. Finding relevant papers for literature review takes a lot of time. So MIT researchers built Undermind an AI-powered search engine. It can generate well-researched overviews on any topic and is 10-50 times better than Google Scholar. Here's how to use it: Finding relevant papers for literature review takes a lot of time. So MIT" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1859417080686321946) 2024-11-21T02:02Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Feedback please #econtwitter. Adverse effects of minimum wages on low-skilled employment fall mainly on Black individuals from @NeumarkEcon and Jyotsana Kala https://t.co/mREeqiLAZ1 https://t.co/U1oTjLEtgd Adverse effects of minimum wages on low-skilled employment fall mainly on Black individuals from @NeumarkEcon and Jyotsana Kala https://t.co/mREeqiLAZ1 https://t.co/U1oTjLEtgd" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1860479792673620320) 2024-11-24T00:25Z [---] followers, 24.6K engagements "@nberpubs @metrics52 @MarcDiederichs I've always said the single best predictor I've seen of PhD student success is the quality of the first written work I see from them suggesting our value added isn't all that high" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1872662122607550939) 2024-12-27T15:13Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "Please come take my labor econ class. I see an opportunity for high value added. All labor is skilled labor. Who determines what skilled labor is The ruling class. Its used to justify poverty wages. All labor is skilled labor. Who determines what skilled labor is The ruling class. Its used to justify poverty wages" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1874138651015471130) 2024-12-31T17:00Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Very thoughtful response. I'm convinced. In the end it meant nothing. Just another one of Neumark's ramblings In the end it meant nothing. Just another one of Neumark's ramblings" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1885184441938796863) 2025-01-31T04:32Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "Fascinating paper on researcher bias in work on immigration by Borjas and others. Thank god this never happens in research on the #minimumwage. https://www.nber.org/papers/w33274 https://www.nber.org/papers/w33274" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/1871570116678463536) 2024-12-24T14:54Z [---] followers, 25.4K engagements "Why do you only cite the rock stars for advice and insight into the profession Most econ faculty are in very different environments and would benefit from advice of their more senior peers. I'm afraid you are reinforcing the "only superstars have something valuable to say" view. Daron Acemolu speaking in [----] about the publication process in economics: https://t.co/8jScpAxMXJ Daron Acemolu speaking in [----] about the publication process in economics: https://t.co/8jScpAxMXJ" [X Link](https://x.com/NeumarkEcon/status/1691169404921483265) 2023-08-14T19:26Z [---] followers, 29.9K engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
@NeumarkEcon David NeumarkDavid Neumark posts on X about in the, paper, if you, phd the most. They currently have [---] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @nberpubs @jayphoward @mariomacis @jaredgi31875156 @janetheactuary @chargrahn @bleblan68656830 @stevegarciamd @americanoddguy @sloanfoundation @zoebcullen @ederenoncourt @ludwigstraub @assafzim @waymo @franceskalbs @ezraklein @melaniatrumps @joshrauh @wsj
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"My daughter told me they discussed one of my papers (on living wages) at summer camp. Unusual summer camp to be sure. Is there any better feeling as an economist mom than when your kid texts you a photo from his college econ class showing a lecture slide citing one of your papers. 🥰☺ Is there any better feeling as an economist mom than when your kid texts you a photo from his college econ class showing a lecture slide citing one of your papers. 🥰☺"
X Link 2024-01-23T04:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"That can be true which can give us a result like this in some settings. These meta-analysis tools are based on a framework where what varies across studies is just sample size and hence precision. When estimates and precision vary for other reasons I don't see their validity. @NeumarkEcon So if I could re-phrase: The empirical strategies that are most credible -- in the sense that they are most likely to recover a causal effect -- may also be the more imprecise ones @NeumarkEcon So if I could re-phrase: The empirical strategies that are most credible -- in the sense that they are most likely"
X Link 2024-02-18T15:34Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Here's the argument formally in relation to public sector workers extracting rents based on local amenities. https://www.aeaweb.org/articlesid=10.1257/pol.6.2.198 Areas w high private sector wages have. -Higher tax rates -Average quality public goods -Higher public-sector wage premiums Are governments leveraging their local attractiveness to extracts rents.and generating spatial missallocation in the process https://t.co/J5lre6fgvW https://t.co/v8GNYvPecQ https://www.aeaweb.org/articlesid=10.1257/pol.6.2.198 Areas w high private sector wages have. -Higher tax rates -Average quality public"
X Link 2024-02-19T15:10Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Do you think the narrowness of the schools on this list suggests missing some outstanding scholars outside the top departments I think Econ is worse on this dimension than other fields. (And yes I recognize that on average the best young scholars are at the best places.) Congrats to the wonderful new @SloanFoundation Research Fellows I don't know all of them personally but I have learned much from their work. Keep changing the world @zoebcullen Eduardo Davila @EDerenoncourt Laura Doval Maryam Kilian Ryota Iijima and @ludwigstraub https://t.co/bSr15Eiw27 Congrats to the wonderful new"
X Link 2024-02-22T08:01Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Does IIA hold These discrete choice models are getting out of control. https://t.co/2eMmjXF9YJ These discrete choice models are getting out of control. https://t.co/2eMmjXF9YJ"
X Link 2024-02-27T09:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"No equilibrium True False Uncertain. Briefly explain. https://t.co/jQq14IPrnU True False Uncertain. Briefly explain. https://t.co/jQq14IPrnU"
X Link 2024-03-09T21:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"My op-ed on the California fast-food #minimumwage. Editors not authors pen the title. In this case I don't think "crazy" is an overstatement. (I expect a study from Michael Reich within weeks showing that fast-food employment skyrocketed.)"
X Link 2024-04-01T18:39Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"I wouldn't mind paying more for my fast food to get more income to poor families. But. [--]. Lots of fast food workers aren't in poor families. [--]. Lots of poor families are also going to pay the higher prices (and a much larger share of their income)"
X Link 2024-04-04T16:21Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Do they reveal individual hiring managers' names or just company names My understanding is that companies/corporations are not human subjects. Very curious how IRB approved this. Core of IRB is protecting dignity of subjects privacy cost/ benefit etc. Obviously there are zillions of correspondence studies (originated in sociology) but those report aggregated data and afaik do not reveal subjects names or employers https://t.co/MYNdM6bxZr Very curious how IRB approved this. Core of IRB is protecting dignity of subjects privacy cost/ benefit etc. Obviously there are zillions of correspondence"
X Link 2024-04-09T21:32Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@assafzim And before anyone says "what about you and your minimum wage research" I suggest you take a closer look at how my conclusions have sometimes differed (e.g. on living wages reducing poverty) and read this: https://www.forbes.com/sites/modeledbehavior/2015/07/29/in-praise-of-david-neumark/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/modeledbehavior/2015/07/29/in-praise-of-david-neumark/"
X Link 2024-09-13T20:54Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Trying to block anti-Semitic posts anti-Palestinian posts and posts from right-wing kooks to make @X more useful and palatable. Hope there is something left Economics politics cats Taylor Swift"
X Link 2024-09-26T21:32Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"OK this is cool. @Waymo"
X Link 2024-11-02T20:31Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"I disagree with her on a lot but she does her homework. AOC: This is quite a bit of market concentration. Wouldn't you agree CVS HEALTH CHAIR DAVID JOYNER: No. I'd suggest it's a model that works really well for the consumer AOC: I think it works well for CVS. Health insurance gets a cut pharmacy benefit manager gets a cut drug https://t.co/2oJtb5boIk AOC: This is quite a bit of market concentration. Wouldn't you agree CVS HEALTH CHAIR DAVID JOYNER: No. I'd suggest it's a model that works really well for the consumer AOC: I think it works well for CVS. Health insurance gets a cut pharmacy"
X Link 2026-01-22T22:55Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"People actually just get better at research. I tell my students they will quickly transition from too few ideas and too much time to too many ideas and not enough time. Nobody talks about it but you see these super-bright PhD students putting out "only" 2-3 good papers over a period of 4-5 years. Then when they get a research position they generally start churning out 2-3 papers PER year. Its not like defending your thesis changes anything Nobody talks about it but you see these super-bright PhD students putting out "only" 2-3 good papers over a period of 4-5 years. Then when they get a"
X Link 2026-01-24T21:33Z [---] followers, 14.8K engagements
"But no one say Russia or China doesn't have a right to exist or refuses to engage with those who believe Israel does. I agree not all criticism of Israel is antisemitism obviously. But do you see this point We criticise Chinas human rights without attacking Chinese people. We criticise Putin's warmongering without criticising Russian people. Criticising Israel is not anti-Semitism. Not even a little bit. We criticise Chinas human rights without attacking Chinese people. We criticise Putin's warmongering without criticising Russian people. Criticising Israel is not anti-Semitism. Not even a"
X Link 2026-01-25T20:50Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"No I want peace. If you think that Hamas should disarm but you don't think that the IDF should disarm then you don't want peace - you want ethno-domination. If you think that Hamas should disarm but you don't think that the IDF should disarm then you don't want peace - you want ethno-domination"
X Link 2026-01-27T20:50Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"This can be the same person. I've watched 100+ PhD students pick their advisors. The ones who chase the famous name They burn out by year two. The ones who pick the person who actually mentors They publish. They finish. They thrive. Reputation gets you in the door. Mentorship gets you through it. I've watched 100+ PhD students pick their advisors. The ones who chase the famous name They burn out by year two. The ones who pick the person who actually mentors They publish. They finish. They thrive. Reputation gets you in the door. Mentorship gets you through it"
X Link 2026-01-27T20:52Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Gee I wonder. Demilitarising Gaza @FranceskAlbs in Dec: "Why is the occupied Palestinian territory. unlawfully occupied by Israel to be demilitarised. something imposed on the Palestinians. the oppressed occupied people but there is no conditionality imposed on the unlawful occupier"🎯 https://t.co/SkDMMuCP9f Demilitarising Gaza @FranceskAlbs in Dec: "Why is the occupied Palestinian territory. unlawfully occupied by Israel to be demilitarised. something imposed on the Palestinians. the oppressed occupied people but there is no conditionality imposed on the unlawful occupier"🎯"
X Link 2026-01-27T23:51Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Up your meds. Israel controls our government and our media. I dont give a single fuck what you have to say about it. Its obvious. Where are the Epstein files BTW Yeah. Israel controls our government and our media. I dont give a single fuck what you have to say about it. Its obvious. Where are the Epstein files BTW Yeah"
X Link 2026-01-28T14:37Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"I'd love to see what happens if you probe on the minimum wage. My experience is that if I ask AI about an academic topic where I know the scholarship is flawed it will give me the naive consensus as if it were authoritative. If I try to scrutinize it will defend that consensus for a couple prompts. But fairly quickly if I keep pressing it My experience is that if I ask AI about an academic topic where I know the scholarship is flawed it will give me the naive consensus as if it were authoritative. If I try to scrutinize it will defend that consensus for a couple prompts. But fairly quickly if"
X Link 2026-01-28T20:17Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"I think the results in this research with Jyotsana Kala provide important new evidence on the #minimumwage. Specifically they widen rather than narrowing black-white disparities. https://www.cato.org/research-briefs-economic-policy/minimum-wages-racial-disparities https://www.cato.org/research-briefs-economic-policy/minimum-wages-racial-disparities"
X Link 2026-01-29T12:39Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Students who disrupt events on campuses should be punished period. I'd favor one semester no refund suspensions. It's interfering with education. It's not free speech. They can organize their own events with the same rules. Why would these students believe this about @ezraklein (I admire his sangfroid during the whole incident.) Why would these students believe this about @ezraklein (I admire his sangfroid during the whole incident.)"
X Link 2026-01-30T21:34Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"As if this is scholarship. Claire Rosen Sultan an anti-Israel activist just published a paper in Postcolonial Studies that rails against "Jewish American Zionists (JAZ)". But the most sickening part was not her stupid arguments which we have seen and debunked before. It was that she decided to https://t.co/4Xvp1ILv2Q Claire Rosen Sultan an anti-Israel activist just published a paper in Postcolonial Studies that rails against "Jewish American Zionists (JAZ)". But the most sickening part was not her stupid arguments which we have seen and debunked before. It was that she decided to"
X Link 2026-01-31T05:08Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Sure. Kneepads worn out yet https://store.gavinnewsom.com/kneepads/ I absolutely loved First Lady @MELANIATRUMPs new film. I saw it tonight and I highly recommend it. The film provides a behind the scenes and intimate look inside the preparation and process to become First Lady of the United States. I dont like watching movies. I dont https://store.gavinnewsom.com/kneepads/ I absolutely loved First Lady @MELANIATRUMPs new film. I saw it tonight and I highly recommend it. The film provides a behind the scenes and intimate look inside the preparation and process to become First Lady of the"
X Link 2026-01-31T14:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Well Dreyfus didn't actually do anything. The mainstreaming of the genocide libel is one of the great scandals of our timea coordinated campaign that unfolded with breathtaking speed after October 7th. Just five days after Hamass mass murder of Israeli Jews historian Raz Segal accused Israel of committing a The mainstreaming of the genocide libel is one of the great scandals of our timea coordinated campaign that unfolded with breathtaking speed after October 7th. Just five days after Hamass mass murder of Israeli Jews historian Raz Segal accused Israel of committing a"
X Link 2026-01-31T14:50Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Oh please. MELANIA the film. #1 Highest Opening In [--] Yrs (Doc) Loved By All - A CinemaScore https://t.co/HTVM0Cu2Jv MELANIA the film. #1 Highest Opening In [--] Yrs (Doc) Loved By All - A CinemaScore https://t.co/HTVM0Cu2Jv"
X Link 2026-02-01T02:08Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"If he pursues this lawsuit he'd have to testify under oath. Never going to happen. The President of the USA threatening to sue a comedian for making a joke about him. Please lecture me more about freedom of speech Americans. https://t.co/NXI99DuKnH The President of the USA threatening to sue a comedian for making a joke about him. Please lecture me more about freedom of speech Americans. https://t.co/NXI99DuKnH"
X Link 2026-02-02T15:30Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Won Kok. Sam's Grill. Z&Y. Kokkari. Kitchen Dumpling (Noe Valley). I'm on a quest to find every good restaurant in San Francisco. Give me your top [--] to [--] recommendations Anything is good from lunch cafes and bakeries to fine dining. No East Bay no Peninsula.just San Francisco I'm on a quest to find every good restaurant in San Francisco. Give me your top [--] to [--] recommendations Anything is good from lunch cafes and bakeries to fine dining. No East Bay no Peninsula.just San Francisco"
X Link 2026-02-03T17:02Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Please don't run again. Greensboro Charlotte Columbia and Savannah: Im sorry I wont be able to see you this week. The venues in each city will be in touch soon with the rescheduled date. Stay safe stay warm and I will see you out there. https://t.co/yvDvHqq1e7 Greensboro Charlotte Columbia and Savannah: Im sorry I wont be able to see you this week. The venues in each city will be in touch soon with the rescheduled date. Stay safe stay warm and I will see you out there. https://t.co/yvDvHqq1e7"
X Link 2026-02-04T05:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@joshrauh Agreed"
X Link 2026-02-04T22:03Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"It must be so hard to read an opinion you disagree with. A friend called today to ask: What's going on with the @WSJ In the past few weeks the paper's op ed page has carried prominent articles by Iran's foreign minister Tim Walz Michael Blumenthal (an attack on Trump) and Rahm Emanuel that latest in a series of articles by A friend called today to ask: What's going on with the @WSJ In the past few weeks the paper's op ed page has carried prominent articles by Iran's foreign minister Tim Walz Michael Blumenthal (an attack on Trump) and Rahm Emanuel that latest in a series of articles by"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:46Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Strong disagree. Invaluable training for students. Hot take: it's good if Claude Code eliminates most econ RA positions. Most of them were pretty low-skilled anyways Instead students can focus on class independent research and other such things most of which are more fun and educational than RA work Hot take: it's good if Claude Code eliminates most econ RA positions. Most of them were pretty low-skilled anyways Instead students can focus on class independent research and other such things most of which are more fun and educational than RA work"
X Link 2026-02-06T03:45Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Long term would Cubans be better off in a democratic capitalist country Seems obvious to me. Labeling Cuba as a national security threat is a lie used to justify economic war. The goal is to crush the Cuban people manufacture a humanitarian catastrophe and force regime change at any cost. It is unconscionable and cruel. We must stop it. Labeling Cuba as a national security threat is a lie used to justify economic war. The goal is to crush the Cuban people manufacture a humanitarian catastrophe and force regime change at any cost. It is unconscionable and cruel. We must stop it"
X Link 2026-02-06T04:29Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@ashleytrubin This is and should be illegal. I don't know about my university overall but this never happened in my department"
X Link 2026-02-06T04:32Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"It wasn't genocide. It was a horrible war in an urban setting that started because of the Oct [--] attack. I'm not crazy about AIPAC by any means but fighting candidates pushing this lie is legit. I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive AIPAC is not our friend. They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws no matter your record they will work against you. They are a right-wing organization that I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive AIPAC is not our friend. They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:08Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"I can't think of anything objectionable in what she says or quotes. IYKYK failing to confront ideological capture will lead to civilizational ruin. Our youth should be fiercely proud of America and of the western project of modernity. https://t.co/8WY1IkSJJz IYKYK failing to confront ideological capture will lead to civilizational ruin. Our youth should be fiercely proud of America and of the western project of modernity. https://t.co/8WY1IkSJJz"
X Link 2026-02-08T15:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"It's this kind of extreme rejectionism that keeps dooming the Palestinians to failure. Former doctor Rahmeh Aladwan explains what Free Palestine means: The violent expulsion of every single single Jew and the theft of their property in order to create a 100% Arab ethnostate. https://t.co/Z5gmkgbO4d Former doctor Rahmeh Aladwan explains what Free Palestine means: The violent expulsion of every single single Jew and the theft of their property in order to create a 100% Arab ethnostate. https://t.co/Z5gmkgbO4d"
X Link 2026-02-08T15:38Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"You're kidding right There are numerous papers on this topic and Bryan Caplan's book on the topic presents a very distorted view of the evidence. Gregory Clark and Bryan Caplan (the latter in separate work) are challenging the claim that human capital has huge returns. They find returns closer to 0%-3%. This is something I have disagreements with (for reasons of interpretation causal mechanisms etc.) but I have not seen https://t.co/D2xTRLBs9Y Gregory Clark and Bryan Caplan (the latter in separate work) are challenging the claim that human capital has huge returns. They find returns closer to"
X Link 2026-02-10T05:38Z [---] followers, 18.9K engagements
"As they say both things can be true. The single worst interview I've ever done was with Jon Stewart. I normally try to be calm and level-headed but I basically lost it with him. And worry that I lost viewers/listeners too doing more to convince them that economists were obnoxious than that we had useful insights. The single worst interview I've ever done was with Jon Stewart. I normally try to be calm and level-headed but I basically lost it with him. And worry that I lost viewers/listeners too doing more to convince them that economists were obnoxious than that we had useful insights"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Well it's just stupid not to vote for the person closer to your views among the only two candidates (whoever they are) who can win. (See: Trump is President.) But enjoy your self-righteousness. A non-exhaustive list of Democrat potential presidential candidates for whom I (and many Leftists) will NEVER vote no matter how terrible the Republican is: Kamala Harris Pete Buttigieg Gavin Newsome Josh Shapiro Cory Booker Take note @DNC A non-exhaustive list of Democrat potential presidential candidates for whom I (and many Leftists) will NEVER vote no matter how terrible the Republican is:"
X Link 2026-02-12T02:31Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
""The economy decides" Jon Stewart: "It does strike me that as soon as workers start to demand higher wages and as soon as government stimulates on the demand side.suddenly the economy decides we're going to go into crisis mode and hyper-inflate everything." Yes there's no way his economic ideas are https://t.co/G4NbNUl9wY Jon Stewart: "It does strike me that as soon as workers start to demand higher wages and as soon as government stimulates on the demand side.suddenly the economy decides we're going to go into crisis mode and hyper-inflate everything." Yes there's no way his economic ideas"
X Link 2026-02-12T21:38Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Oh boo hoo. Three European governments accuse me - based on statements I never made -with a virulence and conviction that they have NEVER used against those who have slaughtered 20000+ children in [---] days. Three European governments accuse me - based on statements I never made -with a virulence and conviction that they have NEVER used against those who have slaughtered 20000+ children in [---] days"
X Link 2026-02-13T05:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"No we have [--] years to ignore them. Leftists are telling you [--] years before the primary that we will not vote for Gavin Newsom if he's the nominee. You have [--] years to find someone else. Leftists are telling you [--] years before the primary that we will not vote for Gavin Newsom if he's the nominee. You have [--] years to find someone else"
X Link 2026-02-11T23:41Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Have you heard of opera I have absolutely nothing against Bad Bunny as an artist Im just confused as to how a population that overwhelmingly speaks English is supposed to enjoy a performance in a language they dont understand. English is the language of America. https://t.co/o2HVyLlwY8 I have absolutely nothing against Bad Bunny as an artist Im just confused as to how a population that overwhelmingly speaks English is supposed to enjoy a performance in a language they dont understand. English is the language of America. https://t.co/o2HVyLlwY8"
X Link 2026-02-10T00:10Z [---] followers, 48K engagements
"I'd love to be at the job market seminar. This is truly terrifying. Watch the whole X-post. And bookmark the date. Feb [--] [----]. This post documents Claude Code writing an entire economics paper from ideation to completion in under [--] hours. @YanagizawaD I have not read the paper. I do not know if it makes sense. But I This is truly terrifying. Watch the whole X-post. And bookmark the date. Feb [--] [----]. This post documents Claude Code writing an entire economics paper from ideation to completion in under [--] hours. @YanagizawaD I have not read the paper. I do not know if it makes sense. But I"
X Link 2026-02-13T01:05Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@sndurlauf I don't disagree about the upper tails. But I'm not sure that's how we characterize a discipline. Anyway. Clearly no right answer about that question so we can both be right (or wrong)"
X Link 2026-02-15T04:07Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Ha A great paper"
X Link 2023-03-21T19:57Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"It gets perpetuated when departments make having one a requirement for tenure. That's a lazy short-cut. At tenure review read the papers and evaluate them Especially when editors are entrenched at journals for decades why should others rely on them as the key arbiters"
X Link 2023-03-24T01:25Z [---] followers, 38.1K engagements
"Mediterranean sunset"
X Link 2023-03-27T16:42Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"You can learn that in a PhD program. These are so unnecessary"
X Link 2023-03-29T05:58Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"What is the TA budget UCSD told workers they can only afford 85% of the typical number of TA jobs next year. Meanwhile the UC Regents voted to give Chancellor Pradeep Khosla a $500000 raise. @UofCalifornia has the money for our contract. They just lack the will to implement it UCSD told workers they can only afford 85% of the typical number of TA jobs next year. Meanwhile the UC Regents voted to give Chancellor Pradeep Khosla a $500000 raise. @UofCalifornia has the money for our contract. They just lack the will to implement it"
X Link 2023-04-08T20:07Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Strongly disagree and still looking for many examples of results that don't stand up to new methods. I maintain that careful researchers were considering the biases identified in the new literature albeit in a more ad hoc and less formal way"
X Link 2023-04-10T00:30Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Agreed. Moreover @jenniferdoleac is a great hire. Implicit in these criticisms is a preposterous notion that if the finding of any one paper is counter to what advocates wish it to be that (1) the finding is wrong (2) the researcher should be disqualified from certain jobs (3) the researcher is biased. https://t.co/pHDAR5VqMf Implicit in these criticisms is a preposterous notion that if the finding of any one paper is counter to what advocates wish it to be that (1) the finding is wrong (2) the researcher should be disqualified from certain jobs (3) the researcher is biased."
X Link 2023-04-12T13:18Z [---] followers, 12.9K engagements
"But to be fair their papers may have been under review for [--] years. Economists be like "Recent studies have examined this issue" then cite a paper from [----]. Economists be like "Recent studies have examined this issue" then cite a paper from 1998"
X Link 2023-04-17T01:36Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"No fear here: [--]. All Too Well. [--]. Wildest Dreams. [--]. State of Grace. And honorable mention to Never Grow Up which my daughter and I danced to at her wedding last Sept. You wouldn't believe the number (and identities) of the people who have replied to me off-twitter for fear that the public might learn of their love for Taylor Swift and that might hurt their brand. You wouldn't believe the number (and identities) of the people who have replied to me off-twitter for fear that the public might learn of their love for Taylor Swift and that might hurt their brand"
X Link 2023-04-18T23:45Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Yeah the problem we all face is that we don't like the edits that were forced on our Econometrica papers. #EconTwitter Tom Sargent on the refereeing process in economics: https://t.co/88gpsCMaks Tom Sargent on the refereeing process in economics: https://t.co/88gpsCMaks"
X Link 2023-04-20T20:27Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"There is a good deal of price discrimination allowed in product markets that isn't allowed in labor markets. I don't think we have great rationales for this. Is there a theoretical basis for being comfortable with charging men more for car insurance It's statistical discrimination it's clear why firms do this and it seems fine with me. But do we have a theory for deciding which forms of statistical discrimination we are fine with https://t.co/LkipJ8bPsa Is there a theoretical basis for being comfortable with charging men more for car insurance It's statistical discrimination it's clear why"
X Link 2023-04-22T13:37Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Borjas actually argues for many benefits of immigration but just argues that a small subset of workers gets hurt. Thread: I dont get why people like citing Borjas so much to argue against immigration. Taking Borjas' worst case scenario still makes a case for a liberalization of many aspects immigration policy relative to current conditions #econtwitter Thread: I dont get why people like citing Borjas so much to argue against immigration. Taking Borjas' worst case scenario still makes a case for a liberalization of many aspects immigration policy relative to current conditions #econtwitter"
X Link 2023-04-28T17:51Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Congratulations Chloe Best start to the weekend celebrating @ChloeNEast tenure (And @a_velasquezg not able to celebrate yet) congratulations to both @CUDenver https://t.co/pBEgKVLCBg Best start to the weekend celebrating @ChloeNEast tenure (And @a_velasquezg not able to celebrate yet) congratulations to both @CUDenver https://t.co/pBEgKVLCBg"
X Link 2023-04-29T14:41Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"A new and extensive survey of studies of the impact of the #minimumwage on many dimensions of health and related behaviors. The Effects of Minimum Wages on (Almost) Everything A Review of Recent Evidence on Health and Related Behaviors https://www.nber.org/papers/w31191#.ZE9LytTLBV0.twitter https://www.nber.org/papers/w31191#.ZE9LytTLBV0.twitter"
X Link 2023-05-01T05:20Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"My advisor (Jim Medoff) gave me the same advice in [----]. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage https://t.co/cMxMO1D9gp I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage paper. I should not write a minimum wage"
X Link 2023-06-02T15:46Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Way to go Daniel Congrats to @DanielFiroozi @UCIrvine economics Ph.D. #Classof2023 & @ucisocsci Outstanding Scholarship award winner Daniel is heading to @CMCnews in the fall as an asst prof. Learn more about his award-winning academic pursuits: https://t.co/QZ91N7l3CT #zotzotzot #ucipride https://t.co/6XxxcV8mwN Congrats to @DanielFiroozi @UCIrvine economics Ph.D. #Classof2023 & @ucisocsci Outstanding Scholarship award winner Daniel is heading to @CMCnews in the fall as an asst prof. Learn more about his award-winning academic pursuits: https://t.co/QZ91N7l3CT #zotzotzot #ucipride"
X Link 2023-06-02T20:27Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Me too See you there Very excited about this opportunity to spend time at @HooverInst. I have been appointed a Visiting Fellow at the @HooverInst for the AY 2023-2024 year. I look forward to seeing more of my friends at Stanford. I have been appointed a Visiting Fellow at the @HooverInst for the AY 2023-2024 year. I look forward to seeing more of my friends at Stanford"
X Link 2023-06-24T00:43Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Today's affirmative action decision is not like Roe v Wade in overturning precedent. The court had long expressed reservations about affirmative action with a nuanced decision in Bakke and a statement in Grutter that affirmative action should not be needed long term"
X Link 2023-06-29T14:25Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"My cats' yin and yang interpretation"
X Link 2023-06-30T23:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"I actually value the feedback from seminars above all else. That's also why I'm not averse to econ seminar culture. I want people to probe for weaknesses because they inevitably think of things I haven't thought of. "The main reason why you give a seminar is to advertise the work. Originally I thought the point was to get comments but I now believe its the networking; people get to see the work they get to understand it and you get to clarify what they dont understand." Daron Acemolu "The main reason why you give a seminar is to advertise the work. Originally I thought the point was to get"
X Link 2023-07-23T05:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"This seems like investment in human capital and R&D with an added concern for national security implications. That seems far from protectionist industrial policy. Here are policies that the Hoover Institution recommends to improve the U.S.' long-term competitiveness in the semiconductor industry. Folks Reaganomics is over. Industrial policy has won. All that's left is to hash out the details of what the new world looks like. https://t.co/MDnr2slvu8 Here are policies that the Hoover Institution recommends to improve the U.S.' long-term competitiveness in the semiconductor industry. Folks"
X Link 2023-08-01T05:34Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"As a third cousin of Leon Trotsky I guess I now have something in common with Prigozhin's family. Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia with nine other people on board also dead https://t.co/MyWc67NhPa Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia with nine other people on board also dead https://t.co/MyWc67NhPa"
X Link 2023-08-23T19:58Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@ojblanchard1 I trust you didn't turn a deaf ear to that advice"
X Link 2023-08-25T22:17Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"The #minimumwage literature is an interesting exception where journal editors have been quite open to replication/re-evaluation papers. Interesting question why this is so more than other topics and why on so many topics editors are uninterested in this kind of inquiry. Interesting article about the low impact of replication failures in psych. I think similar questions can be asked of econ. Every couple years we have some methodological advance that proves the old ways unreliable. Are we very interested in knowing which old results hold up Interesting article about the low impact of"
X Link 2023-08-30T14:35Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Agreed Stunning day on MSUs campus. We U.S. academics find things to complain about salaries teaching loads parking but we are incredibly privileged to work on college campuses and think for a living. https://t.co/veUJL3x7je Stunning day on MSUs campus. We U.S. academics find things to complain about salaries teaching loads parking but we are incredibly privileged to work on college campuses and think for a living. https://t.co/veUJL3x7je"
X Link 2023-08-31T20:02Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Don't scream. Do it. Even more important -- study the questions that interest you and you think are important. That's what makes all we go through worth it. If you want to do what others tell you to do go to the private sector and make more money. Next time I hear the advice that people should pick big questions with imperfect identification over less important but better identified ones I am going to scream. This is not the game this profession is playing. Next time I hear the advice that people should pick big questions with imperfect identification over less important but better identified"
X Link 2023-09-06T20:24Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"I once had a Congressman yell at me for talking about the #minimumwage when I had never worked a min wage job. I replied "my brother-in-law is a highly-qualified cardiologist even though he's never had a heart attack." (Still don't know how I came back with that one so quickly.) You havent really lived until a member of Congress has yelled at you. https://t.co/DgLSKiie5i You havent really lived until a member of Congress has yelled at you. https://t.co/DgLSKiie5i"
X Link 2023-09-24T06:13Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"There is only one country in the world for which people make excuses and offer justifications when civilians are slaughtered. I don't know for sure whether that is anti-Semitism but it sure smells like it"
X Link 2023-10-08T19:43Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@IAMRI0T @StopAntisemites No one is contesting the right to take signs down. But if you take a public action you can also be called out publicly for those actions"
X Link 2023-11-05T12:42Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"I too would like to hear more including why whoever is making this decision thinks it makes sense and why they think there is nothing to the sexual harassment claims. Why Why Why Why is IZA replacing Simon Jager (who had done great things for IZA) with Armin Falk who has been embroiled in sexual harrassment allegations. This [--] page letter is not giving me the context to understand this https://t.co/m5FvjL74Hi. https://t.co/H15rbD0pLU Why Why Why Why is IZA replacing Simon Jager (who had done great things for IZA) with Armin Falk who has been embroiled in sexual harrassment allegations. This 1"
X Link 2023-11-10T20:30Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Is there still no word from @iza_bonn or Falk"
X Link 2023-11-16T06:40Z [---] followers, 10.2K engagements
"This is exactly the point. A leader of a prestigious organization should be beyond reproach not just "not proven guilty." Appointment to leadership not akin to a criminal trial--guilty or innocent. Leadership is a privilege earned through trust. Armin Falk has lost that trust. Appointment to leadership not akin to a criminal trial--guilty or innocent. Leadership is a privilege earned through trust. Armin Falk has lost that trust"
X Link 2023-11-16T18:54Z [---] followers, 18.5K engagements
"First time you and I signed the same letter I bet @NeumarkEcon @BosslerMario Agreed. @NeumarkEcon @BosslerMario Agreed"
X Link 2023-11-17T00:16Z [---] followers, 17.6K engagements
"Is it remotely possible that IZA will ignore a letter signed by approaching 1/2 of fellows saying they will resign if the decision is not rescinded Unfortunately I think the answer may be yes. Strange hill to die on. There many great candidates to lead IZA. A number of people have reached out because they would like to add their signature to the "IZA letter" even if the letters have been sent. Given the demand we decided to re-open signatures. If you are a fellow or affiliate request access and you will receive a link. A number of people have reached out because they would like to add their"
X Link 2023-11-20T01:41Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"I don't think these are the criteria. I make RAs co-authors when they contribute intellectually to a project -- going above and beyond simply doing what I instruct them to do. Dunno I may be the only contrarian on this. Offering co-authorship to RAs will only widen inequalities in the field. People that are doing PHDs at top schools will now have more top-5 (or equvalent papers) even before beginning the tenure track. Dunno I may be the only contrarian on this. Offering co-authorship to RAs will only widen inequalities in the field. People that are doing PHDs at top schools will now have more"
X Link 2024-02-06T18:52Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"My paper on #agediscrimination in hiring is out at @J_HumanResource. I provide evidence of age discrimination but also evidence that making early stages of the hiring process age-blind reduces discrimination. https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/59/1/1 https://jhr.uwpress.org/content/59/1/1"
X Link 2024-02-15T17:57Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@SFJCRC @SJSU Universities should simply expel students who interfere with lectures and events in a manner that prevents them from being held or stops speakers from speaking. That's how we protect free speech"
X Link 2024-02-20T01:59Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"You can just turn down that TA assignment. But I disagree with the premise. You will learn a ton by TAing grad students. When you have to explain things to others--that's when you really understand the material. If doing well in 1st year econ classes leads to TAing the core and PhD TA assignments are strictly worse than both UG TA and RA in terms of what the job market values is doing well in the core a strictly dominated strategy (Assume student w/ applied interests) If doing well in 1st year econ classes leads to TAing the core and PhD TA assignments are strictly worse than both UG TA and"
X Link 2024-02-28T19:20Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Plus in general lots of policies change at borders at least state borders. And for other issues especially in relation to @minimumwage effects see Now forthcoming in JPE Micro. https://www.cesifo.org/en/publications/2022/working-paper/whats-across-border-re-evaluating-cross-border-evidence-minimum https://www.cesifo.org/en/publications/2022/working-paper/whats-across-border-re-evaluating-cross-border-evidence-minimum"
X Link 2024-03-03T22:41Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@profsamperry A few things. [--]. Too few publications esp moving beyond the dissertation. [--]. Too much co-authorship with senior scholars/former advisors making it hard to identify individual creativity. [--]. Not enough pipeline signaling future productivity. [--]. Lack of recognition/impact"
X Link 2024-03-17T06:42Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Big surprise. (And don't respond "But Card and Krueger.") https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-food-drink/california-food-chains-laying-off-workers-ahead-new-minimum-wage-law https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-food-drink/california-food-chains-laying-off-workers-ahead-new-minimum-wage-law"
X Link 2024-03-26T05:30Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@johannarickne @Jopieboy @OlleFolke Always gotta be careful with heavily saturated models when some dummies get dropped. What looks like a treatment effect might not be. I always advise students to think through what is getting dropped and why to avoid this error"
X Link 2024-03-27T20:29Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Funny sometimes I feel the same way. I would prefer to not keep writing more minimum wage papers. I've other things to write about. But when people write bad papers claiming they found some flaws in my papers I have to spend time writing more minimum wage papers to explain why said papers were bad. Such is life. I would prefer to not keep writing more minimum wage papers. I've other things to write about. But when people write bad papers claiming they found some flaws in my papers I have to spend time writing more minimum wage papers to explain why said papers were bad. Such is life"
X Link 2024-04-04T03:15Z [---] followers, 29.8K engagements
"JUE special issue on Race Social Justice & Cities is finally out Thanks to authors and my other co-editors @leah_boustan and Nate Baum-Snow https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-urban-economics/vol/141/suppl/C https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-urban-economics/vol/141/suppl/C"
X Link 2024-04-04T16:18Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"This evidence on MW effects in the hairdressing sector is interesting. Mostly passed through to prices. I think that's a reasonable expectation--likely very inelastic demand (said the bald guy) and little if any scope for input substitution. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0927537124000356 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0927537124000356"
X Link 2024-04-08T17:29Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"There are income effects and substitution effects. Wealth windfalls have income effects only. Higher "incomes" usually means higher wages which can have substitution effects that reduce fertility. Higher incomes tend to lower fertility rates which makes it fascinating that windfall gains in housing wealth tend to increase fertility. The injustices of privatized land rents might be quite literally transferring the ability to have kids from the landless to the landed. Higher incomes tend to lower fertility rates which makes it fascinating that windfall gains in housing wealth tend to increase"
X Link 2024-04-10T04:02Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"What a story/eulogy. Thanks for sharing. I imagine many of us have older (then younger) scholars who helped make us what we are. I'm devastated about the loss of my dear friend collaborator and role model in all things Bernie Weisberger who died yesterday at [---]. Among other things which I'll get to in a moment there's no way I would have survived the UChicago Econ PhD program without him close by. /1 I'm devastated about the loss of my dear friend collaborator and role model in all things Bernie Weisberger who died yesterday at [---]. Among other things which I'll get to in a moment there's no"
X Link 2024-04-11T15:13Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Theory doesn't tell us what AI will do. It predicts what AI might do if the world matches the model reasonably well. That's a useful exercise but let's describe the conclusions more cautiously. An important new paper being presented at the NBER Organizations meeting right now (live link below) It uses the theory of hierarchies in organizations to understand what AI will do to the labor market https://t.co/I70sATyklv An important new paper being presented at the NBER Organizations meeting right now (live link below) It uses the theory of hierarchies in organizations to understand what AI will"
X Link 2024-04-12T20:13Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Yeah I can't think of anything that happened recently that might trigger disgust with Palestinian leadership and recognition of why there has to be a Jewish state. Ironic () that Hamas has made clear the imperative for Zionism. I know someone who went from ardent support of Palestine/self-determination/anticolonialism to Zionist apologist literally overnight. All it took was a promotion to a senior managerial position and a tripled salary. Money & power are serious drugs. I know someone who went from ardent support of Palestine/self-determination/anticolonialism to Zionist apologist literally"
X Link 2024-04-19T22:06Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Are you claiming they are agitators from pro-Israel groups or hard-core antisemitic Islamists If the former this is continuing proof that the hard left is as loony and conspiracy-minded as the hard right. As a Ferguson activist I know what its like to have agitators infiltrate our movement manipulate the press & fuel the suppression of dissent by public officials & law enforcement. We must reject these tactics to silence anti-war activists demanding divestment from genocide. As a Ferguson activist I know what its like to have agitators infiltrate our movement manipulate the press & fuel the"
X Link 2024-04-23T03:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"The coffee in Melbourne is insanely good Visiting Melbourne. Just learned what a Magic is. Would recommend. Strongly. https://t.co/5wAxMKJ1Lr Visiting Melbourne. Just learned what a Magic is. Would recommend. Strongly. https://t.co/5wAxMKJ1Lr"
X Link 2024-04-25T03:28Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Anyone who doesn't think this is immoral and appalling needs to take a serious look in the mirror. A graduate @Northeastern flashes the "Red Hands" symbol at a commencement ceremony. The image became an iconic symbol of the Second Intifada after Palestinian terrorists held up their bloody hands as the crowd cheered after lynching [--] Israelis who took a wrong turn into Ramallah. https://t.co/EFBqBGxTAA A graduate @Northeastern flashes the "Red Hands" symbol at a commencement ceremony. The image became an iconic symbol of the Second Intifada after Palestinian terrorists held up their bloody"
X Link 2024-05-05T22:31Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"I know it's facile to say Hamas can end this war tomorrow by laying down arms with its leaders going into exile. But is there any question that Palestinians in Gaza wouldn't be better off with Hamas gone and a technocratic PA government with strong moderate Arab support"
X Link 2024-05-07T19:43Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Seems a bit contrary to "replication file." Zucman executed this change by sleight of hand. In October [----] - with no announcement - he deleted the old replication file for his QJE paper from his @UCBerkeley website and replaced it with the new numbers. He only restored the old file after he was caught & heavily criticized https://t.co/6G5wVrWh2e Zucman executed this change by sleight of hand. In October [----] - with no announcement - he deleted the old replication file for his QJE paper from his @UCBerkeley website and replaced it with the new numbers. He only restored the old file after he"
X Link 2024-05-10T03:16Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"She has trouble accepting the possibility that voters just decided they didn't like Bowman. I have no problem with calling out the role of money in politics -- but why just AIPAC If you watch this it is just dishonest; its not credible that the motivation for the donations to Latimer was to harm Democrats overall prospects in November or that Latimers victory will have that effect. If you watch this it is just dishonest; its not credible that the motivation for the donations to Latimer was to harm Democrats overall prospects in November or that Latimers victory will have that effect"
X Link 2024-06-27T16:25Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Equilibrium. Like the difference between Becker's model of individual discriminatory behavior and what it might imply about discriminatory wage differences at the market level. @BrianCAlbrecht @ericfruits What are the mathematical techniques of price theory if not individual constrained optimization @BrianCAlbrecht @ericfruits What are the mathematical techniques of price theory if not individual constrained optimization"
X Link 2024-07-10T18:18Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Are you trying to convince more and more people to never buy a Tesla My next car will be electric but another brand. Congratulations @JDVance1 Excellent decision by @realDonaldTrump. Congratulations @JDVance1 Excellent decision by @realDonaldTrump"
X Link 2024-07-15T19:47Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Seems a little tautological no Compelling paper from @adhami_mohamad @ChadJonesEcon @PeteKlenow finding that population growth accounts for a huge portion of long term welfare increases https://t.co/y4cEnx7W14 Compelling paper from @adhami_mohamad @ChadJonesEcon @PeteKlenow finding that population growth accounts for a huge portion of long term welfare increases https://t.co/y4cEnx7W14"
X Link 2024-07-23T03:57Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"I didn't know IO papers actually get published. Paper was just accepted (literally b/w prior thread and now) at the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics 🥳 Can only recommend the journal for IO papers Fast turnaround and very helpful comments from @matthewgrennan and referees Paper was just accepted (literally b/w prior thread and now) at the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics 🥳 Can only recommend the journal for IO papers Fast turnaround and very helpful comments from @matthewgrennan and referees"
X Link 2024-07-26T21:37Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"@Mario_Macis Correct and hard to believe this requires explaining"
X Link 2024-08-08T14:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@HilaryHoynes This is one of the most important research areas I've seen in a long time. Flips the script from "don't make safety net too strong because it discourages work." Kids clearly don't "choose" to be poor whatever your perspective on adult behavior/incentives"
X Link 2024-09-06T16:42Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"@Mario_Macis Agree it's a silly characterization and to some extent these other places are more geared to empirical analysis in support of an agenda. (My perspective as an empiricist.)"
X Link 2024-09-07T21:33Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Our paper evaluating the border-design strategy and results from Dube/Lester/Reich's influential paper on #minimumwage effects on restaurant employment is now an @nberpubs Working Paper (and forthcoming in JPE Micro--kudos for publishing replications). https://www.nber.org/papers/w32901utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6 https://www.nber.org/papers/w32901utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6"
X Link 2024-09-09T12:38Z [---] followers, 14.8K engagements
"Testing for statistical discrimination by gender when there is a choice about how strongly to signal gender. A common issue in online and perhaps other labor markets. https://www.nber.org/papers/w32929utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6 https://www.nber.org/papers/w32929utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6"
X Link 2024-09-09T14:35Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Kinda hard after the convention and when his family runs the RNC. Trump says poll show that he won the debate more evidence of serious dementia. I wonder if the Republicans will remove him from the ticket Trump says poll show that he won the debate more evidence of serious dementia. I wonder if the Republicans will remove him from the ticket"
X Link 2024-09-11T05:17Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"You haven't read the #minimumwage literature. My experience as a reader (and reviewer) of empirical IO is that is nearly impossible to sneak dubious advocacy work into a top economics journal. (Law reviews and practitioner journals are another story unfortunately). I can only think of one such mistake in the past decade. My experience as a reader (and reviewer) of empirical IO is that is nearly impossible to sneak dubious advocacy work into a top economics journal. (Law reviews and practitioner journals are another story unfortunately). I can only think of one such mistake in the past decade"
X Link 2024-09-13T20:16Z [---] followers, 12.8K engagements
"This is an absurd and dangerous charge. Neither Trump nor Vance should be anywhere near power. I'd say the most important difference is that people on your team tried to kill Donald Trump twice. I'd say the most important difference is that people on your team tried to kill Donald Trump twice"
X Link 2024-09-17T20:46Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"He was a great economist. He seems to have gone off the deep end. What happened THROWBACK: Prof. Jeffrey Sachs says the most violent country in the world since [----] has been the United States The moderator angrily cuts him off and the audience erupts into applause https://t.co/uIslCL19ys https://t.co/he9aC2s5FH THROWBACK: Prof. Jeffrey Sachs says the most violent country in the world since [----] has been the United States The moderator angrily cuts him off and the audience erupts into applause https://t.co/uIslCL19ys https://t.co/he9aC2s5FH"
X Link 2024-09-20T14:31Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"You're right in that Vance says untrue things quite articulately. Sen. @JDVance appeared confident calm and in command of policy issues. Gov. Walz appeared nervous over prepared and inarticulate. Mr. Vances strategy was to soften his image increase his likability and appear presidential. He succeeded. I honestly cant decipher what Mr. https://t.co/z1Mp0Mt1mw Sen. @JDVance appeared confident calm and in command of policy issues. Gov. Walz appeared nervous over prepared and inarticulate. Mr. Vances strategy was to soften his image increase his likability and appear presidential. He succeeded. I"
X Link 2024-10-02T02:55Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"If Vance doesn't want more immigrants because they fill schools and push up housing prices why does he want women to have more babies Could it be the color of their skin"
X Link 2024-10-02T17:17Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"And "schlonged" seems like a poor word choice. This race keeps getting crazier and crazier here we have Donald Trump expressing solidarity with convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein. This race keeps getting crazier and crazier here we have Donald Trump expressing solidarity with convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein"
X Link 2024-10-18T21:39Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"The oligarchs are lining up. Has the WaPo removed that nonsense about "democracy dies in darkness." Obviously it is not a guiding principle at the paper. Has the WaPo removed that nonsense about "democracy dies in darkness." Obviously it is not a guiding principle at the paper"
X Link 2024-10-26T01:25Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"New @nberpubs working paper finds strong adverse employment effects of #minimumwage on low-skilled blacks little impact for low-skilled whites. Potentially significant for thinking about race gap in employment. https://www.nber.org/papers/w33167 https://www.nber.org/papers/w33167"
X Link 2024-11-18T15:35Z [---] followers, 10.5K engagements
"I think this is a bad idea. The goal of a lit review isn't to list the relevant papers and show that you're aware of them. It's to think about the papers critically and argue how your research contributes given the weaknesses and limitations of that work. I.e. think. Finding relevant papers for literature review takes a lot of time. So MIT researchers built Undermind an AI-powered search engine. It can generate well-researched overviews on any topic and is 10-50 times better than Google Scholar. Here's how to use it: Finding relevant papers for literature review takes a lot of time. So MIT"
X Link 2024-11-21T02:02Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Feedback please #econtwitter. Adverse effects of minimum wages on low-skilled employment fall mainly on Black individuals from @NeumarkEcon and Jyotsana Kala https://t.co/mREeqiLAZ1 https://t.co/U1oTjLEtgd Adverse effects of minimum wages on low-skilled employment fall mainly on Black individuals from @NeumarkEcon and Jyotsana Kala https://t.co/mREeqiLAZ1 https://t.co/U1oTjLEtgd"
X Link 2024-11-24T00:25Z [---] followers, 24.6K engagements
"@nberpubs @metrics52 @MarcDiederichs I've always said the single best predictor I've seen of PhD student success is the quality of the first written work I see from them suggesting our value added isn't all that high"
X Link 2024-12-27T15:13Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"Please come take my labor econ class. I see an opportunity for high value added. All labor is skilled labor. Who determines what skilled labor is The ruling class. Its used to justify poverty wages. All labor is skilled labor. Who determines what skilled labor is The ruling class. Its used to justify poverty wages"
X Link 2024-12-31T17:00Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Very thoughtful response. I'm convinced. In the end it meant nothing. Just another one of Neumark's ramblings In the end it meant nothing. Just another one of Neumark's ramblings"
X Link 2025-01-31T04:32Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"Fascinating paper on researcher bias in work on immigration by Borjas and others. Thank god this never happens in research on the #minimumwage. https://www.nber.org/papers/w33274 https://www.nber.org/papers/w33274"
X Link 2024-12-24T14:54Z [---] followers, 25.4K engagements
"Why do you only cite the rock stars for advice and insight into the profession Most econ faculty are in very different environments and would benefit from advice of their more senior peers. I'm afraid you are reinforcing the "only superstars have something valuable to say" view. Daron Acemolu speaking in [----] about the publication process in economics: https://t.co/8jScpAxMXJ Daron Acemolu speaking in [----] about the publication process in economics: https://t.co/8jScpAxMXJ"
X Link 2023-08-14T19:26Z [---] followers, 29.9K engagements
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