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Economics analysis & commentary by undergraduate authors. Edited by an intercollegiate staff and published by @bonfirepress for @bubooklab.

Boston, MA
Joined November 2018
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He's a 10 but he reports p = .06 as trending towards significance
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What happens to womens economic outcomes right from the start of abusive relationships? What does this mean for econ theory & policy design? Excited to present new work w/ @EmilyNix100 @ningzhang0927 @KristiinaHuttu2 & engage with the other papers on the program. What a line up!
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How much should we reduce income inequality? For guidance we can look to public sector pay scales, the closest thing we have to a democratically determined distribution. In major institutions like the NHS, universities, etc, salary inequalities rarely exceed a ratio of 5:1.
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This is class war
NEW: The value of the federal minimum wage is at its lowest point in 66 years. After the longest period in history without an increase, the minimum wage today is worth 27% less than 13 years ago—and 40% less than in 1968. Congress must #RaiseTheWage. epi.org/blog/the-value-of-th…
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Fun story. I came across this short paper in the American Economic Review during my graduate studies. I was working on project delays, contracts and scheduling and was reading anything I could find on the topic. jstor.org/stable/1812721?sam…
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running into your old statistics professor be like “what are the chances”
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I’m also happy to see that no one made @erinhengel add male coauthors to this paper. 🙃
Delighted to see this influential paper by @erinhengel is forthcoming at @EJ_RES: "Are Women Held to Higher Standards? Evidence from Peer Review" doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac032
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Delighted to see this influential paper by @erinhengel is forthcoming at @EJ_RES: "Are Women Held to Higher Standards? Evidence from Peer Review" doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac032
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"Pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: an exploratory analysis of infection and fatality rates, and contextual factors associated with preparedness in 177 countries, from Jan 1, 2020, to Sept 30, 2021" thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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There is the work on "audience costs" (i.e. if leaders fear being punished for not following through on a demand), such as recent papers by @Ccrismancox & @mike_gibilisco in @AJPS_Editor... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Real economists are just economists divided by the price index
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An UChicago midterm asking how a "real economist" would respond to the Guardian article about price controls
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