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Will Mackey

@wfmackey

data and economics and #rstats

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Joined April 2009
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Finally ran the regression I spent three months cleaning admin data for lol
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I love Python but i would never use it for data analysis. The UI (including command syntax) of Stata is superior. UI is important, especially for new users. Which is why we’re building a Stata-like data package in Julia: codedthinking.github.io/Kezd…
Glenn Magerman (@GlennMagerman) profile pictureGlenn Magerman@GlennMagerman25 Oct 2024
Great advice! I do disagree with finding no use case for e.g. Stata: Stata still vastly outperforms Python & Julia for most regression-based analysis.
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Sports betting legalization reduces net investments of households by nearly 14% overall. $1 of sports betting reduces net investment by over $2, increases credit card debt, but has no effect on participation in lotteries or other online gambling outlets. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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All listed AFL players can be plotted, with their models scaled by height, to view entire team lists and their reported injuries.
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What could a visual illustration of #AFL injury lists🩹look like? Of the 161 current injured players (19.9%), injuries most commonly occur in the thighs (hamstring and quad), ankles, knees and brains.
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Interesting post by Dan dlm-econometrics.blogspot.co… FWIW, I would welcome more papers like this submitted to @restatjournal!
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The pace of innovation in data science is astounding (and I'm not talking about AI!) 2 years ago, I wrote in my book about analyzing a 92 million row @ipums CSV file using a database in #rstats Now: just point `arrow::open_dataset()` at it and ` collect()` what you need!
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What would Australia look like as a geographically accurate #Catan board? Thanks to satellite imaging and #rstats we are able to create 'CATANberra' - see how below 🧵
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Some interesting treasury data roles going for you code-muffins.
Will Mackey (@wfmackey) profile pictureWill Mackey@wfmackey25 Mar 2024
hi there! we have multiple roles going in our ~fantastic~ branch at Treasury. reach out if you’re interested or want to know more. link below
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hi there! we have multiple roles going in our ~fantastic~ branch at Treasury. reach out if you’re interested or want to know more. link below
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Are rising profit margins a source of significant inflation amplification? Not according to Australian micro data.
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Albert Rapp@rappa75325 Sep 2023
This book will give you superpowers: R for Data Science 2 Years ago, I started my #rstats journey with this book. And since then, I've used what this book taught me every single day. Absolutely best place to get started with R. And it's free. 🥳 r4ds.had.co.nz/
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hi i have invite codes for the other app, lmk if you want one
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It's stronger than this. Take into account the non-linearities of having *a lot* of vacancies and *very few* unemployed, then we were "back to normal" in terms of match efficiency around 2022:Q2. Contra the GR, deteriorated for a decade (see: aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…)
Aggregate Recruiting Intensity

Aggregate Recruiting Intensity

(August 2018) - We develop an equilibrium model of firm dynamics with random search in the labor market where hiring firms exert recruiting effort by spending resources to fill vacancies faster....

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Replying to @bencasselman
It's helpful to look at the "permanent" Beveridge Curve, excluding temporary layoffs (which soared in the pandemic). Makes it much clearer how we experienced a straight vertical climb in the curve, which now seems to be reversing.
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Hang it in the Louvre 🖼️ #Matildas #FIFAWWC #TilitsDone
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I don’t understand people who are stingy with co-authorship Especially for grad students and junior faculty Sharing credit reflects well on you as an advisor, mentor, person BONUS! when they become stars you get their reflected glory
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Mike Konczal@mtkonczal22 May 2023
"Mike, a Beveridge Curve for each state to go with the JOLTS numbers? Really? You already got the BLS to start throttling database access such that #econtwitter had to innovate a workaround. Now this?" We're just getting started.
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hi does anyone have any noise canceling headphones recommendations? upgrading from Bose QC35
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