Development economist, @Yale / @UniofOxford / @MIT. Asso editor, REHO / CER / PloS One / BMC Public Health. Mom of 3. Views my own
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What countries are overrepresented in dev research? Using new database of published dev papers, a scatterplot of papers published vs. log extremely poor population (<PPP $2.15 in 2021); left-truncated for < 100K ppl. Curve captures proportional representation (given log scale)
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @fulviabudillon at Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics who works on topics related to health + development
Another paper joint w/Ramachandran finds that opening a medical college in a particular district in India thihealth facilities + health workers, almost entirely in urban private sector; this ⬆️ health care uptake by pregnant women but no effect on health outcomes
Plus WIP on traditional health care, health care quality, + more - check out her work!
fulviabudillon.com/home-page
Now beyond your goal of publishing in QJE you can have a new goal: publishing sufficient QJE papers that someone uses a bogus AI prompt to ostensibly critique them
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @jaug1022 @WFUEconomics who works on topics relate to urban economics, crime + development
And another paper finds that opening public transportation in Medellin joint w/@GCanavire Duque substantially reduces homicide, a phenomenon driven by an improving formal labor market
drive.google.com/file/d/1ce7…
Plus WIP on climate change, migration, crime + more - check out his work!
jaurrego.com/home
I am fairly indifferent to (many) debates around AI-generated writing - in econ. A 🧵
Before you ask, no, I don't hate literature; reading is actually my main (only?) hobby.
There are obviously some exceptions: content that purports to be personal should be (don't have AI write funny family anecdotes; you can just not write them if you don't want to). Referee reports should not be AI-written even if they are AI-polished. Pangram has its place
This is an insane graph. . .would not have guessed there was such a sharp gradient at the top
I guess I'm in rarefied company over here
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @caterina_vieira @LSEEcon who works on topics related to development + urban economics
And evidence from Copenhagen joint w/ @Ahlfeldt @IsmirMulalic Sturm that the most important factor driving spatial sorting is heterogeneity in preferences for local amenities
caterinasoto.github.io/PDF-w…
Plus WIP on land value, trust, policing + much more - check out her work!
caterinasotovieira.com/home
