Mark
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6. The setting is super important. Econ puts A LOT of premium on great settings. Clean identification is v important, but it's equally important to have a setting that people find exciting. There's a clear "effort heuristic" involved: it should be seen as hard. Invest accordingly
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Some thoughts on Econ PhD/early career progression
1. The system is rigged towards spending too much time on JMP. You kind of have to embrace it, but only if you have an extremely good paper
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@pedrohcgs You might have defined it in prior slides but helpful to spell out “PT” abbreviation for this particular one, so it works as a standalone unit.
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I am now preparing some DiD lecture slides to give a talk at Amazon, and I have created this DiD Checklist.
I am sharing them here in case some of you find it useful!
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Let’s say your diff-in-diff yields the following figure
1) would you say that there are no pre-trends?
2) would you say there is a treatment effect?
I have thoughts but am interested how people interpret such a figure
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- Spain has like 40% more tourists than Italy as of 2022 wtf
- France is still king
- Wow everyone else is way down
I like Spain but I didn't realize they were doing so well
Nick O'Brien@NickLovesSpain
13. Most Tourists in the EU 1. France (79.4 million) 2. Spain (71.7) 3. Italy (49.8) 4. Germany (28.5) 5. Greece (27.8) (UN World Tourism Organization, 2022)
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