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Tammy McGavock

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Economist @GrinnellCollege, Visiting Scholar @UChicago/Chicago Fed. Studying 🌍 women & children, power & social norms, since @Wellesley ‘08 ♦️ she/her 🏳️‍🌈

Grinnell, IA Katılım Nisan 2009
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VoxDev@vox_dev·
How does women's reported disapproval of domestic violence vary by interview type (i.e. in-person vs. phone, male vs. female enumerator)? Read today's article w/ @Kadam__Aditi, @elbow_joe, @tmcgav & Nicholas Magnan: x.com/vox_dev/status…
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🆕 Are sensitive questions sensitive to survey method? Today on VoxDev, @Kadam__Aditi (@WBG_Gender), @elbow_joe (@uga_aaec), @tmcgav (@GrinnellCollege) & Nicholas Magnan (@CSUAgSci) study the impact of survey privacy and enumerator gender: voxdev.org/topic/methods-…

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Tammy McGavock@tmcgav·
🙏 HUGE thanks to our funders @CARE @WorldVision and most of all thank you to our intrepid survey staff at EconInsight Center for Develoment Research for your outstanding work, flexibility, and troubleshooting in the most difficult of circumstances during a pandemic and civil war
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Tammy McGavock@tmcgav·
👀 Read more on VoxDev, and our full paper is here: lnkd.in/gjGpNy84 w/ Ellen McCullough, Aditi Kadam, and Nick Magnan
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Tammy McGavock@tmcgav·
8 years ago, I started a project: we made >17,000 phone calls to about 650 ultra-poor women in rural Ethiopia. We called it "Her Time," experimenting with new methods to understand these women's experiences, and what we miss in usual methods. First results in VoxDev today! 🧵
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🆕 Are sensitive questions sensitive to survey method? Today on VoxDev, @Kadam__Aditi (@WBG_Gender), @elbow_joe (@uga_aaec), @tmcgav (@GrinnellCollege) & Nicholas Magnan (@CSUAgSci) study the impact of survey privacy and enumerator gender: voxdev.org/topic/methods-…

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Fatih Karahan
Fatih Karahan@yfatihkarahan·
I am deeply saddened by the passing of Marcus Hagedorn — a brilliant economist and a dear friend. Marcus was a truly original thinker whose work left a lasting mark on macroeconomics. I had the privilege of co-authoring papers with him. Beyond his intellectual depth and clarity, I will always remember his curiosity, the joy he brought to every collaboration, and his sharp, disarming sense of humor. His wit could light up even the most intense discussions. My thoughts are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time.
Kurt MIT-shock-man@SorryToBeKurt

With great sadness, I announce the passing of my co-author and friend, Marcus Hagedorn. His acerbic wit was as sharp as the vision of Toni Kroos. He attacked big research questions like he tackled the mountains of Mallorca on his bike. He will be missed.

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Tammy McGavock@tmcgav·
@elben I overhauled the beginning of semester a few years ago to pitch the class as a “this is how we solve hard problems” class where we build critical thinking, real life problem solving, and transferable skills. Started with Bloom’s taxonomy and everything. Happy to share slides!
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Ben Harrell 🌐
Ben Harrell 🌐@elben·
Varian is brutalizing my intermediate micro students. Any good recs on external resources I can provide to them to get good practice? We just finished with consumer theory and now on intertemporal choice, risk and uncertainty, and then on to producer theory.
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Tammy McGavock@tmcgav·
@ChuckGrassley Senator, you must change your voicemail system-I am unable to leave a message to say how disastrous the order to halt federal spending on grant-funded programs is. Lives are at stake, both in the short term and the long. You must push back. & change your voicemail
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Jason Kerwin
Jason Kerwin@jt_kerwin·
A key reason it is possible to provide universal free public elementary school is that the ratios are more like 20 to 1. That’s it! There’s no conspiracy by private equity, it’s just an intrinsically expensive thing to do.
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Jason Kerwin@jt_kerwin·
This isn’t insane at all. If daycare has 3 kids for each teacher and **zero other costs**, then this covers a monthly salary of $4500, which is $54,000/year or $27/hour. Daycare requires intensive, highly-skilled labor. Until we invent nanny robots it will keep being expensive.
Alex Cohen@anothercohen

It's pretty insane that with all the taxes we pay in the US, you still have to spend $1500+ for daycare per kid every month until they turn 5, unless one parent decides to stay at home full time

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Leah Bevis
Leah Bevis@leahbevis·
@jt_kerwin What do you think about "WT trade" one form of seed for another? For simplicity, let's say everyone has "red" bean seed, and my interest is the relative valuation of red:white or red:yellow, with randomized info on red, white, & yellow. So - allow bids on red:other trade ratio?
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Leah Bevis@leahbevis·
Dev economists: Every think about running a WTP experiment, and then realize that the good participants will bid on is not a solely purchased/marketed good... also traded, gifted, etc? I have an idea on how to tackle this situation. Tell me yours too?!
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Tammy McGavock@tmcgav·
@Josh_Merfeld Congrats, so fun! I was humbled by that moment recently too, embarassed because it was a very messy draft that still needed a lot of work!!
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Josh Merfeld@Josh_Merfeld·
Very cool to hear one of your papers is on a dev econ PhD syllabus at a top five department.
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Josh Merfeld@Josh_Merfeld·
I haven’t read a single new academic article in months. How’s your semester going?
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Tammy McGavock@tmcgav·
Of course, WFH can make both “work” (income generation) & care work possible, also important. I do love that the authors say their estimated productivity gains are a lower bound due to ⬇️ commutes. Acknowledges that “non-work” work is valuable—a fact often ignored by economists
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Tammy McGavock@tmcgav·
Ok yes but also… deep work at home is a luxury not afforded to those who engage in substantial care work (which need not require the immediate presence of other people). Disappointing that this paper speaks little to this except in motivating the introduction.
Adam Grant@AdamMGrant

Remote work is not a distraction. It's a chance to concentrate. Government workers were 28% more productive on days when supervisors assigned them tasks to do at home, because they were more focused. The office is good for interaction, but it's not always ideal for deep work.

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@Kadam__Aditi @elbow_joe @CARE @WorldVision @MagnanNick @vox_dev @yfatihkarahan @elben