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https://de-barros.com/ program evaluation, education policy, development economics
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After a long wait, the working paper for the Many-Economists Project: The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics. We had 146 teams perform the same research three times, each time with less freedom. What source of freedom leads to different choices and results? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

After being alerted about possible misconduct, the I4R are reproducing published papers that use data from a specific NGO (GDRI). This thread releases the first 2 reports and provides more information about the work and responses/statements from authors journals and journals. 🧵

👋 Hi! J-PAL is now on Bluesky! 📊 We’re looking forward to bringing conversations on evidence-informed policy to this new space. Follow us for updates on the latest research, policy insights, and how rigorous evidence is helping shape a better world.

Super happy to see this accepted! academic.oup.com/qje/advance-...

Roses are red, OLS is BLUE, I'll run regressions anytime with you.

The EdDev Community Group will meet Friday 2/14 at 11 AM ET. Danila Serra & Emmerich Davies will present work in progress. Join the EdDev Community Group today aefpweb.org/communit...

I'm hearing @aadukia.bsky.social speak at the IDB about her study "From Retributive to Restorative: An Alternative Approach to Justice in Schools" (www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9rk24...). For an overview, I enjoyed her interview with @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social www.probablecausation.com/podcasts/epi...

I'm looking for data on software use in the social sciences, esp. Stata vs R vs Python. I thought I saw this somewhere. Bluesky, do your thing... Please help! 🙏

By request of my students, I put together a short explainer of some common data wrangling tasks in R. If you're interested, you can find it here: joshmerfeld.github.io/applied-micr...

I made one for stats papers

Just re-upping this #econsky: I currently have more mentors than mentees/students (can probably match another 10-11 students from LMICs who would like feedback on a research paper from a senior scholar.) Fill out the form here if interested! forms.gle/ekvvoEKBLYQM...

At today's #2024APPAM Rossi Award Lecture, I’ll argue the substantial impact of open-science practices has been far too narrow. It’s time to adapt & adopt open-science practices—especially preregistration—for quasi-experimental designs (QEDs). #EconSky #EduSky #APPAM2024 @appam.bsky.social 🧵…

** Development econ job market candidates ** The devo group at Princeton is hiring 2 postdocs for 2025-26. Come spend the year with us before starting your faculty job. Nina Buchmann, who deferred her postdoc w/ us until 2025-6, will also be here for the year. www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

Introducing the #econ_ra feed. Shows posts containing #econ_ra To share info about economics research assistant, pre-doc, post-doc, & similar positions. Either side of the market is welcome to post opportunities, intros, or questions. Pin the feed & monitor. 📉📈 bsky.app/profile/did:...

After coediting AER: Insights for about eight months, I wanted to share some (hopefully useful) information about this awesome journal.

My annual post on submission numbers, acceptance rates, review times, etc. at development journals is now up: blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Looking forward to this tomorrow (Thursday)! www.idee-education.fr/servicesrech...

Another super nice paper that found a great home: academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a...

aaaahhh this new article by @dingdingpeng.the100.ci is so great and informative and fun! A call to think about potential outcomes and causal models even if you don't do experimental work, with all sorts of fantastic DAG examples. doi.org/10.1111/spc3...

Nice to see this out in print: academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a... Even nicer to have all the data and code publically available! zenodo.org/records/1049... Thank you, @profalucas.bsky.social, Annie, Jessica, and everyone who worked on the TCAI team

What should "educational measurement experts" know, and how should students learn? Engage us and NCME in debate by submitting a commentary on our "Foundational Competencies in Educational Measurement" Report. Deadline extended to 3/1! Report: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

PISA 2022 will be released tomorrow. Beware the malPISAnce! A good moment to re-read this misNAEPery post by @andrewdeanho.bsky.social twitter.com/AndrewDeanHo... @edusky.bsky.social #PISA2022 #malPISAnce

There are 1700 IZA Research Fellows worldwide 436 out of the 1700 have signed a letter committing to resign on Jan 1 if Armin Falk is elevated to IZA's top leadership This was organized in just a few days

Last weekend, more than 130 development economists presented new research about more than 40 countries on myriad topics. Here’s a micro-summary of every study presented at the North East Universities Development Consortium annual conference. www.cgdev.org/blog/whats-l... by Almedina Music and me

🚨Volume 7 is out! Handbook of the Economics of Education Edited w/ Rick Hanushek & Steve Machin Great overview chapters on cutting-edge topics in the economics of education by top scholars Have a look! 👉https://www.sciencedirect.com/handbook/handbook-of-the-economics-of-education/vol/7 1/7

Now out in the Economics of Education Review: A systematic review on the effect of school management training programs in developing countries with Gautam Anand, Aishwarya Atluri, @toddpugatch.bsky.social Ketki Sheth www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"Managing to Learn" is an official @nber.bsky.social working paper! #SabrinBeg, @annefitz13.bsky.social, and I show the importance of engaging managers as leaders in improving public sector service delivery, in this case student learning. www.nber.org/papers/w31757

"The Time Teachers Spend Teaching: What We Know about Time on Task and How to Boost It" www.cgdev.org/blog/time-te... Years ago, I helped to measure teacher time on task around Brazil. Today, @AcostaAminaM and I review the latest on how to help teachers optimize teaching time.

Latin #EconKsy: I'm on the ballot for the executive committee of LACEA (lacea.org/portal/index...). I feel humbled to be in such great company. All are top-notch scholars and more importantly amazing people. So there is no way you can go wrong with your vote, but pls vote!

This week's links are now up, with work on environmental economics and development, John List's advice for doing better experiments, Amy Finkelstein on the challenges of experiments in the U.S., and more blogs.worldbank.org/impactevalua...

So HI! We are here now. And I wanted to start with a shoutout to all the Data Editors out there: I just got the following message from an author (who has work to do!), and it felt good! @koren.mk (ReStud) + others not (yet) on 📈📉 (Ecta, EJ, CJE, MgmtS, EI, etc. - you know who you are!)

Last week was the conference of the Research on Improving Systems of Education (or RISE) program. Here are 28 takeaways: teachers, technology, long-term trajectories, and more. www.cgdev.org/blog/new-fin....