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More traction for the Islam - GDRI saga. Monash claiming that he “holds no official position with GDRI and has not received any personal or material benefit from GDRI since its inception in 2010”. Hmmmh. www.theaustralian.com.au/education/mo...

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A Bangladesh-based organization focused on development economics and its founder have been churning out papers filled with misstatements, inconsistencies, ethical lapses and “statistically improbable data,” according to researchers involved in an ongoing effort to replicate the work.

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The Islam - GDRI saga is gaining some traction. retractionwatch.com/2025/04/10/r...

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Fantastic coauthors made this forensic data investigation fire!

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The original paper is now retracted and our comment accepted for publication in the European Economic Review 🔥

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I am very happy that the editors took our report seriously. Hope more retractions will follow.

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#GDRI_rep Update 6: Some of the authors have responded to our report on "Raising Health Awareness in Rural Communities" @ The Review of Economics and Statistics. Authors received our report Feb 6. A short 🧵

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Excellent find. How do you do this organizationally? How many enumerators do you need? How do you pay them? How do you get respondents to respond so well that your attrition rate over four waves is only 1.7%? The authors are rather shy on these issues and the costs. Clearly, GDRI worked magically.

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Some would probably say it is impossible. Or maybe everyone?

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This gem is hidden in the response to the response. ”…within a few hours and under extreme time pressure 11,843 households were visited and 22,686 respondents interviewed (two spouses in each household).” Indeed hard to believe 🫠

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#GDRI_rep Update 5: We have a new report. We reproduced the paper entitled "Partisan Effects of Information Campaigns in Competitive Authoritarian Elections: Evidence from Bangladesh" by Ahmed, Hodler and Islam published at the Economic Journal. See below for links to report and authors' responses.

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Bli min kollega! Denna gång söker vi en statistiker (eller liknande) som gärna får jobba både i nationalekonomi och statistik.

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In a new @i4replication.bsky.social report we replicate Islam (2019). Main issue: the randomized controlled trial was not randomized. And many other things on top of that. See full report for details. (w/ @carlbonander.bsky.social, @nikljako.bsky.social, @flxhlzmstr.bsky.social, Bensch & Brodeur)

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#GDRI_rep Update 4: We have a new report. We reproduced the paper entitled "Parent–teacher meetings and student outcomes" by Islam @ European Economic Review. See below for links to report and author's response.

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#GDRI_rep Update 3: The paper "Improving Hygiene and Sanitation through Parental Skill Training" by Asadul Islam, Umair Khalil and Tabassum Rahman was conditionally accepted at Economic Development and Cultural Change. We requested a replication package. It has now been withdrawn

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We have a new report out about the #GDRI_rep. The paper has not been retracted but all three authors have withdrawn their names.

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#GDRI_rep Update 2: I4R sent a report to the original authors for the PLOS One article "“Food insecurity and mental health of women during COVID-19: Evidence from a developing country". All authors have now emailed PLOS One to withdraw their names. osf.io/7tzek/

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Kom och jobba hos mig! Jag behöver minst en forskningsassistent, heltid i ett år, tillträde snarast. Meriterande med dokumenterad erfarenhet av: * Enkäter/intervjuer * Statistisk/geografisk analys * Kunskap brottslighetens/otrygghetens geografi * Brottsdata web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/101...

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#GDRI_rep Update 1: I4R are now reproducing all published papers that use data from GDRI, or are closely related in other ways. Here is a first update on our work. 🧵

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Fantastic project where I participated. Lots of work from many involved researchers. And interesting findings on the effects of data cleaning on results.

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Very impressive replication work - sad outcomes. I suspect this is what happens when research efforts are driven by career concerns rather than by curiosity.

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

I4R doing the lord’s work. Hopefully these will be a collective wake up call to be more careful and transparent about complicated studies in applied micro (and elsewhere too)

submitted 60 days ago • 1 comment

The new practice that economics journals require sharing of data is already bearing fruit. This practice represents an important improvement for the profession.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

The Institute for Replication is doing such crucial work in scientific self-correction. A team of 15 people worked pro bono for 3 months to meticulously comb through a series of questionable published findings. We need a better system to reward this type of work.

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The work carried out by @i4replication.bsky.social is truly admirable, now I'm very curious to see what the repercussions of scientific misbehavior are going to be

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The craziest thing about it is that if you want to believe the most “positive” interpretation, you have to agree that they’re bad at RCTs. Messy, don’t follow protocols, etc. Yet they consistently get the biggest effect sizes! It’s almost like a proof by contradiction.

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Reported treatment effects are GIGANTIC. 2.5 sd in India! Never seen anything that large before.

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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. 🧵

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Sunday 9PM ET / Monday 3AM CET / Monday 1PM Melbourne! See you all then :) #EconSky

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Abel: I am writing in my capacity as Chair of I4R. Last year, I was contacted by a researcher that alerted me of potential scientific misconduct in a set of papers all using data from a specific NGO.🧵

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A new study where we used IV to make patient-level estimates from RCTs with different participation rates comparable: academic.oup.com/europace/adv...

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We are pleased to to announce that enrolments are now open for the “Panel Data for Causal Research Designs” course co-organised with SIdE Italian Econometric Association. 📍Where? Bertinoro 📆 When? 29 June – 5 July 2025 Click the link below for further details ⬇️ irvapp.fbk.eu/news/detail/...

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New research alert! Our study investigates the effectiveness of human-only, AI-assisted, and AI-led teams in assessing the reproducibility of quantitative social science research. We've got some surprising findings!

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If they like chess, maybe it’s time for them to try negroni too?

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Interested in leading mass reproducibility projects in public health & environment? Building a very large network? Traveling the world & exploring new cities? 🚨I4R is looking to hire a postdoc fellow to co-lead our new public health/environment program for at least 2 years🚨 Info👇

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Bli min nationalekonomikollega i Karlstad! Vi söker en lektor. Vi är en liten avdelning med breda forskningsintressen.

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Preparing a leceure while the kids are home from school is not the esaiest task. Maybe I can get some inspiration from the kids readings?

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More traction for the Islam - GDRI saga. Monash claiming that he “holds no official position with GDRI and has not received any personal or material benefit from GDRI since its inception in 2010”. Hmmmh. www.theaustralian.com.au/education/mo...

A Bangladesh-based organization focused on development economics and its founder have been churning out papers filled with misstatements, inconsistencies, ethical lapses and “statistically improbable data,” according to researchers involved in an ongoing effort to replicate the work.

The Islam - GDRI saga is gaining some traction. retractionwatch.com/2025/04/10/r...

Fantastic coauthors made this forensic data investigation fire!

The original paper is now retracted and our comment accepted for publication in the European Economic Review 🔥

I am very happy that the editors took our report seriously. Hope more retractions will follow.

#GDRI_rep Update 6: Some of the authors have responded to our report on "Raising Health Awareness in Rural Communities" @ The Review of Economics and Statistics. Authors received our report Feb 6. A short 🧵

Excellent find. How do you do this organizationally? How many enumerators do you need? How do you pay them? How do you get respondents to respond so well that your attrition rate over four waves is only 1.7%? The authors are rather shy on these issues and the costs. Clearly, GDRI worked magically.

Some would probably say it is impossible. Or maybe everyone?

This gem is hidden in the response to the response. ”…within a few hours and under extreme time pressure 11,843 households were visited and 22,686 respondents interviewed (two spouses in each household).” Indeed hard to believe 🫠

#GDRI_rep Update 5: We have a new report. We reproduced the paper entitled "Partisan Effects of Information Campaigns in Competitive Authoritarian Elections: Evidence from Bangladesh" by Ahmed, Hodler and Islam published at the Economic Journal. See below for links to report and authors' responses.

Bli min kollega! Denna gång söker vi en statistiker (eller liknande) som gärna får jobba både i nationalekonomi och statistik.

In a new @i4replication.bsky.social report we replicate Islam (2019). Main issue: the randomized controlled trial was not randomized. And many other things on top of that. See full report for details. (w/ @carlbonander.bsky.social, @nikljako.bsky.social, @flxhlzmstr.bsky.social, Bensch & Brodeur)

#GDRI_rep Update 4: We have a new report. We reproduced the paper entitled "Parent–teacher meetings and student outcomes" by Islam @ European Economic Review. See below for links to report and author's response.

#GDRI_rep Update 3: The paper "Improving Hygiene and Sanitation through Parental Skill Training" by Asadul Islam, Umair Khalil and Tabassum Rahman was conditionally accepted at Economic Development and Cultural Change. We requested a replication package. It has now been withdrawn

We have a new report out about the #GDRI_rep. The paper has not been retracted but all three authors have withdrawn their names.

#GDRI_rep Update 2: I4R sent a report to the original authors for the PLOS One article "“Food insecurity and mental health of women during COVID-19: Evidence from a developing country". All authors have now emailed PLOS One to withdraw their names. osf.io/7tzek/

Kom och jobba hos mig! Jag behöver minst en forskningsassistent, heltid i ett år, tillträde snarast. Meriterande med dokumenterad erfarenhet av: * Enkäter/intervjuer * Statistisk/geografisk analys * Kunskap brottslighetens/otrygghetens geografi * Brottsdata web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/101...

#GDRI_rep Update 1: I4R are now reproducing all published papers that use data from GDRI, or are closely related in other ways. Here is a first update on our work. 🧵

Fantastic project where I participated. Lots of work from many involved researchers. And interesting findings on the effects of data cleaning on results.

Very impressive replication work - sad outcomes. I suspect this is what happens when research efforts are driven by career concerns rather than by curiosity.

I4R doing the lord’s work. Hopefully these will be a collective wake up call to be more careful and transparent about complicated studies in applied micro (and elsewhere too)

The new practice that economics journals require sharing of data is already bearing fruit. This practice represents an important improvement for the profession.

The Institute for Replication is doing such crucial work in scientific self-correction. A team of 15 people worked pro bono for 3 months to meticulously comb through a series of questionable published findings. We need a better system to reward this type of work.

The work carried out by @i4replication.bsky.social is truly admirable, now I'm very curious to see what the repercussions of scientific misbehavior are going to be

The craziest thing about it is that if you want to believe the most “positive” interpretation, you have to agree that they’re bad at RCTs. Messy, don’t follow protocols, etc. Yet they consistently get the biggest effect sizes! It’s almost like a proof by contradiction.

Reported treatment effects are GIGANTIC. 2.5 sd in India! Never seen anything that large before.

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. 🧵

Sunday 9PM ET / Monday 3AM CET / Monday 1PM Melbourne! See you all then :) #EconSky

Abel: I am writing in my capacity as Chair of I4R. Last year, I was contacted by a researcher that alerted me of potential scientific misconduct in a set of papers all using data from a specific NGO.🧵

A new study where we used IV to make patient-level estimates from RCTs with different participation rates comparable: academic.oup.com/europace/adv...

New research alert! Our study investigates the effectiveness of human-only, AI-assisted, and AI-led teams in assessing the reproducibility of quantitative social science research. We've got some surprising findings!

If they like chess, maybe it’s time for them to try negroni too?

Interested in leading mass reproducibility projects in public health & environment? Building a very large network? Traveling the world & exploring new cities? 🚨I4R is looking to hire a postdoc fellow to co-lead our new public health/environment program for at least 2 years🚨 Info👇

Bli min nationalekonomikollega i Karlstad! Vi söker en lektor. Vi är en liten avdelning med breda forskningsintressen.

Preparing a leceure while the kids are home from school is not the esaiest task. Maybe I can get some inspiration from the kids readings?

Application to the PhD Programme in Economics at Stockholm University is now open! #econlife www.su.se/department-o...

My take on banana gate. Or not mine, but I would like to take credit for it.

Jag sålde mina 10 bitcoins 11 år för tidigt!