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James Rockey retweeted
I agree with @sndurlauf.
Over the years at Penn, I have observed developments that deeply concern me.
There is, of course, outstanding scholarship being produced across the humanities. Indeed, few economists are likely to hold the humanities in higher regard than I do, both for their intellectual value and for their essential role in a university.
At the same time, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that some work has become increasingly oriented toward political advocacy rather than scholarly inquiry. When that happens, the distinction between academic research and activism becomes blurred in ways that are not healthy for either the humanities or the university more broadly.
Jun 5
I strongly endorse this outstanding report, commissioned by Daniel Diermeier, Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, and Andrew Martin, Chancellor of Washington University on the State of Scholarship. It is a cri de couer about the state of the humanities and the interpretive social sciences. The object of scrutinty is
"a deterioration in scholarly standards fueled by the substitution of political criteria for properly scholarly criteria in the assessment of research and a more general repudiation of longstanding ideals of rigor and objectivity."
The report is properly nuanced in identifying subfields in which the scholarly enterprise has been damaged and as opposed to blanket disciplinary condemnations because of problems in particular areas.
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Jun 6
If another person complains about "exorbitant" UK VC salaries, I will explode. The median base salary for Russel Group VCs is ~£350k. Meanwhile, their median staff headcount is ~7–9k, their median number of students is ~30k and their median annual revenue is almost £1 BILLION.
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Jan 4
Fascinating piece by @megbaynes on how risk-averse British pension schemes are.
The £73bn universities pension scheme has been delivering an insanely pedestrian *1.7%* return for its members over the past 5 years
thetimes.com/article/1b7a1fb…
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James Rockey retweeted
31 Oct 2025
Logarithms pose uniquely thorny issues when using difference-in-differences. When the baseline difference between your control group and experiment group is large enough, using a logged dependent variable can actually change the *sign* of the estimated effect!
29 Oct 2025
Logarithms are ubiquitous in economics. They allow you to conveniently express percentage changes. However, your data includes a zero, the log representation breaks. It turns out that there is no solution fully robust to the choice of units used! 1/
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James Rockey retweeted
15 Oct 2024
“The calculator requires no internet connection to set up. It won't ask for bluetooth permissions. It doesn't want to know your precise location. You won't be prompted to create an account & you don't need to log in. … You paid for it & now it is yours. It has no other master.“
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James Rockey retweeted
13 Sep 2024
1/4 Some more highlights from our webinar with @TheGirlGen, @Jcrockey & @hflowe on Tuesday.
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James Rockey retweeted
11 Sep 2024
Yesterday, we co-hosted a webinar on the ground breaking research by @Jcrockey & @hflowe from @unibirmingham, 'Estimating excess mortality due to FGM'. Their findings mark a pivotal moment in the fight to end FGM/C. Key takeaways: 1/5
ALT Webinar on estimating excess mortality due to FGM/C
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James Rockey retweeted
26 Jul 2024
This paper had everyone at NBER talking this week. Amazing natural experiment, important results!
"The Impact of Denying a Wanted Abortion on Women and Children" by @juliana_londono & Estefanía Saravia
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James Rockey retweeted
25 Jul 2024
Google DeepMind have produced a program that in a certain sense has achieved a silver-medal peformance at this year's International Mathematical Olympiad. 🧵
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James Rockey retweeted
5 Jul 2024
🧵 to unpack the UK #GeneralElections2024 Results
#UKElection2024 #GE2024
1/ Keir Starmer is neck to neck with Tony Blair 1997 victory making it a historic win for #LabourParty. However, in terms of vote shares #GE2024 ranks below average as compared to past 100 years.
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James Rockey retweeted
7 Jun 2024
Contrast with Sunak emphasizing that he attended the 'British events'
6 Jun 2024
A very emotional moment as President Macron awards the Légion d'honneur to a Royal Navy Wren, Ms Lamb
She made the maps that enabled D Day. A hero!
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8 May 2024
Great to see this come out!
7 May 2024
🔔 Publication Alert🔔
Very happy to see our paper (w/ @LHarvey26 & @Jcrockey ) "Inequality in an Equal Society" out now in the Oxford Bulletin of Economics & Statistics.
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28 Feb 2024
Do Remote Workers Deter Neighborhood Crime? Evidence from the Rise of Working from Home | @JesseMatheson2 @BrendonMcC @Jcrockey, Argyris Sakalis
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James Rockey retweeted
18 Nov 2023
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Come and join our fantastic department! We are looking for two associate and one assistant professor. We can offer fantastic conditions and a competitive salary. Apply apply apply!
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18 Nov 2023
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Any field, but candidates in Macroeconomics, Econometrics, and Financial Economics are particularly encouraged to apply.
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James Rockey retweeted
18 Nov 2023
#JobAlert We are looking for:
1) Associate Professor (econjobmarket.org/positions/…)
2) Assistant Professor (econjobmarket.org/positions/…)
Any field, but candidates in Macroeconomics, Econometrics, and Financial Economics are particularly encouraged to apply.
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James Rockey retweeted
18 Nov 2023
We are hiring at @econ_ub - come and join us @raff_rossi for questions or give me a DM
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James Rockey retweeted
24 Oct 2023
🏢 "Here’s What We Do and Don’t Know About the Effects of Remote Work"
📖 Research from Professor James Rockey @Jcrockey was featured by the @nytimes as part their coverage of research on changing work practices.
Read more ⬇️
nytimes.com/2023/10/10/busin…
ALT A new hybrid work environment has made profound but still puzzling changes in both the cities and the suburbs. Credit: Haruka Sakaguchi for The New York Times
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