Economist at Stanford

Joined December 2011
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I'm hiring pre-doctoral research assistants for a new Sustainable Economy Lab starting summer 2022! Rigorous economics with a social mission. Want to do an econ PhD? Have background in econ/stats/CS? Please apply! Info: sites.google.com/site/allcot… @econ_ra

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#econ_ra Microsoft Research is hiring pre-doctoral economics research assistants in Cambridge, MA, to work with Greg Lewis, Markus Mobius, me, and great machine learning people. We welcome your application! microsoft.com/en-us/research… @econ_ra #EconTwitter

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60 Watt incandescent lightbulb ban starts tomorrow. Massive energy savings - but good for welfare? #energyefficiency files.nyu.edu/ha32/public/re…

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US per capita energy use down for the third straight year. buffalonews.com/business/us-….

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My favorite charity. givedirectly.org/. Gave on behalf of my dad for Christmas.

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Nice! @Kiva labs: kiva.org/labs/financingagric…. Flexible lending for the poor. @poverty_action and @JPAL_Global RCTs, now aiming for scale!

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The cognitive costs of poverty: important new research by @m_sendhil and co-authors summarized at bit.ly/16ZbfbA

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