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New working paper with Harvard Kennedy PhD student Matt Jacob who does amazing work! Give him a follow #econtwitter
🚨 New Working Paper 🚨 How does being the oldest in your school cohort affect social and economic outcomes? We find that relatively older boys build more friendships, are far more likely to become leaders, and sort into socially intensive occupations. w/ @michaelcbailey [1/6]
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🚨 New Working Paper 🚨 How does being the oldest in your school cohort affect social and economic outcomes? We find that relatively older boys build more friendships, are far more likely to become leaders, and sort into socially intensive occupations. w/ @michaelcbailey [1/6]
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New public measures of social capital by ZIP code created from data on 21 billion Facebook friendships reveal strong relationship between economic connectedness and upward mobility, from @OppInsights, Matthew Jackson, Theresa Kuchler, @stroebel_econ, et al nber.org/papers/w30313
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We wrote about an enormous new study that shows that cross-class friendships, perhaps more than anything else, help people climb the income ladder. The study used Facebook data for 84% of U.S. adults ages 25-44, and shows the effect is profound. nytimes.com/interactive/2022…
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Which types of social capital best explain economic mobility? Using data from Facebook, we consider more than a dozen social capital measures and our answers appear in a pair of papers in @Nature: nature.com/articles/s41586-0… 1/5
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RT @Stanford: The #NobelPrize committee couldn't reach Paul Milgrom to share the news that he won, so his fellow winner and neighbor Robert…
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Yesterday @stroebel_econ mentioned some of the neat working using the SCI. I wanted to tell you a little more about one of those papers (which just happens to be mine and happened to be accepted today @restatjournal!) Thanks to everyone who has given feedback!
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New paper on International Trade and Social Connectedness with Bailey, Gupta, Hillenbrand, Kuchler and @stroebel_econ robertjrichmond.com/papers/B… (1/N)
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Facebook announced the winners of the "Economic Opportunity and Digital Platforms" research awards: research.fb.com/blog/2019/11…. 7 amazing and inspiring teams and projects - super excited to see these projects come to fruition.
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I've been trying in vain to get in touch with the folks at @bayesimpact to chat about partnerships. Anyone know a founder or someone on staff? @seanjtaylor ?
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American Malcolm Richards sets new men's indoor world marathon record, running 2:19.01.9. Old record was 2:21.48.
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Amazing thread!
I want to start a Twitter thread!(*) QUESTION: What is one of your favorite figures in economics? Please submit answers below! (*)Inspired by dinner conversation last week with possible colleagues
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Players with 1,986 rushing yards, 23 TDs since 2006? 4 Players with 3,496 all-purpose yards since 1869? #WildCaff https://nitter.net/t.co/P3HpmZPQu3
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Please help?! Arrange the pieces to complete the crossword. @bonzawordpuzzle j.mp/1o7YS67 http://t.co/orHmYeyC6B
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And now for the top 3 prizes! In 3rd Place winning Oculus Rift is Team Out For Justice from @Facebook! #bayeshack
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Team @Facebook in the house cleaning up the streets & predicting crime in SF w/ Project "Out for Justice" #bayeshack http://t.co/JKqEN5lPBc
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