James Okun @jamescokun

phd student @mitecon. io and public. likes animals, math, & data. jamesokun.github.io Cambridge, MA Joined January 2019

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James Okun @jamescokun

a year ago

Amy Finkelstein is hiring predocs! Can't recommend the job enough to folks considering an economics phd. You will learn a lot and have fun! nber.org/sites/default/…

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Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from U.S. School Districts" by Rebecca Jack, Clare Halloran, James Okun, and Emily Oster. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

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David Grabowski @DavidCGrabowski

4 years ago

Interesting new working paper by Einav, Finkelstein & @nealemahoney finds gains from the reallocation of skilled nursing facility patients to higher-quality facilities within a market nmahoney.people.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/…

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Emily Oster @ProfEmilyOster

4 years ago

WSJ covers our paper on remote learning and test scores wsj.com/articles/remot…

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Emily Oster @ProfEmilyOster

4 years ago

Our team (me, @ClareHalloran, @RebeccaSJack and @jcokun1) has a new working paper out today at NBER, on pandemic learning mode and test scores. nber.org/papers/w29497. A short thread about it: (1/n)

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Richard H Thaler @R_Thaler

4 years ago

Very happy about the choice of Jesse Shapiro for a MacArthur Fellowship. Jesse has long been one of my favorite people to talk to. He is a fantastically versatile researcher. For those who don't know he is Vice President of the @ProfEmilyOster family firm.

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James Okun @jamescokun

4 years ago

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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4 years ago

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy @fordschool

4 years ago

Professor @dynarski's research and advocacy for simplified financial aid policy became reality with the passage of the December budget reconciliation bill. In 2023, the FAFSA will be reduced to 33 questions from the original 108. myumi.ch/wlERv

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Geoffrey Kocks @Econ_Geoff

5 years ago

Logging onto Twitter and seeing more long threads about pre-docs and real analysis

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Wojtek Kopczuk 🇵🇱🇺🇦 and 🇺🇲 @wwwojtekk

5 years ago

In case you had any doubts whom athletics preferences in top colleges serve features.thecrimson.com/2020/freshman-…

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Yuci Zhou @zhouyuci

5 years ago

if you don't think this is a good idea, pls comment on the proposed rule here federalregister.gov/documents/2020…

Vox @voxdotcom

5 years ago

if you don't think this is a good idea, pls comment on the proposed rule here federalregister.gov/documents/2020…

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Emily Oster @ProfEmilyOster

5 years ago

Go time. Thanks for nice coverage @NPR! npr.org/2020/09/23/915… And visit the full dashboard here: qualtrics.com/covid-school-d…

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James Okun @jamescokun

5 years ago

@PhDemetri Frequentist: “where do your priors come from?” Bayesian: “the same place your likelihood’s come from — your head”

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Dani Rodrik @rodrikdani

5 years ago

There’s been much discussion in recent days about Economics’ race problem. Some of what has come out is quite disturbing. I have not said much, but I have listened and thought. Here are a few reflections I want to add. +

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Simon Mongey @Simon_Mongey

5 years ago

1/n Two things can be true, (i) you yourself have not been discriminatory toward minority students, (ii) minority students do not feel comfortable because they expect you to be discriminatory. Four things push toward this impasse without active behavior.

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John Horton @johnjhorton

5 years ago

Police in the US should not routinely carry lethal weapons. It would be safer for everyone & help select for the right kind of people. They will say this will make the job more dangerous (doubtful), but the the guy mowing the lawn at police HQ has the more dangerous job now.

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Robynn Cox @RobynnCox

5 years ago

The death of #GeorgeFloyd should not be viewed in isolation of the Central Park woman who “hysterically” called the police on a black bird watcher for videotaping her because she refused to follow park rules. She is RATIONALLY exploiting the DUALITY in the CJS to exert dominance.

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Austin L. Wright @austinlwright

5 years ago

Pleased to announce a new working paper with @AArdaGitmez and @k_sonin on income, media slant, and compliance with government policies during a pandemic. The theoretical results provide an economic microfoundation for #COVID19 papers on social distancing. bit.ly/3cE45UG