AspiringEconomist @spatialecon
an undergraduate student interested in urban economics, economic geography, public policy, and mathematics. Joined December 2019-
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@2oovy Should be PMPM (painting, music, poetry, mathematics)
There is *so much* variation even across Europe on which immigrants come in and how their children do. Figure (Boustan et al) shows rank gap vs. native-born for immigrants and their children. One of the richest graphs around. What is going on here? 1/
Meta’s Segment Anything Model (SAM) is the ChatGPT of geospatial data. It’s transforming geospatial analyses. Here’s what you need to know:
@DHSprogram 2. Methodology—ML Models: Machine learning (gradient boosting) is used to train a model on the relationship between the alternative data and survey data. This is then used to predict wealth (out of sample) for 2.4km x 2.4km grids across 135 countries.
Geospatial data science is all about having access to good data. Here are a list of my favourite free geospatial resources:
This handbook chapter presents the major advances made in the field of economic geography over the past decade. NEW in @nberpubs, by @TrebAllen (@DartmouthEcon) & Costas Arkolakis (@Yale): nber.org/papers/w33436
Geographic access to colleges shapes degree outcomes. Students in community college deserts face disparities while White students pivot to 4-year colleges and Black/Hispanic students often forgo college, from @riacton, @KalenaCortes, @lois-Miller, and @CamilaNtMorales…
Ce papier sur l'Allemagne montre deux choses : 1⃣ Évident : pour faire baisser les loyers, il suffit de construire. 2⃣ Subtil : construire des appartements pour les plus aisés fait baisser l'ensemble des loyers et bénéfie donc à tout le monde. Dans l'étude en question, plus de…
Ce papier sur l'Allemagne montre deux choses : 1⃣ Évident : pour faire baisser les loyers, il suffit de construire. 2⃣ Subtil : construire des appartements pour les plus aisés fait baisser l'ensemble des loyers et bénéfie donc à tout le monde. Dans l'étude en question, plus de…
If you want to read one paper to understand wildfire insurance markets in CA, it’s this one. It is an absolute fantastic read and shows exactly why some insurers pulled out of the market. By @JuddBoomhower, Fowlie, @jacobgellman, & Plantinga today.ucsd.edu/story/impact-o…
An overview of recent empirical and methodological advances in the study of historical intergenerational mobility trends, from Ran Abramitzky, @leah_boustan, and Tamar Matiashvili nber.org/papers/w33330
Mathematics of neural networks (Lecture notes graduate course). ~ Bart M.N. Smets. arxiv.org/abs/2403.04807 #NeuralNetwork #Math
🚨 New paper: Beyond Congestion Pricing 🚨🚨 As we celebrate, let's not forget how uncertain the journey was. That's because it wasn't within NYC's powers. And there's much more NYC *can* do. What should NYC do next, on its own?👇 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… #TRBAM2025 #TRBAM
A review of recent research on spatial economics, from @ReddingEcon nber.org/papers/w33125
These are 10 of my favourite #UrbanEconomics articles published in academic journals in 2024 (continues a tradition started in 2018, order is alphabetical by first author, no ranking implied):
We study how the welfare gains from trade and growth decompose into quantity, quality and variety using trade data and theory. In the general equilibrium model, trade follows a gravity equation and prices rise with importer and exporter GDP per capita econometricsociety.org/publications/e…
arXiv is down, subtly telling us to stop downloading these pdfs and maybe start reading them instead.
Now I have truly seen everything
Out now: Do households value lower density: Theory, evidence, and implications from Washington, DC dlvr.it/T7QFsw
Me when a math textbook tells me to recall some theorem that I have no recollection of encountering before, even though I read the said theorem the day before…
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Crowding in Private Quality: The Equilibrium Effects of Public Spending in Education,” by Andrabi (@AndrabiTahir), Bau (@BauNatalie), Das, Karachiwalla (@NKarachiwalla), Khwaja (@aikhwaja): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…
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Nathaniel Baum-Snow @baum_snow
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Amrita Kulka @AmritaKulka
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Laura Weiwu @laurayww
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Giorgio Pietrabissa @GioPietrabissa
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Olivia Bordeu @OliviaBordeu
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