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On sexism in economics
A recent paper by Alice Wu, publicized by Justin Wolfers is creating a stir on the econ-twittosphere. The paper uses machine learning assisted text mining and topic modeling to document the astonishing sexism on the Economic Job Market Rumors US student … Continue reading
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Why I tweet
Tweeting from scratch only requires a computer and an hour time. Set up an account, choose a name for your handle, read a few “how too” guides to get a sense of what the twitter etiquette is, how to use … Continue reading
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Defining Excellence in economics: 70 Years of John Bates Clark Medals
Andrej Svorenčík and I have a new working paper on the history of the John Bates Clark medal (SSRN and SocArXiv links). We combine archival evidence on the establishment and early years of the award and quantitative analysis of the profiles of the … Continue reading
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How about every historian of science nominates a candidate for the Golden Goose Award?
This morning, while searching for material on the history of mechanism design, I stumbled on the Golden Goose award webpage. Though I’m being told it is quite important in scientific/policy circles, I had never heard of it. Founded in 2012 … Continue reading
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Speculations on the stabilization and dissemination of the “DSGE” trade name (in progress)
Some research I’ve done for the history of macroeconometric modeling conference that will be held in Utrecht next week led me to wonder who coined and disseminated the term “Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium.” Not the class of models, whose development … Continue reading
“The American Economic Association declares that economics is not a man’s field”: the missing story
The December 1971 meeting of the American Economic Association in New Orleans was a watershed, Denison University’s Robin Bartlett remembers. The room in which Barbara Bergmann chaired a session on “What economic equality for women requires” was packed, as was … Continue reading
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Big data in social sciences: a promise betrayed ?
In just 5 years, the mood at conferences on social science and big data has shifted, at least in France. Back in the early 2010s, these venues were buzzing with exchanges about the characteristics of the “revolution” (the 4Vs) with … Continue reading
