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Christopher A. Neilson

@chrisaneilson

Professor of Economics at Yale University, Founder @TetherEd @ConsiliumBots Made@🇨🇱+🇺🇸

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Are you PhD student interested in AI/ML & economics? Apply to the Machine Learning in Economics Summer Institute at Chicago Booth, Aug 7-13. Two-part program includes lectures from experts + 2-day conference on cutting-edge research. Deadline March 28, plz RT. Link in reply.

Are you PhD student interested in AI/ML & economics? 

Apply to the Machine Learning in Economics Summer Institute at Chicago Booth, Aug 7-13. Two-part program includes lectures from experts + 2-day conference on cutting-edge research.

Deadline March 28, plz RT.  Link in reply.
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As AI agents make it easier for students applying to schools/colleges to convey info and apply strategically, US college admissions and access to elite universities will likely evolve in one of three ways: 1. The Stubborn Admin Route: Resist the rise of AI by making apps harder

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🇭🇹 The power of information disclosure in improving education in #Haiti EGC's Christopher A. Neilson (Yale Department of Economics/Yale Jackson School/ConsiliumBots) and colleagues from Inter-American Development Bank reveal that simply sharing school test scores led to better market efficiency. 🔎 Read: egc.yale.edu/research/repor…

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At ASU+GSV this week checking out the AI Show. If you're thinking about how AI will reshape school choice, vouchers, ESAs—or just how to make public & private education systems work for everyone—let’s connect. Especially interested in meeting innovators in this space. DM

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College admissions: Write tear-jerking essays about solving world hunger or curing cancer ("for vibes"). Same students, junior year: Elbowing each other at Goldman Sachs/McKinsey recruiting. The alchemy of elite education: transforming performative empathy into personal

College admissions: Write tear-jerking essays about solving world hunger or curing cancer ("for vibes").

Same students, junior year: Elbowing each other at Goldman Sachs/McKinsey recruiting.

The alchemy of elite education: transforming performative empathy into personal
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AI is going to make government much more efficient at allocating resources/services. However the gap between policy complexity and public understanding is increasing and is limiting meaningful citizen participation and accountability. Without tools for transparency, public

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It was a great pleasure to have Juan Ariel Jiménez give a guest lecture in my class at Yale Jackson School on his views and experience implementing education policy and reform in the Dominican Republic. Exciting to see reform in action but sobering to know how hard to it is move the needle.