Ramin Izadi (@izramin) 's Twitter Profile
Ramin Izadi

@izramin

Postdoc fellow at MIT. Economics of Education. Randomized Field Experiments.

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Suomessa pitäisi miettiä vähemmän sitä miten kavennetaan eroja ja enemmän sitä miten tunnistetaan lahjakkuus ja vaalitaan sitä. Koulut | Tutkimus paljastaa Helsingin koulumarkkinat ja ”kermankuorinnan” hs.fi/helsinki/art-2…

Lawrence H. Summers (@lhsummers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This course will only be viable if Harvard’s leadership stands up to faculty and greatly accelerates efforts to change the university’s course by: --Resisting antisemitism as it has resisted other forms of prejudice --Elevating excellence over identity in choosing students and

Paul Novosad (@paulnovosad) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Every college should require a first year class on psychology and attention. It should cover the dopamine system, the attention economy, addiction by design, social media algorithms. Assignments could include blocking social apps/phones for two weeks and recording effects.

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Trump: "An old fashioned term that we use -- groceries. I used it on the campaign. It's such an old fashioned term, but a beautiful term. Groceries. It says a bag with different things in it."

Joseph Steinberg (@jbsteinberg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

[Warning: this may offend some people!] I think economists have done society a disservice by elevating applied-micro studies that focus exclusively on the relative effects of trade across different groups of workers but are silent about the aggregate effects.

Arnaud Bertrand (@rnaudbertrand) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm normally not a big fan, but this is an absolutely brilliant answer by Larry Summers to the oft-repeated argument that China is somehow "cheating" in trade. In fact it's probably the best answer I've ever heard on this. It goes back to the point I was making

Abhishek Nagaraj 🗺️ (@abhishekn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

THREAD/ specific answers vary by field, but i've spent a large portion of my research career interested in this question. punchline: funding (the right) data is a relatively cheap but super effective way to boost progress in a field.

Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Scandinavia's income equality is not driven by redistribution, generous leave policies, or cognitive equality within the country. It's driven by collective bargaining shrinking the returns to skill and education. Look at the resulting pre-tax wage variance:

Scandinavia's income equality is not driven by redistribution, generous leave policies, or cognitive equality within the country.

It's driven by collective bargaining shrinking the returns to skill and education.

Look at the resulting pre-tax wage variance: