Isabel Pastoor
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Applied Economics PhD student @ApEcMN studying women, gender, and work.
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It's official! I will be attending American University Washington, DC to pursue a PhD in economics. I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to be trained by the best feminist economists. And I've always wanted to live somewhere with cherry trees so this is a dream come true 🥲
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A male classmate made an insulting and inappropriate comment to me about my body today. So I did what any woman in a sexist field would do: scared the shit out of him.
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Some news: I’m making a mini economist, due December.
Grad school is waiting one year so I can be a human.
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I feel like the mark of an economist is to describe all non-econ things using econ jargon to the point where it’s annoying. Do other professions do this?
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I just went out to dinner and overheard someone at the next table say “diff in diff” and I was like, “I’m sorry, did I hear you say diff in diff?” and that’s how I met an economist out in the wild
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Today I received my first PhD program acceptance!!!! Right now I keep thinking oh crap, they must have made a mistake. But I also feel pretty great. 😊
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Husband walked by my laptop running Stata script and said “who’s this ‘divorced dummy’ you’re writing about?”
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Men are really on here pretending they are hearing about the rampant sexual harassment and abuse in econ for the first time today 👀
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Hiring ASAP: an RA who can analyze my baby's sleep training data and graphs.
Unpaid, but it will look great on your CV. My previous baby data analysts have gone on to economics PhDs at Berkeley, Stanford, and Chicago.
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I won my university’s highest academic award! It’s for a student who intends to become a professor the university would be proud to hire. I guess I’d better become a professor so they don’t rescind it in 20 years.
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After I graduated I took a class on literature by immigrants of color and I think it will be more helpful for my economics work than real analysis was. Economics is about people and that class taught me a lot about people. Real analysis just made me deeply troubled.
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Econ will have to accept that part of the solution to its culture of misogyny and sexual abuse is to have more women and fewer men in power. The profession can’t continue to be a patriarchy. Otherwise we take only baby steps.
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I cannot overstate how important and upsetting this is. The field of development economics, as it currently stands, is an extension of colonialism. And I was taught that as an undergrad. Many development economists will go their whole careers w/o realizing this.
Ouch.
Development economics, ostensibly dedicated to improving the well-being of people in developing countries, is almost devoid of people based in those countries.
- JDE editors: 2 of 69
- JPAL affiliates: 5%
- ABCDE presenters: 7%
- RCT authors: <10%
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Hey
#EconTwitter
, I am looking for part time, remote work during my gap year between undergrad (econ and women & international development) and econ PhD
@AmericanU
.
I have 3 yrs of RA experience, conduct my own research too, & am a great writer. Interests are feminist econ, (1/2)
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My husband poured me this gigantic glass of wine to accompany the first night of econometrics readings.
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NO BLACK WOMEN WERE ECON PROFESSORS IN THE ENTIRE UK BETWEEN 2012 AND 2018. You read that right. Not 1912, 2012.
These graphs looked more encouraging but then you find out the denominator 🙄
"Of the roughly 25 Black lecturers in economics, however, no more than 5 (17 percent) were women."
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In-laws love to come over, mansplain basic economics, and insult your home. I choose to have a utilitarian mindset and see it as preparation for grad school.
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My baby is SO popular in Japan. The kitchen staff at the hotel we’re staying at baked a cake. Just for her. For breakfast. There are other babies staying here and they didn’t get any cake.
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Week two of PhD complete and I’m ready to master out please
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I despise when people belittle stay at home moms. I spend over 100 hours a week providing childcare. There is no PTO, no sick days, no vacation, no long lunches, no holiday breaks, my boss screams at me while I’m in the bathroom. I guarantee it’s much harder than your job.
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I won my department's second year paper contest! Maybe I won't scrap the paper after all. TBD.
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Today’s good things:
Paper accepted ✅
Semester completed ✅
Baby ate mapo tofu and put herself to sleep ✅
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In 2021, I had a baby, got engaged (finally, after 9 years!), had first working paper published (twice!), started an awesome job working on gender econ research, presented at 3 conferences, recovered from taking the GRE 3 times, and did not get covid.
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First day of PhD! And a big transition. No more watching Stranger Things while baby sleeps/nurses in my lap. I should probably use that time to read about very small economics and economic-tricks.
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I bought a book with “economics” in the title, start reading it, it sucks, Google the author. He’s a sociologist! I want my money back.
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I learned today I’m a candidate for my school’s “highest university award” and my first instinct was to email the person I suspect nominated me to say wtf. I’m starting to think I can succeed in life despite my bad linear algebra grade from 2019...maybe.
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Baby during meeting: 😡😭
Baby immediately after meeting: 🥰
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It’s not even noon yet and I’m already defending
@ProfEmilyOster
and the field of economics in a FB moms group.
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Would any
#EconTwitter
profs be really nice and let me DM them for some specific PhD admissions decisions advice? Would be very brief. I am in the fortunate and terrifying position of having options. Talking to my profs and advisors of course but I would like diverse input.
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In 2022, I got married and started my PhD program. Here’s hoping that in 2023 I don’t get divorced and drop out. Happy new year!
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Today I finished the first year of my PhD. I have a lot of feelings about the last year, many of them negative. It’s amazing how learning so much can make you feel so stupid.
I’m really grateful to the people who ensured I finished: husband, MIL,
@eje612
&
@marcfbellemare
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Math camp! Time to attempt to re-learn all the math I’ve already forgotten despite only taking it a couple years ago while I take care of an infant with no assistance. Wish me luck! Or just wish my laptop shelter from drool.
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Decision day is early this year because the decision to attend
@ApEcMN
for my PhD was so easy! After finding out I was having a baby last year, and that she was due during my intended first semester of grad school, I thought I might never be able to go. But I’m going!
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English language writing ability can be a barrier to publication and career advancement in economics. I can provide free English copy editing and proofing for URM women in economics. Please feel free to share with others.
#DiversifyEconomics
#EconTwitter
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GRE alone cost me nearly $1,000 (3 takes at $205 each + tutoring)
Plus app fees to 8 schools ~$600
Plus opportunity cost of completing the applications
So at least $2k and will be lucky to get into a single PhD program. Well worth it in long run but SO expensive now.
This fall, I spent $515 on applying to grad school. This might sound high, but in fact, the cost was ~4 times less than it would have been in a normal year for me. Why? Mostly, the GRE.
(2/14)
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I’m happy to share I’ll be presenting a paper at ASSA 2025, and especially excited to share that it will be a video presentation because we are expecting our second child in January! 👶
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School shopping time. What supplies helped you as a first year PhD student, besides the obvious stuff?
#EconTwitter
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It’s every bride’s dream to take 4 Covid tests within 24 hours of her wedding and deliver an energizing speech about the fall of Roe v. Wade at her reception. I get to live that dream today.
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@naijagirlmemoir
@PhDVoice
What field is the paper in/what are you in school for? I offer free editing services for underrepresented minority women in economics and related fields. DM me if that applies to you.
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Also if a man is “someone who would defend women” and you’ve never seen him defend a woman, I have some bad news for you. He’s not someone who would defend women
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A basic human need is to reduce productivity slightly while pregnant and the thing about being a PhD student (or being anything in academia I assume) is that you need to increase productivity while pregnant to prepare for taking time off.
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A lot of economists are actually sociologists who know a lot of math and nothing about race
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A shit week. Compelling reasons to not drop out of school, please and thank you.
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Being in an ag focused applied econ program came in handy today when my mother in law asked me whether the chickens we buy our eggs from eat food. I know from my training that the answer is yes, chickens have to eat food or they will die.
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Being pregnant is just...how do I say this delicately...vomity and tiring. The baby does not like morning meetings. Her bargaining power is high in these matters.
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I always ask my mom for advice on how to solve my small interpersonal problems as a grad student and she always answers with something that would ruin my career
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Well it’s a good time to mention I’ve been thinking I’ll do my dissertation on abortion and women’s work. I’m reading this book and I’d highly recommend it if you want to know more about what happens when women can or can’t self determine reproduction.
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If economists are going to make boring memes please at least follow the format of the meme. Don't assume googling a generator for the meme will make it correct. I can't take seeing any more anime butterfly boy memes totally butchered so here are some tips...
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Feeling like a behavioral economist. Just put an expensive chocolate bar on top of my husband’s allergist appointment details.
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Woohoo! Two years ago I was accepted to MEA in the undergrad sessions, now I am in the grown up sessions.
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I hereby apologize to Professor Monica Brown for saying “welcome to hell” when a new student joined calc 1. I was wrong. That wasn’t hell. This is hell.
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Wow thank you so much for spreading this! I found awesome work and I am so grateful and excited. 😊
Hey
#EconTwitter
, I am looking for part time, remote work during my gap year between undergrad (econ and women & international development) and econ PhD
@AmericanU
.
I have 3 yrs of RA experience, conduct my own research too, & am a great writer. Interests are feminist econ, (1/2)
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I’m now oriented to my PhD program! It was hard being away from my baby for the first time but exciting and motivating to start getting in the school mindset again.
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development, labor, repro health, & policy. Stata is my language. I'm taking a gap year before grad school because I'm having a baby, so flexibility in work hours is a must.👩🍼
TY for any signal boosting or links to opportunities!
(2/2)
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Baby said her first Vietnamese word! We are proud parents. The bilingual journey takes a lot of consistency and it’s sweet to see the effort paying off.
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I’m burnt out on this frequent solo parenting + working + PhDing thing. It’s so tiring. And there are still more than 3 weeks left of my spouse’s current trip. To keep going, I am looking forward to a social event happening two weeks from now and my nightly chocolate pretzel 🫠
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This is it. First exam of grad school. Pray it won’t be my last
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Week one of PhD ✅
I think I’ll be going to bed while the sun is still out tonight.
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Very surreal to be a severely immunocompromised individual seeing privileged economists complain about how annoying hybrid
#ASSA2023
is. Like, I wish annoyance with zoom were a real problem, but it’s not. Ppl with the highest levels of education still know zero about some things.
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This week I am missing
-15 hours of math camp
-15 hours of R camp
-a board meeting
so my spouse can travel to a conference.
What’s my consolation prize for this sacrifice? Wrong answers only
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How much evidence do we need of sexism in the field before we take steps to filter out sexist folks? We need more women in econ. At the same time, if we're entering a hostile environment, representation isn't the only thing that matters. Climate matters.
“Women are asked more questions during a seminar and the questions asked of women presenters are more likely to be patronizing or hostile. These effects are not due to women presenting in different fields, different seminar series, or different topics.”
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Fuck this guy and his misogynist book.
We don’t need to say it politely just because he has an advanced degree.
🙂
This book won't release for a few weeks, but I'm happy to start scheduling media for it. Just email me.
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Do you guys think they’ll accept “the remainder of the proof is trivial and left as an exercise to the reader” on the prelim?
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Can't tell if I'm getting better at math or just becoming numb to it
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No more exciting email subject line than "your IPUMS extract is ready"
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Math camp registration form came today. 😭😳🤢😁 All the feelings!
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Today we bought a house and tomorrow is our first wedding anniversary 💖 A good weekend.
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This week I am presenting at TWO virtual conferences! These are my first presentations of single-authored work not in a student category -- kind of my debut as a blossoming professional entering the field. I am really proud, excited, and nervous! I'm going to tweet about both
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Tomorrow I start my new job
@ipums
and Thursday I take (and hopefully pass) my micro prelim and Friday I go to bed very early.
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SOS
#EconTwitter
I am reaching out in a time of serious need. I will be a discussant for the first time in about two weeks. It is a metrics paper. I am but a humble 24 year old with no graduate education. Don't let the calm tone of this tweet fool you. I need help. Thank you.
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Tomorrow morning we (me, husband, 1 year old) fly to Tokyo! My fifth trip to Asia and my first airplane ride with a baby. Please send prayers and tips.
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@erinrileyau
@MyMomSaysImFun1
@econhist_allday
If I were at any stage of pregnancy I would not travel to a state with an abortion ban. Any and all pregnancy complications either are or soon will be on the table for legal action.
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I’m hoping that turning in my second year paper will put an end to my left eye twitch, which has been going on for over one month now. Love grad school
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eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (the sound happening in my head right now because I am making The School Decision this week)
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I am fully vaccinated and I am SO excited to share some personal news: next weekend I am driving up to Grand Marais to get World’s Best Donuts. I can’t stop thinking about it. 🍩😇
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It’s a triple diff in diff on health care service bundling in case you were curious
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I want to go into development econ and I wonder how in the hell students from developing countries could afford to pay these ridiculous fees. They often can't. And that is part of how we end up with all white anglo econ departments studying developing economies!
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Baby Irini got her first Covid vax! The vaccine event is packed with toddlers and babies. Really warms my heart. I am a happy mom.
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I ran into my high school English teacher from 10 years ago and he said I wrote the best essays. Finally, the last piece of validation I need. I can stop pursuing external confirmation of my worth now.
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I'm teaching a Stata short course today (in 13 minutes to be exact) and I can already feel everything I know about Stata slipping out of my mind like butter slipping out of a laminated dough, ruining the croissant
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Sadly, Gus received bad news today. We will say goodbye to him this weekend. It’s been a fantastic 9 years together and there is no better rabbit.
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We get our kittens tomorrow! We need a name for the sister (left). Brother is Shah Jahan.
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It's a display of Western entitlement to previously colonized regions, cultures, & peoples. The mentality is that economists from the places being studied are inadequate and incapable of understanding their own lives. This mirrors how many development economists see poor people:
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1. The intersections of women’s economic and reproductive empowerment by
@s_gammage
,
@shareenjoshi
, &
@YanaRodgers
in
@FeministEcon
2020.
This is one of my all time fave papers!
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A nice autumn day. Napping in the sun. Reading Hansen textbook. How relaxing
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Last night I had a dream that I got rejected from graduate school and that I called the schools and they said "yeah, you're a no-go." Late-onset trauma I guess?
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@stelifanie
It’s selection bias. Universities tend to accept people with crippling anxiety and no self worth.
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Purchasing power parody: some economists say inflation jokes being taken too far
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I'm not someone who's super into my birthday, but it would be nice if my last birthday before I have a screaming child could be spent not sick because of said child. So nauseous. But we are going to a cat cafe later and I had fun at work today, so not all bad.
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This is wild! I wonder if it happens in other countries too.
Maddalena Ronchi
JMP: "Daddy’s girl: Daughters, managerial decisions, and gender inequality"
Website:
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And when development economists research formerly developing countries, do they mention how colonialism and imperialism created the very problems they're studying? Do they mention the massive damage their own countries have done to the rest of the world? Of course not.
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Things my husband has said this week:
Our nanny is “caught up in a Poisson distribution”
Our cat is “suffering from omitted variable bias” and needs to go to the vet
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