Edward Miguel
@tedmiguel
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Economist; Author; Oxfam Professor of Environmental & Resource Economics, Director of Center for Effective Global Action at University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Joined February 2009
The truth matters! .And researchers need to be able to seek the truth without fear of harm -- even if the wealthy + powerful don't like their findings @UCBITSS @OSFramework .A link to support the brilliant @DataColada team, organized by @siminevazire:.
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A special @UCBerkeley development economics reunion this week with three of my all-time favorite colleagues
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Incredible and well-deserved honor for Dave, Guido and Josh! They have changed Economics and social science for the better - and helped our field contribute more meaningfully to public policy debates. Bravo!!.
Congratulations to Professor David Card, awarded the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel! 🌟 #NobelPrize #BerkeleyNobel
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It felt awesome to run the #AEA5k around Lake Merritt on a cool but sunny day in Oakland.Thanks to @causalinf and @dbergstresser for organizing!
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Very excited to participate!.
We confirm the participation of Edward Miguel as keynote speaker. @tedmiguel is Professor of Economics and Director of the CEGA @CEGA_UC at the University of California Berkeley @UCBerkeley. Learn more about #LaceaLames2021 at:
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This year’s Institutional #EinsteinFoundationAward2023 w/ @questbih recognizes the work of the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) @UCBITSS @CEGA_UC, which advocates for rigor, transparency, and reproducibility in social scientific research. (1/2)
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This is good news -- Janet Yellen is a superb choice for Treasury.@berkeleyecon.
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What an honor to be part of the @Einstein_Berlin award ceremony representing @UCBITSS — together with the great @Marcia4Science of the US National Academy of Sciences. Congrats to Yves Moreau and @annegartner !! @CEGA_UC
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Thanks David for the fun questions and exchange of ideas!.@CEGA_UC @UCBerkeley.
Six Questions with Ted Miguel - I interview @tedmiguel about what he learned from the worm wars, when to do a long-term follow-up, the magic of multipliers, what can be done to encourage more research in understudied poor places, and more.
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Berkeley Economics is hiring multiple Assistant Professors this year, with two "open field" slots and one slot on the economics of inequality. Please apply!.(Job advert here:..@berkeleyecon @UCBerkeley @Berkeley_OLab .
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@ecmaEditors What an honor — feeling grateful for this + my coauthors and amazing research team. Thank you!.
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@JustinSandefur Another influential British development economist of the same generation, Paul Collier, had a similarly unexpected intellectual evolution late in his career regarding the desirability of immigration.
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Proud of my @berkeleyecon @Berkeley_OLab colleagues for this piece, and the important underlying research.
The minimum wage is a racial justice tool. Our takeaway in the @nytimes. With @cmontialoux:
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Excited that this paper is now out in the Journal of Economic Perspectives - and big thanks to colleagues at @UCBITSS and beyond for the collaborations that enabled it:.Evidence on Research Transparency in Economics - American Economic Association
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"Science [does not] typically recognize the critical capacity-building activities that are necessary to create the robust scientific ecosystems necessary to produce high quality research in the first place." Check this out: . @Einstein_Berlin @UCBITSS.
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@AtifRMian I am so sorry to hear this Atif. What a loss - shutting down the exchange of ideas. We will always stand with you.
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So proud of BITSS's global reach -- across so many research disciplines and communities!.
#RT2virtual is a wrap -- 4 days with 52 participants from 20 different countries, representing nearly all social science disciplines! Big thanks to all participants and our wonderful roster of instructors and TAs!.Find the materials at Videos coming soon!
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Fascinating news economic history study by my brilliant colleagues which speaks to the origin of modern economic growth. Punchline - institutional change in England may have been an effect of faster ec growth rather than a leading cause.
Curious when growth began? Turns out productivity growth in England began in 1600, almost a century before the Glorious Revolution. Check out my new paper: Joint with Paul Bouscasse and @eminakamura2 1/8.
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Fantastic news! @UCBITSS.
JPE-Micro also will include Registered Reports: authors can have their lab or field experiments reviewed and approved for publication before empirical results are known. Overall guidelines coming soon!.
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UH-OH we’ve seen this movie before in research fraud cases. A global tragedy for Alzheimer’s research.@UCBITSS .“She and others in the lab often ran experiments and produced Western blots, Larson says, but in their papers together, Lesné prepared all the images for publication”.
A sad and frustrating story about scientific fraud that may have misdirected research on Alzheimer's for over a decade, wasting hundreds of millions in public research funds
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This interview is truly . Great.
🎧LISTEN: Our Executive Director @carsonamelia7 spoke w/ s @Emil_Ekvardt about how CEGA helps ensure that gov’t & philanthropic funds directed toward the relief of poverty are used effectively and in-line w/ effectual policies
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As usual, thank you @DataColada.
Colada 99: When conclusions from an influential economics methods paper depend on an unfortunate STATA default .
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My son and our cat are definitely excited about the Man City - Spurs match.#MCITOT #MyPLMorning
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Congratulations to my awesome colleague Pat Kline on this well-deserved prize!.
Congratulations to Patrick Kline @berkeleyecon on winning the 2021 IZA Young Labor Economist Award! 🎉.
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@PJakiela This is a depressing statistic, Pam. But please keep tweeting out data -- it's really valuable for the profession.
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@maya_rossin Congratulations, Maya! You have come a long way since Econ 172 at Berkeley :) I am really proud of you.
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Welcome!.
I’m happy to announce that I will be joining @CEGA_UC (@UCBerkeley) as visiting scholar in March 2021 for a year 🙌🏼. Thanks so much @tedmiguel, Giacomo De Giorgi & @mipellizzari for opening the door for this opportunity!
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@PeterHotez This is disgusting and disgraceful, Peter. We admire your courage - stay strong and know that you have many, many friends who are here for you and your family.
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Please submit papers to the upcoming @UCBITSS annual meeting — and hear Dave Card’s keynote talk!.
Mark your calendars: The 10th BITSS Annual Meeting (#bitss10) is taking place Feb. 10-11 and will feature a keynote address by Nobel Laureate David Card!. RSVP now and submit your papers in all aspects of #metascience by Dec. 5.
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@livia_alfonsi @UCBerkeley @HarvardCID @mortiz217 @QianmiaoC @cristobalotero @BerkouwerS @FergJoel @david_wqh @nickgswans @EleanorWiseman @jedediahsilver @maxlauletta @stephbonds @danagness @shreyachaa Looking great y’all! :).
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@mushfiq_econ It was awesome to work together, both productive and fun. Agreed - let's keep the trend going! It was also great to work as part of a super-star research team, with @NeelaSaldanha, Leila Njee Bugha, and @mattkrupoff, and others at Berkeley and Yale.
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@TrevonDLogan @berkeleyecon I expanded the time covered to 1995-2017 and added Hispanic American graduates. Berkeley also stands out with producing Hispanic American graduates.
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@EmilyNix100 This is similar to the (null) impact of elite high schools on student outcomes in Kenya (great paper by Lucas and Mbiti):.
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An exciting new opportunity for those working in international development and anti poverty programming - worth checking out:.
@agencyfund harnesses science, data, and technology to support people as they chart a path forward. A path out of poverty.
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Colombia’s @Linda__caicedo is doing amazing things in the World Cup, at age 18 — what a goal!.
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Fascinating new paper - congrats Kelly and Erick!.
Happy to share my newly published article in Journal of Health Economics (joint with Erick Gong @middecon). Open access until June 15: A quick thread on our work.
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@typesfast @SrinathPonduri @paulg Thanks for the shout out.The corruption result holds even controlling for country income in a regression.
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@JonSteinsson The big problem is that they stopped releasing reliable microdata over a decade ago so we don’t really know what’s going on on the ground. .
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@evavivalt @Econ_Sandy @lkatz42 @HilaryHoynes Thank you Eva - that means a lot. I’ve been so impressed with your path as a scholar since you left Cal - we will continue cheering you on from here!.
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If you liked this NYT article, you may like this book, which I really enjoyed @mushfiq_econ . The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben.
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Big step forward for transparent + open research and policy!.
How is the Biden-Harris Admin working to ensure taxpayer-funded research data & publications advance innovation for ALL Americans?. Today, @WHOSTP is releasing new guidance to make this research immediately available to the public at no cost. Learn more⤵️
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@SeanGailmard I will miss Bob so much, the scholar and especially the man. He was so kind, and courageous to the end. RIP Bob.
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It's more important than ever to ensure research is reproducible + transparent. @CEGA_UC is searching for a Program Manager for BITSS, which focuses on #openscience and promotes research transparency in social science. Come work with us! @UCBITSS .
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@albrgr Thanks for sharing this research — a striking exhibit of how private sector profits fail to align with social objectives in health care.
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Looking forward to your talk!.
Looking forward to the @UCBITSS meeting tomorrow & on Friday!. Program: . Keynote by David Card!. I will talk about "Rationalizing Pre-Analysis Plans: Statistical Decisions Subject to Implementability".
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So proud to be part of this with a tremendous group of scholars including Aleks Jakubowski at.@CEGA_UC.
.@tedmiguel and I assembled experts in epidemiology, economics, public health, political science, sociology, medicine, immunology, vaccine science to write about the LMIC experience with COVID-19 and how to end it, for @ScienceMagazine anniversary issue
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@cblatts We’re so sorry for your loss, Chris. This is a beautiful tribute — please accept our condolences. And hang in there.
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