John B. Holbein
@JohnHolbein1
Associate Professor of Public Policy, Politics, Education @UVAbatten I share cool social science.
Prejudice is common in modern societies. Reducing that prejudice is difficult to do, particularly in a cost-effective and scalable manner. Can AI help solve this problem? My new working paper with @semrasevi, @mitchellbosley, and Crabtree examines this question! To do so, we…
lol wut
Meta-analysis evidences intense selective reporting in studies on the link between religiosity and life satisfaction, the effect of which is to make the reported effect larger than the true effect.
I just got a “as we prepare for the upcoming semester” email. It should be illegal to send these in July!
Before saying “duh”/“that’s not surprising” to a study, remember science is not meant to surprise you. I t’s shocking how many (supposedly) very sophisticated people don’t seem to realize this!
Before saying “duh”/“that’s not surprising” to a study, remember science is not meant to surprise you. It’s shocking how many (supposedly) very sophisticated people don’t seem to realize this!
Plasma donation centers apparently also reduce crime.
After a plasma center opens nearby, demand for payday loans falls by over 13% among young borrowers.
We have updates concerning this thread. The original article was retracted by the publisher, the author released a new response, the replicators briefly responded, and the author responded to response. 🧵
A re-analysis of Ciacci's (2024) "Banning the purchase of sex increases cases of rape: Evidence from Sweden" Journal of Population Economics reveals major issues. A year ago, reproducers Adema, Folke, and Rickne found coding errors driving the paper's key results. Let's unpack ⬇️
if i asked you to summarize your research agenda in emojis, i bet you couldn't do it
a list of one's failures?
What’s one thing you won’t find on a traditional résumé or CV… but absolutely should be there?
#FirstView from @polanalysis - Estimating the Local Average Treatment Effect Without the Exclusion Restriction - cup.org/4fjAykx - Zachary Markovich
What’s one thing you won’t find on a traditional résumé or CV… but absolutely should be there?
1000 low income adults were randomly selected to receive $1000/month for 3 years, with a control group receiving $50/month over that same period. Many of them had children in the household. How did it affect how they parented and their kids?
someone should run an experiment on reviewers and randomize whether an article is written in word or LaTex, holding content fixed. then see if reviewers rate the LaTex document as being more credible.
lol who did this