Eva Vivalt

@evavivalt

Economics lecturer (assistant professor) at ANU, Y Combinator Research PI, AidGrade founder. Previously: World Bank, NYU DRI, Berkeley Econ alum

Joined March 2012

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    Feb 1

    “As more time has passed, I have become increasingly confident that my gut antipathy to the idea that it’s better to ‘give later’ is just a cognitive bias.” Researcher explains why she’s revised her opinion on how to time her giving:

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    Jan 23

    Fellow economists and development professionals on : I'd encourage you to follow , a journalist who writes beautifully about development issues. Here's an example:

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  3. Jan 23

    Oh, hey! Nice to randomly see a figure from your research in Dutch.

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  4. Jan 19

    Between golfball-sized hail and the bushfires, they could call it "A Song of Ice and Fire".

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    Jan 5

    A super cool thread on a topic crucial for Econ too: we need to predict magnitudes and not only directions of effects.

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  6. Jan 4

    Differences between perceived and actual support for research transparency practices, presented by at .

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  7. Jan 4

    Ever wonder "Were those results p-hacked?" Brodeur et al. propose a useful new check ("speccheck" on Stata. R/etc. coming soon).

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  8. Jan 4

    Results from pilot of Social Science Prediction Platform: 4 crossed randomizations, nothing affects predicted treatment effects except slider bar widths. ( presenting joint work with Nick Otis and myself.)

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  9. Jan 2

    Oh right, I'm supposed to share this other pic, aren't I? If interested in , hope to see you Saturday at 2:30 pm, Marriott Marquis, Marriott Grand Ballroom 13. (Unlike what it says in the program, we'll be going first, but the whole session should be good!)

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  10. Jan 2

    Beautiful San Diego weather for . They should always have it somewhere warm.

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    Dec 31
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  12. Retweeted
    28 Dec 2019

    I heard some advice today about academia that l thought was really important: We’re all smart. Distinguish yourself by being kind. I couldn’t agree more.

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  13. 28 Dec 2019
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  14. 27 Dec 2019
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  15. 26 Dec 2019

    Piloting an approach for the Social Science Prediction Platform - can you forecast the results of these JDE Registered Reports? The first 100 people to take the survey who provide an academic email address have a 10% chance of a $50 reward.

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  16. 18 Dec 2019

    I'd love to see political beliefs over time *and* cohort, but still one of the most hopeful graphs I've seen recently.

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  17. 18 Dec 2019

    Nice results on an early childcare program presented by Matthew Wiswall at : child cognitive skills increase, hours of maternal/other care decrease, and quality of maternal care increases (due to reducing an "exhaustion" effect?).

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    16 Dec 2019

    In my mind, the two most important methodological issues for applied policy research are (1) inference with smallish N and (2) estimating long-run effects with short-run data.

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  19. 15 Dec 2019

    NB: There is a difference between average urban incomes and the urban incomes of people who migrate (average urban incomes are 4 times rural incomes, but the wages of the jobs they often take are only 1.5 times rural incomes).

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  20. 15 Dec 2019

    Very important paper by Travis Baseler: young people in rural areas in Kenya mispredict wages in cities (migrants from rural areas have incentive to misreport back home), and providing accurate info can increase migration.

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