This comment by Case is astounding. They "sweated" it for a yr. It took me 2 hrs to show obvious errors http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/11/gender-controversy-over-white-mortality.html … @jessesingal
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@familyunequal What accounts for that? Obviously both very smart. Are there just some stats techniques economists might not have?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jessesingal not a stats technique - basic demographic know-how. Can't explain why.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@familyunequal in terms of the changing composition of that cohort you mean?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jessesingal right- age adjustment is first-semester demography1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes -
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@familyunequal To be fair@StatModeling told me he didn't immediately notice that issue at first. But again, to work w/the data a year...1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@jessesingal@familyunequal they're not demographers, right? DK this case but econ sometimes parachutes in w/o subject-specific knowledge2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes -
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@BrendanNyhan@familyunequal Do you think all fields do this, or fair to (slightly) hate on econs as being a bit worse on this front?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@jessesingal@familyunequal rep is they do it more. lots to contribute across soc sci but many papers cite almost nothing outside econ.2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
@BrendanNyhan @familyunequal Understandable, since rational actor theory is a flawless and infallible description of human behavior
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