NYC via East Tennessee - Economist, Educator, Director of Economics at Pace Univ. Pleasantville - Research: State and Local Fiscal Issues and Natural Disasters
Oct 12, 2020 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Coauthors and I will submit a paper this wk w/ results that surprised us. We measure effect of natural disasters on U.S. state-level entrepreneurship. We find rates of entrepreneurship (new start-ups & jobs from start-ups) increase with damages. Effects persist for 1-3 years. 1/n
Over 1998-2018 period for contiguous U.S. states, considering several measures of entrepreneurship, and controlling for business climate, socioeconomics and demographics, we show rates of start-up formation and new jobs from start-ups rise significantly w/ disaster severity. 2/n
Feb 12, 2019 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
My $0.02 on the tax refund kerfuffle. While I agree the story has been misdiagnosed as a supposed tax increase and that is a bad misdiagnosis, I’ll try to explain why folks are so tied to those refund checks. 1/n
I was quite poor growing up. My father was a single parent, no college degree, and we had to move from TX to TN when my mother left and never came back one day. He was financially ruined by the experience. 2/n
1. You are a valuable economist, don't let the hubbub of the conference convince you otherwise.
2. You'll probably be subjected to the table interviews. Yes, they suck, but also bad for interviewee. Bring A game regardless.
1/n3. Your teaching is premium, so be strategic how you lay out teaching philosophy. KNOW PROGRAM YOU'RE INTERVIEWING FOR!
Convince them your style is conducive to rigorous treatment but inclusive of learning styles.
avoid cliches: Don't say "flip the classroom" even once.
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