Assistant Professor - @MarrinerIns. Public economist studying the US safety net. ⛷️ 🚴 🧗♀️ he/him
May 30, 2023 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
Work requirements come from the idea that people work less if they receive government support.
But do these programs actually reduce work? In a new WP, @ChloeNEast and I show that for most SNAP (food stamp) recipients this is in fact NOT what happens.
tinyurl.com/worksnap
We find that two-thirds of those who apply for SNAP face other barriers to work outside the home such as disabilities and caregiving responsibilities. People who face these barriers do not change their market work regardless of whether the receive SNAP.
Oct 22, 2019 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
I just taught @CdeChaisemartin & D'Haultfoeuille (2018) Fuzzy DID and thought I would share some insights I have about the nature of the problem that Fuzzy DID introduces.
*These insights are in their paper, this is just my take on an explanation
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Consider two groups g, and time periods t.
You can write the expected value of the outcome for a group-year combo as a function of the avg. outcome in the state of the world that units are not treated + the ATT * the share that are treated.
