Broadus Mitchell Associate Professor of Economics @ Hopkins 🏳️🌈
May 17, 2020 • 10 tweets • 1 min read
Here is where we’ve messed up. The stay at home or else crowd is likely a very privileged few who ignore human behavior and the sociodemographic realities most people face 1/N
In reality, many people won’t or can’t fully lock down at home. That is the reality. So, what should we do? Shame them? 2/N
Nov 12, 2018 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
My teacher expectations paper was released today as an @nberpubs working paper. Check it out!
It is joint with @SethGershenson and my PhD student Kyung Min Kang.
Before saying anything else: Kyung Min is on the market this year!
As the title implies, we show that teacher expectations matter. In particular, we show that higher expectations from teachers about a student's ultimate educational attainment causally affect students actual attainment. I'd like to highlight a few points @SethGershenson 1/N
