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Eva Vivalt
@evavivalt
Assistant prof @UofT, research on cash transfers and evidence-based decision-making.
Jan 21 • 18 tweets • 4 min read
We recently added several analyses to our paper on the employment effects of a guaranteed income. 🚨

These new analyses include, for the first time, administrative data on income and employment and results for marriage and divorce, among other outcomes.

Read on for results! 1/ Image As a reminder, people in the treatment group received $1,000/month unconditionally for 3 years, while those in the control group received $50/month over the same time period.

The program operated in two sites, roughly within a 2-hour radius around Chicago, IL and Dallas, TX. 2/
Jul 22, 2024 • 39 tweets • 9 min read
We are happy to release the first results of a RCT of a US program that provided $1,000/month unconditionally for 3 years to 1,000 individuals in the treatment group, with a group of 2,000 people receiving $50/month serving as the control.

These are sizable transfers. 1/ 🧵 Image The program targeted individuals aged 21-40 living in low-income households. One might expect younger people to change their trajectories more in response to cash transfers because they have more life ahead of them and they are less likely to have savings at baseline. 2/
Jun 22, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
This was surprising to me. 🧵 1/ I can believe people may not want to do long-run follow-ups because, say, they would have tenure by then.

Or, if looking at other people's work instead of their own, the original authors may not want to share data or be grumbly about any null long-run results.... 2/
Oct 10, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Some people need ideas, some people need more structured advice. But either way starter projects sound good.

Regarding "ideas": 1/n Sometimes I see lists of research ideas in the economics/effective altruism space posted publicly for anyone to take on.

It's challenging due to adverse selection; someone else's idea may be a poor fit; and ideally one would work on a topic one's advisor could advise on. 2/n
Sep 16, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Yikes. The World Bank's Doing Business Report was engaging in specification searching, encouraged by those at very high levels, to boost or reduce certain countries' scores.

Some quotes from the doc that just landed today. 🧵 1/n The bank was looking to get funds from China, and China wasn't going to be happy with its placement. 2/n
Oct 14, 2020 • 22 tweets • 3 min read
I haven't known how to share this story, but I do want to get it off my chest, so here goes.

It's a story of discrimination. I'm sure everyone has one. Thread: In primary school, I went once to a math club at UCC (a boys' school. My school didn't have one).
Apr 24, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
I've been trying to avoid Twitter, but briefly here to share some #COVID19 #data that could be helpful to other people (in no particular order). Feel free to add other resources! #EconTwitter 1/n 1. A classification of "essential" workers using SOC codes: lmiontheweb.org/more-than-half…