Many students ask me why I work with structural methods, that is theoretical models mapped directly to data, parametrically or nonparametrically. [1/n] To many, used to think about applied work in economics as mainly answering causal questions – i.e. focusing on one parameter of interest or a combination of parameters capturing some causal effect of interest – the assumptions of the models I run appear heavy. [2/n]

Tough times. No deep analysis here. I think it's better to bake some pizza. Also I had promised this recipe to @AtifRMian in exchange of some awesome Pakistani sweets a while back. So here’s my pizza, optimized for grad students. 1/N You’ll make your own dough because that’s how you do it, but without too much fuss or millenary wild yeast cultures. Serves 5. You need a large bowl, two cookie sheets, a roll of parchment paper, a spoon. I am specifying this because Econ students sometimes run low on tools. 2/N