This semester I've been teaching 'Economic Inequality and Growth' at UC Berkeley. This is a thread with some of my favorite graphs.

First, the headline everyone's-seen-it graph: falling then rising income inequality in Anglophone countries.

I am editing another paper that says: 'we present uncorrected standard errors because we do not know of any multiple testing correction within a regression framework.'

My response?
ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura/0…

#EconTwitter please help!

New WP by CatalinaF & Erika Povea shows placement of correct answer matters on multiple choice tests

->Seemingly innocuous features generate inequalities. Esp. relevant in light of the return of tests for admissions at the top US universities

WP: bit.ly/3UkNe1l

Can you remember the last time you changed your mind, about something important?

This morning I gave a podcast interview to Aftenposten (largest newspaper in Norway), arguing the answer is probably 'no', suggesting we change our minds too rarely in line with new information.

Are you averse to debt? New experimental study in the AER by Alejandro Martínez-Marquina and Mike Shi! AEA Journals

aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

I wish Alberto was here to celebrate the end of this journey and share the excitement for our forthcoming AER. Your ideas and passion will always be an inspiration. Ciao Alberto!

Motivated errors to justify own behavior. Check this new paper published in the AER, by Christine Exley and Judd Kessler

People underestimate the prevalence of climate-friendly behaviors and norms. Correcting these misperceptions raises individual support for climate policies. Fascinating paper by Peter Andre, Teodora Boneva, Felix, and Armin_Falk

econstor.eu/bitstream/1041…

How do consumers handle externalities in markets? An important new study forthcoming in QJE with theory that gives food for thought and striking survey evidence. By Mark Kaufmann, Peter Andre and Botond Kőszegi

doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…

Fascinating experimental study of wishful thinking just published in AER. By Jan Engelmann, Mael Lebreton, Nahuel Salem-García, Peter Schwardmann, and @joelvdwee!

aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

'The Demand for News: Accuracy Concerns versus Belief Confirmation Motives' - new publication by Ingar Haaland (@NHHEcon, NHH Norwegian School of Economics and FAIR-The Choice Lab), Felix Chopra and Christopher Roth in The Economic Journal:
academic.oup.com/ej/advance-art…

Had a fantastic time at FAIR-The Choice Lab at NHH Norwegian School of Economics, thanks a lot for inviting us!

They have amazing people (and food!) there, so I highly recommend visiting 😊

Thank you to Berlin Behavioral Economics for a wonderful workshop! Hope to see you all soon! 🙌x.com/TheChoiceLab/s…

After lunch session of Berlin Bergen behavioral workshop is kicked off by mikko silliman who is presenting brand new research on teacher bias against immigrant student. Unique large dataset and very cool identification through double grading including one blind show teacher bias📚📚