Research Scientist working on causal inference. The Anna Wintour of slide decks. If you have something to say, say it with a nice plot #rstats
Brooklyn, NY
Joined September 2009
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Es difícil encontrar el #Plan90 de Kast donde dice "buscar e 'inflar' activamente periodistas afines" o "agobiar" a la oposición con medidas para los primeros 90 días de gobierno. Lo dejo disponible para que la prensa y la sociedad civil 👇 drive.google.com/file/d/10ev…
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Causal machine learning reveals that the heterogeneous impact of job displacement can be predicted in advance; there is substantial heterogeneity within firms and education groups, from @Susan_Athey, Lisa K. Simon, Oskar Nordström Skans, Johan Vikström, and Yaroslav Yakymovych nber.org/papers/w34946
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OPINIÓN | ¿Perder con Jiles o perder por Jiles? Por Danilo Herrera
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Mi columna en @thecliniccl: la derrota de la espuria alianza entre el PDG y el progresismo para controlar la Cámara. Una derrota con Pamela Jiles que dice mucho sobre el estado de la oposición y los díscolos al gobierno de José Antonio Kast.
theclinic.cl/2026/03/14/perd…
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I spent Friday with researchers and practitioners at a @JPAL_NA convening, talking about the value of causal evidence (including RCTs) for making policy work better.
A question that came up again and again is how to move forward in this moment of uncertainty about research funding.
I’m grateful that @Arnold_Ventures is committed to this policy space, so our funding isn’t going anywhere. And now (via an AV grant) more funding - as well as practitioner-researcher matchmaking - is available from @JPAL_NA as well.
I realize that lots of researchers would prefer to do descriptive or qualitative work in the CJ space, or to work in other policy areas entirely. I can’t help there, and do feel for you. But I can offer encouragement and support if you want to join us in testing what works in the crime/CJ space. There is lots of work to do here, and hunger from policymakers for new ideas that are actually effective.
I’ll link to our RFP below. If you’re a researcher interested in pivoting into this space/type of work, email me so that we can try to pull you into upcoming events/opportunities.
magdalena bennett retweeted
Two weeks left to submit to the Valle Nevado Workshop on Economics of Education. Great papers and a fantastic ski 🇨🇱⛷️!!
When: August 19-22.
Where:@Valle_Nevado, Chile.
Confirmed speakers: John Friedman (Brown) and Steve Pischke (LSE).
@hdl_uandes @uandes @econ_conf
🚨📢 3rd Workshop on Economics of Education, Valle Nevado, Chile ⛷️ (Aug 19-22)
2 weeks left to submit (March 2nd):
uandes.cl/workshop-on-econom…
Don't miss the opportunity to present and ski with world experts in econ of ed...
2024 Edition:
youtu.be/Qb3gw1IFjnk?si=bmcg…
#EconTwitter
magdalena bennett retweeted
🚨📢 3rd Workshop on Economics of Education, Valle Nevado, 🇨🇱 (Aug 19-22)
Confirmed speakers
🎓 JOHN FRIEDMAN (Brown)
🎓 STEVE PISCHKE (LSE)
✅ Submissions by March 2nd, 2025. uandes.cl/workshop-on-econom…
2024 edition ⛷️
youtu.be/Qb3gw1IFjnk?si=jU-C…
#econtwitter @hdl_uandes @uandes
magdalena bennett retweeted
A 10% swing in win probability corresponds (approximately) to a 0.4% swing in predicted vote
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It's (almost) time to exorcise your money fears 👻 Copilot Money lands on iPad in just a few hours!
The before and after says it all.
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Please retweet: I am recruiting PhD students at Berkeley!
Please apply to @Berkeley_EECS or @UCJointCPH if you are interested in ML applied to health, inequality, or social science, and mention my name in your app.
More details on work/how to apply: cs.cornell.edu/~emmapierson/
magdalena bennett retweeted
this one's for the devs who collaborate with nontechnical folks bit.ly/4hhcJKB
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People tend to think there are more immigrants in their country than there really are.
In the United States, for example, the average person believes that 33% of people were not born there. However, official estimates from government agencies show that the figure is just 15% — less than half as many.
In Japan, people guess that 10% of the population are immigrants, but the accurate figure is around 2%. For every 5 immigrants people think exist, there is only one in reality.
As the chart shows, this mismatch is common everywhere. The data comes from the 2023 Ipsos Perils of Perception report.
(This Daily Data Insight was written by Simon van Teutem.)
ALT Slope chart showing that across countries, people tend to overestimate the percentage of their country's population who are immigrants.
magdalena bennett retweeted
📚🚨 I posted 11 new chapters of my upcoming book!
Model to Meaning: How to Interpret Statistical Results with #marginaleffects for #RStats and Python.
These are early drafts and I really need your feedback! Errors, content requests, improvements, etc.
marginaleffects.com
magdalena bennett retweeted
I'm beginning to prep this year's **Women on the Econ Job Market** thread and I am so excited to get a glimpse of all the cool work these scholars are doing. Stay tuned!
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📢Internships at Apple ML Research🍏
We’re looking for a PhD research intern with interests in uncertainty quantification, LLMs, probabilistic ML and/or decision making under uncertainty!
See thread for more details 👇
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magdalena bennett retweeted
👌Step 1: build a choropleth map with R
💪 Step 2: add a histogram on the side
🔥 Step 3: use ggiraph to connect them on hover
I love plotly a lot, but ggiraph is underrated!
Full code:
r-graph-gallery.com/package/…
Map by @viniciusoike.
ggiraph switch with @joseph_barbier
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Come work with us at CMU! We're hiring tenure-track asst profs in the Dept of Statistics & Data Science
cmu.edu/dietrich/statistics-…
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Are you a prospective PhD student interested in combining statistical, computational, and social science approaches to address pressing societal problems? My dept @NYU_ASH is starting a PhD program in computational social science. Learn more at our final info session this Thu!
magdalena bennett retweeted
Agree with everything here except re: exclamation points!
In the category of “I wish it didn’t have to be said but it does”, here are 10 pieces of advice for emailing your professor (or other professionals):
1. Kick the email address from high school
It’s time for “[email protected]” to RIP