#Policymakers

Thread.The reverse migration of labourers from Delhi after the lockdown in India, clearly caught the government on the wrong foot. I find that the Lucas critique of macro policies in

I don't like "gender identity" as it's a myth, which is dangerous to children, as it reinforces their already simplistic view of what a man/woman is. However children and teenagers

My latest article on research use in the higher education rulemaking process is now out in @epaa_aape – and it’s open-access! A few key takeaways of this study … (thread)

The French History Podcast

/1 "France gave up in 1940" is a persistent myth for those who don't take into account longer historical trends. France was the one great power that opposed German aggression

▪️ Mike Gatto ▪️

In the past week, we have learned rather conclusively that the biggest risk for transmitting Coronavirus is prolonged exposure to exhaled particles in an enclosed environment. Not surfaces; rarely outdoors.

I see a lot of rhetoric calling teachers heroes. Although it's well-intentioned, here's why I don't use this rhetoric: (Thread) 1. As a white person working with students of color,

Our new research on the economic risks from COVID-19 measures finds 37 million workers, and 2 million small businesses, immediately vulnerable https://brook.gs/39H1xmy https://brook.gs/3dUxoTQ . Will share some links in this thread

Heidi Shierholz

This chart is a portrait of disaster. I have spent the last twenty years studying the labor market and have never seen anything like it. Unemployment insurance claims for the

Jeremy PLEASE WEAR MASKS! Konyndyk

I entirely agree with Carl's take in this thread.If the US prioritized properly - closing other transmission sources, investing in classroom adaptation, testing, data - we could find ways to

How do you think policy-makers and others weigh impact evaluation results?Aidan Coville and I asked researchers to forecast findings from a discrete choice experiment through the Social Science Prediction Platform.

In spirit of providing possibly helpful, yet unsolicited advice—a thread for policymakers on things not to say to people in the backlog if you want to calm tensions, given that

If schools open this fall, states should administer the standardized tests that were supposed to be given this spring.Doing so would help schools, policymakers and researchers understand learning losses from

France says companies registered in tax havens, or with subsidiaries in such places, cannot benefit from the billions of euros of support being provided by the government to limit the

katrina mulligan

It's easy to think the intelligence community is all-knowing. But there's a HUGE gap in its knowledge that is hurting it--and us. The IC is an $81.5 bln dollar enterprise,

THREAD: In reviewing Professor @RachelBarkow’s fabulous book, Prisoners of Politics, I analyzed hundreds of letters that @TheJusticeDept and the National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys have written to federal policymakers

Foster Digital Education

As our contribution to Namibia's fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Foster team has built an interactive statistics website to help keep track of the virus and its progression in