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on-boarding a new grad student this fall and formalizing my previously haphazard, "need to know" approach to sharing readings.
goal is to assign one "skills based" reading per week in addition to the regular research stuff.
here's what I have; comments and suggestions welcome
goal is to assign one "skills based" reading per week in addition to the regular research stuff.
here's what I have; comments and suggestions welcome
1. how to do good descriptive work by @loeb_susanna @dynarski @econsarahreber et al.
https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20174023/pdf/20174023.pdf
https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20174023/pdf/20174023.pdf
2. Code and Data for the Social Sciences:
A Practitioner's Guide, Gentzkow and Shapiro
https://web.stanford.edu/~gentzkow/research/CodeAndData.xhtml
A Practitioner's Guide, Gentzkow and Shapiro
https://web.stanford.edu/~gentzkow/research/CodeAndData.xhtml
3. how to organize and give a talk (Shapiro)
https://www.brown.edu/Research/Shapiro/pdfs/applied_micro_slides.pdf
https://www.brown.edu/Research/Shapiro/pdfs/applied_micro_slides.pdf
4. Latex tutorial @mrskrummel https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1D4EAB31D3EBC449
5. how to write a referee report https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.31.1.231
6. how and why to get on twitter @JoshuaSGoodman https://www.dropbox.com/s/3h6npr0gwsus8i8/Twitter%20tips%20for%20young%20researchers.pptx#
7. read the student-related links on @jenniferdoleac 's resources page
http://jenniferdoleac.com/resources/
http://jenniferdoleac.com/resources/
8. ~ no I won't let this thread get sucked into an R v Stata debate ~
9. McCloskey's Economical Writing https://www.amazon.com/Economical-Writing-Third-Thirty-Five-Persuasive/dp/022644807X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=mccloskey+how+to+write&qid=1599056515&sr=8-1
10. this is old and some outdated (but quaint) info like
"Nearly all journals send an acknowledging postcard when your paper is received."
but no harm in reading Hamermesh's on etiquette https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.6.1.169
"Nearly all journals send an acknowledging postcard when your paper is received."
but no harm in reading Hamermesh's on etiquette https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.6.1.169
11. something on how to conduct a literature review / search. any suggestions?
12. subscribe to @JPAM_DC 's Closer Look Podcast @APPAM_DC
https://www.appam.org/news/jpam/jpam-closer-look-podcast/
https://www.appam.org/news/jpam/jpam-closer-look-podcast/
14. something on how to collaborate and be a good co-author? any suggestions?
