Jason Baron
@JasonBaron4
Followers
1K
Following
4K
Media
2
Statuses
615
Assistant Professor of Economics @DukeEcon. FRF @nberpubs.
Joined September 2013
1/ I have an outstanding student on the job market! @Barron_Tsai is among the select group of top students I’ve had the pleasure to advise at Duke. https://t.co/BcYqvi1c4B
1
5
36
Did you know that 1/5 of the prison population in the U.S. is comprised of former foster children? But (!) it appears that relationship is not causal. This new ReStat leverages quasi-random assignment of kids to foster care in Michigan to show that placement actually
6
42
240
Leveraging the quasi-random assignment of investigators, the authors show that foster care reduces later-in-life crime. Just Accepted new paper by E. Jason Baron @jasonbaron4 and Max Gross
direct.mit.edu
Abstract. Foster care placement is strongly associated with crime—for example, close to one fifth of the prison population in the U.S. is comprised of former foster children—yet there is little...
1
6
16
I'm excited to help organize @OppInsights' 2025 Conference on Economic Mobility (Oct 9-10)! Submit your papers by August 1st here: https://t.co/d0wIAiN4w6. Looking forward to reading your submissions! #EconTwitter
opportunityinsights.org
📣We’re hosting our 4th annual conference on economic opportunity on October 9-10 with opening remarks from Raj Chetty and a Keynote from @DavidAutor. This is an excellent opportunity for both junior and senior scholars to share their work. ⬇️
0
13
33
📢New working paper with @borusyak: "Optimal Formula Instruments"! We derive the most powerful recentered IVs for treatments given by complex formulas, and propose an algorithm for approximating them in practice This approach yields *huge* power gains, relative to a
11
53
203
Sunset at Duke with cherry blossoms today — looks like we are ready for the campus visit of all PhD admits this Friday.
2
4
177
🚨📢 3rd Workshop on Economics of Education, Valle Nevado, 🇨🇱 (Aug 19-22) Confirmed speakers 🎓 JOHN FRIEDMAN (Brown) 🎓 STEVE PISCHKE (LSE) ✅ Submissions by March 2nd, 2025. https://t.co/IjcTPzQVvl 2024 edition ⛷️ https://t.co/rER6PAWfXO
#econtwitter @hdl_uandes @uandes
0
14
46
I have a new NBER WP out with @JasonBaron4, Joe Doyle, @nataliahemanuel, and Joseph Ryan on racial discrimination in foster care decisions. Check it out! https://t.co/vEz8F2NxXl (short summary thread👇)
4
17
99
Introducing our 2024-2025 job market candidates, all seeking employment starting Summer 2025. For more information, visit: https://t.co/8PH87TOAWs… or see 🧵 below.
1
15
49
Our new field experiment (w/ @AnujitCh, @hmmlowe, @GarethNellis) shows how brief interactions with multiple outgroup members (broad contact) and longer interactions with a single one (deep contact) shape intergroup relations. Paper:
researchgate.net
PDF | We hypothesize that broad contact, involving brief interactions with multiple outgroup members, and deep contact, meaning longer interactions with... | Find, read and cite all the research you...
Prejudice is often rooted in misperceptions: that the outgroup are lazy, unpatriotic, etc. Our new field experiment asks: to reduce misperceptions, is it better to become close with one outgroup member (deep contact), or to have brief encounters with many (broad contact)?
2
4
44
Please RT/spread the word about this online causal inference course! Starting September 9th -- I'm very excited for it!
I had a great time teaching a minicourse on design-based econometrics in Bergen last week. See attached for a snapshot of what we talked about! For those outside of Norway, I'll be teaching a version of the course online in two weeks. Sign up here! https://t.co/2UtusYvt5m
0
24
31
Forthcoming in @restatjournal: "Public School Funding, School Quality, and Adult Crime" by @JasonBaron4, @jmhyman, & @BrittanyEdPol
https://t.co/eFABHaf7Uj
2
29
92
#QJE May 2024, #5, “Discrimination in Multi-Phase Systems: Evidence from Child Protection,” by Baron (@JasonBaron4), Doyle (@josephjdoylejr), Emanuel (@NataliaHEmanuel), Hull (@instrumenthull), and Ryan:
academic.oup.com
Abstract. We develop empirical tools for studying discrimination in multiphase systems and apply them to the setting of foster care placement by child prot
1
8
16
Invest in public education, reduce crime. New research published in the Review of Economics and Statistics finds that increases in school funding levels are outweighed by reduced criminal justice spending down the road. We can build strong kids or house broken adults.
53
20
90
Students exposed to more school funding during elementary school are less likely to be arrested as adults. Just Accepted new paper by Jason Baron (@JasonBaron4), Joshua Hyman (@jmhyman), Brittany Vasquez (@BrittanyEdPol)
direct.mit.edu
Abstract. This paper asks whether increasing public school funding can be an effective long-run crime-prevention strategy in the U.S. Specifically, we examine the effect of increases in funding early...
2
78
200
I am delighted to share that I am joining the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy @sppgatech as an Assistant Professor next January! This was a serendipitous opportunity and I am so thankful it did not pass me by. Looking forward to starting a new chapter in Atlanta!
26
5
208
Happy to see this coming out in print soon! TL/DR, good schools are particularly helpful for less-advantaged kids. Who Benefits from Attending Effective High Schools? | Journal of Labor Economics
0
23
74
In this new paper, @EdFundNews board member @JasonBaron4 finds that increased funding for elementary schools leads to a significant reduction in arrests later in life | The Review of Economics and Statiatics
direct.mit.edu
Abstract. This paper asks whether increasing public school funding can be an effective long-run crime-prevention strategy in the U.S. Specifically, we examine the effect of increases in funding early...
1
4
11
Took a long break from Twitter. You can tell since I’m still saying “Twitter”. Trying to reconnect now as I’m heading over to #SOLE2024 and want to meet people! Let me know if you want to chat/hang out/go session-hopping together. Also, come to our Education Choices session!
1
2
24