Hector Rufrancos
@heelguru
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Associate Professor in Economics @StirUni. I work on labour, development, political economy and economic history.
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined November 2011
1/7 🎓 Thrilled to announce the 3rd SGPE PhD Summer School at the University of Stirling, July 1-4, 2024! Dive into advanced methods in causal inference with @causalinf. Perfect for PhD students & staff in economics and social sciences. #EconTwitter
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🚨 New SGPE Summer School! 🎓 One-day masterclass on causal inference 📚 Topics: SCM, matrix completion, partial ID 🗓️ 5 June | 📍Stirling, UK | 💻 Dr Anthony Higney (Glasgow) 🎟️ £50 PhDs / £100 staff Lunch & dinner included! Sign up: https://t.co/O0UfgBMVLa All welcome!
eventbrite.co.uk
Causal Inference: Synthetic Control, Matrix Completion, and Partial Identification - Dr. Anthony Higney, , University of Glasgow
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🚨 Just published in @Nature w @gemmadipoppa 🚨 We argue that reducing crop burning in South Asia, responsible for toxic air for 100s of millions, is not completely intractable. We show bureaucrats exert control when incentivized, w large consequences for pub health Details 👇
Nature research paper: Bureaucrat incentives reduce crop burning and child mortality in South Asia
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And of course now tagging @zhou_joooooo who is doing some really interesting research!
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It was lovely to host the Workshop on the Economics of Crime @StirUni! A big thank you to the participants and our speakers @adamksoliman @MFKoppensteiner @LiviaMenezez @jakub_lonsky, Zhou Zhou, @Roccodeste83 and our keynote @causalinf. Big thanks to Mike Watts the organiser.
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Big thank you to @causalinf and all the participants of the 3rd annual @SGPE_UoE Summer School on Causal Inference! 🎓 We had an amazing time hosting everyone at @EconStir. Can’t wait to see many of you again next year. #EconTwitter #SGPESummerSchool
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🏠 Accommodation is available on a first-come, first-served basis—apply early to secure your spot! Enjoy included lunches, refreshment breaks, and a special group dinner.
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6/7 🌍 Join us for this transformative learning experience at the University of Stirling. 🏠Spaces are limited, especially due to high demand for accommodation, coinciding with a major local event (Shania Twain concert). Register by June 14:
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5/6 🛠️ Day 4 rounds out the school with a focus on Instrumental Variables. From the basics of the Wald estimator to contemporary challenges like weak instruments, gain practical insights applicable to your own research projects.
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4/7 🖥️ Day 3 delves into regression, propensity scores, and the cutting-edge double debiased machine learning. Understand underlying models and enhance your analytical skills in interpreting complex datasets. #MachineLearning
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3/7 📊 Day 2 explores nonparametric methods like weighting & matching, tackling the curse of dimensionality. These sessions will equip you with tools to refine your research design and data analysis strategies. #DataScience
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2/7 🌟 Day 1 kicks off with insights into potential outcomes, selection bias, and unconfoundedness. Learn to navigate the complexities of causal inference beyond randomized controlled trials. #ResearchMethods
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Happy to share this new paper with @immanuelfeld. It links my work on austerity and climate action. In short, the paper suggests that large local government cuts following the global financial crisis may have impeded local governments ability to deliver climate action. Short 🧵
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📢 PhD scholarship alert! Interested in undertaking a PhD at the intersection between Economics of Crime and Education? 4-year scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Science at @ubeconomics / @FundacioIEB . Deadline for applicants 25/09. Contact me for further info!
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“The year is 1518. Mexico-Tenochtitlan, once an unassuming settlement in the middle of Lake Texcoco, now a bustling metropolis. […] home to 200.000 farmers, artisans, merchants, soldiers, priests and aristocrats. At this time, it is one of the largest cities in the world.” 🤯
a Portrait of Tenochtitlan, my 3D reconstruction of the capital of the Aztec Empire is released! I've been looking forward to this for a long time, and I am really curious what all of you think. Take a look: https://t.co/31FSp9NBIm
#tenochtitlan
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🚨The Economics division at Stirling has an open field search for a Lecturer/SL. Come and work with me and my lovely colleagues. Applications close the 30th of August. Check out the advert: https://t.co/PQgCDPv6nE
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Motivated by a @MarshallBBurke question & @jhaushofer request, I've written up 7 ways you can improve power in an experiment without increasing the sample size n (number 4 may surprise you by saying you might want to reduce n) https://t.co/IfREOJy0nj 1/3
blogs.worldbank.org
The number of experimental units n is often limited due to budget constraints, to capacity constraints of the implementing organization, or naturally limited by the number of villages eligible for a...
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There is a way out of the economic mess the UK is in. It only requires two things. The first is knowledge. The second is an admission of past mistakes. That’s it, in a nutshell. A thread…..
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The damage from carbon emissions ('social cost') is rising. See important new study https://t.co/hor1r2kGJm
@RichardTol. Govt policies, notably in the UK, inadequate. Part of policy toolkit concerns trade and climate policies. https://t.co/O8LBpEbtEI
@centre4ITP @uk_tpo
sussex.ac.uk
Every ton of carbon is four times more damaging to the world now than it was ten years ago, according to a recently published study
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