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Christopher A. Neilson
@ChrisANeilson
Professor of Economics @Yale, Founder @TetherEd @ConsiliumBots Grinding to make education markets more efficent and equitable. Made @ 🇨🇱+🇺🇸
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    Christopher A. Neilson
    @ChrisANeilson
    Jul 6, 2022
    Turns out I'm now a Professor of Economics and Global Affairs at @Yale!! And an "Assistant" no longer🔥 👴
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    Yale Economic Growth Center
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    Jul 5, 2022
    Welcome, Christopher A. Neilson @ChrisANeilson to @YaleEconomics @JacksonYale & EGC as Professor of Economics & Global Affairs! Explore his research on education & #HumanCapital: christopherneilson.github.io/index.html And his work with @ConsiliumBots: consiliumbots.com
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    Christopher A. Neilson
    @ChrisANeilson
    Oct 15, 2020
    How it started (19 years ago): How it's going(🎂):
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    Christopher A. Neilson
    @ChrisANeilson
    Feb 8, 2021
    Hey PhD admissions committee members - not so random story tonight: NFL recruiters thought Tom Brady had "bad stats" -he barely got drafted (~200 players drafted before him) Moral of the story: Maybe take a chance and admit an "imperfect" applicant this year 🤷🏼‍♂️
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    Christopher A. Neilson
    @ChrisANeilson
    Oct 4, 2020
    Likely unpopular opinion on #EconTwitter : Econ PhD programs should require one semester covering the history of economic thought. Some space to exclusively cover ideas💡 Maybe review every Nobel prize? Maybe half a semester with easy readings like "The Worldly Philosophers"?
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    Christopher A. Neilson
    @ChrisANeilson
    Aug 23, 2021
    En #EconTwitter hay muchos consejos de como lograr entrar y sobrevivir un postgrado en EEUU. Sin embargo nadie te dice como se llaman los cortes de carne 🥩 en EEUU - y para algunos - un asado con los compañeros es fundamental para sobrevivir el primer año lejos de casa. ⬇️✅
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    Christopher A. Neilson
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    Dec 8, 2023
    Emails with good news from a journal are rare in academia. Mark your calendar :) - The July 2024 Issue of the @JPolEcon will have a paper showing that improving access to college is not just about making college affordable. Its also about how you design the market and
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    Christopher A. Neilson
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    Oct 11, 2021
    First paper I ever read and it blew my mind as an undergrad in Chile. Simple model of behavior and empirical strategy to then produce relevant policy insight : hooked day one and I am sure 1000s in econ today share a similar experience. Research can be powerful like that.
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    The Nobel Prize
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    Oct 11, 2021
    Replying to @NobelPrize
    In one example David Card – awarded the 2021 prize in economic sciences – and Alan Krueger (now deceased) used a natural experiment to investigate how increased minimum wages affect employment. #NobelPrize
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    Christopher A. Neilson
    @ChrisANeilson
    Apr 4, 2021
    Random stuff happens when you can leave your house. Met John Nash briefly at my first faculty reception at @PrincetonEcon Introduced myself to John as his "newest colleague" as we were in line for food - and then proceeded to ask if I could take a selfie (playing it cool😅)
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    Christopher A. Neilson
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    Apr 4, 2021
    Replying to @ben_golub
    John Nash was John Nash!
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    Christopher A. Neilson
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    Sep 23, 2021
    Submitting to Econometrica like 😱
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    Christopher A. Neilson
    @ChrisANeilson
    Jun 21, 2021
    I present to you, "Dog with tenure"
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    Christopher A. Neilson
    @ChrisANeilson
    Sep 11, 2019
    Sometimes you just need a friend to tell you this. That is why I have @SethDZimmerman
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    Christopher A. Neilson
    @ChrisANeilson
    Jul 4, 2020
    Now that a lot of top universities will have most, if not all classes developed and prepared for online distribution, what is stopping them from giving access to students from developing countries as MIT and a few others have done with a subset of classes already?
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    Christopher A. Neilson
    @ChrisANeilson
    Dec 4, 2021
    Big thank you to whoever sent this shirt (and no note) for my recent 👍 tenure vote
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    Christopher A. Neilson
    @ChrisANeilson
    Oct 11, 2021
    Happy for the Nobel winners and excited for Labor and Applied Metrics getting the Nobel - but can't help but have Alan Krueger on my mind this morning.