Bruno Arpino

Comparing Experimental and Nonexperimental Methods: What Lessons Have We Learned Four Decades after LaLonde (1986)? (Fall 2025) - In 1986, Robert LaLonde published an article comparing nonexperimental estimates to experimental benchmarks (LaLonde 1986). He concluded that the nonexperimental methods at the time coul...

An Imbens retrospective on experimental v. non-experimental methods — looks like a must-read www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Regardless of whether your paper has been accepted for presentation at #EPC2026, join the Working Group #SustainableAgeing side meeting "Technological Change and Sustainable Ageing"

Interested in presenting or participating? 👇
📝 Register here: forms.gle/Tq21zqX7ddN7...

In “Limits of Predicting Individual-Level Longevity,” Badolato et al. assess a range of classic statistical & machine learning survival analysis models. @nickirons.bsky.social @monjalexander.bsky.social @ugobas.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

📢 Read my new article w/ Di Patrizio & Giudici about school-university transition between Italians and students with migrant backgrounds! 👇🏻

Major news outlets: Please consider prominently reporting what this all-star team of researchers has found.
www.nber.org/papers/w34791

In the first two months of 2025, ICE raids in the Central Valley increased absentee rates by 22%.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

2025 Goalkeepers Report | Ending Preventable Child Deaths with Primary Healthcare, Vaccines, and Next-Gen Innovations Millions of children’s lives are at stake—without action, global aid cuts could lead to more child deaths over the next 20 years. But that future isn’t inevitable. If we act now—by getting proven, low...

"2025 is the first year of this century where child deaths will increase."

As aid cuts begin to bite it is projected that an additional 200,000 children under the age 5 will die from preventable illnesses bringing the annual total to 4.8 million.

www.gatesfoundation.org/goalkeepers/...

Would you put ICE in wine? No way!

#NoICE #NoICEinItaly #MilanoCortina2026

🚨 Following the murder of protesters and widespread arbitrary detentions in the USA, ICE cannot be allowed in Europe.

We are calling for an immediate travel ban on all ICE agents.

This is now urgent following reports ICE will police the Winter Olympics in Italy 🚨

🎤 Interested in presenting?
Send a short abstract (100–500 words) by 1 April 2026 to:
📩 sustainableageing@gmail.com

We will confirm slots/attendance by 22 April 2026.

This is the third event by this Working Group
More info: www.eaps.nl/page/sustain...

See you in Bologna!

Registration to the Sustainable Ageing "Technological Change and Sustainable Ageing”, EPC-side meeting, 3 June 2026, Bologna Date and time of the meeting: 3 June 2026; 14.00-17.00 Venue: Room Q, Plesso Belmeloro, Via Andreatta 8, Bologna Contact: sustainableageing@gmail.com Link to the Sustainable Ageing working group page ...

The meeting is free of charge and open also to colleagues not attending #EPC2026. We welcome both presenters and participants.

✅ Registration deadline: 1 April 2026
Register here: forms.gle/Tq21zqX7ddN7...

Please note: limited capacity (non-presenting participants: first come, first served).

📣 Announcement | EAPS @eaps.bsky.social Working Group Sustainable Ageing side meeting @ #EPC2026 (Bologna)
Technological Change and Sustainable Ageing: Challenges and Opportunities

🗓 Wednesday, 3 June 2026
🕑 14:00–17:00
📍 Room Q, Plesso Belmeloro, Via Andreatta 8, Bologna

#SustainableAgeing

This Topical Collection builds on the activities of the EAPS Working Group Sustainable Ageing and is open to submissions from both WG members and external contributors.

See here for more info on the working group: www.eaps.nl/page/sustain...

European Journal of Ageing Instructions for Authors Types of papers Original Investigations: The text of manuscripts reporting empirical studies should not exceed 5,000 words and there ...

We particularly encourage papers bridging dimensions and articulating mechanisms + policy levers.

Rolling review: manuscripts are sent out for review as they are received.

Guidelines: link.springer.com/journal/1043...

Please share with colleagues & networks.

We welcome work that advances concepts, measurement, and policy relevance of sustainable ageing across interconnected dimensions:
• economic & labour markets • care & wellbeing • tech equity/digital inclusion • environment & ageing in place • governance • cultural inclusion/ageism.

📣 Call for Papers | European Journal of Ageing Topical Collection

“Ageing Well for All: Multidimensional Pathways to Sustainable Ageing”

Guest Editors: Bruno Arpino & Valeria Bordone (@valeriabordone.bsky.social)

Submissions open now (deadline: 31 Aug 2026)

🔗 link.springer.com/collections/...

The family sits together at a set table on the porch and enjoys a meal outdoors.

Bar chart showing distribution of relationship types to relatives by type of relationship, with intensity ratings for closeness and support.

Bar chart shows differences in family relationships by ethnicity with categories such as close and distant.

Family research usually focuses on the nuclear family. Relationships with other relatives have hardly been studied to date. Yet these relations play an important role: https://www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events_6123/news_press_releases_4630/news/important_relatives_14970
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Happy 2026! 🎉
I finally built the thing I'd had in mind for a while: FG's Research Radio, AI-generated audio deep dives into computational social science papers. It pulls from my PaperPile reading list, so I can catch up on papers while walking or driving

fabiogiglietto.github.io/research-rad...

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲: 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 We are excited to share that IJPDS is dedicating its 2026 Special Issue to the use of AI in Population Data Science research. Stay posted - details coming soon! https://ijpds.org/user/register

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲: 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

We are excited to share that IJPDS is dedicating its 2026 Special Issue to the use of AI in Population Data Science research.

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗝𝗣𝗗𝗦 and we'll make sure that you'll be the first to know when this call opens! ijpds.org/user/register

Screenshot of a Tweet pointing out that academic spam is actually in its own way kind of encouraging.

I think about this post every day 🧪

Shared Content A conversational AI system that listens, learns, and challenges

e qui il report di chatgpt (che è riuscito ad identificare alcuni riferimenti bibliografici):

chatgpt.com/s/dr_690ddf2...

Nonni digitali, tra buongiornissimo e fake news: vita smart e nuove fragilità degli over 60 Un’intera generazione è entrata nello smartphone senza rete di protezione: curiosa, iperconnessa, ma esposta a dipendenze, bufale e illusioni algoritmiche

Qui l'articolo di La Repubblica:

d.repubblica.it/culture/2025...

altre invece sono più generiche o difficili da verificare.

In ogni caso, mi è sembrato un esercizio utile per individuare le affermazioni che più probabilmente si basano su ricerche specifiche

💡 La trasparenza sulle fonti dovrebbe essere la regola, anche nel giornalismo! ...

✔️ trovare le possibili fonti scientifiche originali
✔️ valutare quanto fosse affidabile l’associazione tra ciò che scrive la giornalista e gli studi trovati.

📌 Risultato? Diverse affermazioni si basano su studi specifici che l'AI è riuscita ad individuare ...

Mi sono chiesto quali fossero le fonti di un articolo di
La Repubblica che parla di over 60 e digitale, ma non citando alcuno studio scientifico.

Così ho chiesto a Chatgpt di
✔️ leggere l’articolo
✔️ individuare ogni passaggio in cui si fa riferimento a ricerche/dati ...

¿Te interesan los temas de desigualdad y movilidad social? ¿Quieres hacer el doctorado?

Va a salir una Beca FPI en el proyecto I+D que dirijo:
“Does luck matter? The role of luck in individual life courses and views of redistribution”.

La convocatoria oficial de la UNED saldrá en breve.

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An Undergraduate Course in Causality Forthcoming. Now Available: Just Accepted Version.

Awesome text by Lea Bottmer, Guido Imbens, Jason Weitze and Mary Wooters: "An Undergraduate Course in Causality"

hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/uynpjlow...

#EconSky 📉📈

Next week, Nov 10, we organize a small conference on social mobility at the EUI. We collaborate with Georgetown University. The meeting is in person, but if you want to receive the recording, you can register here. global.georgetown.edu/events/works...

Best spam conference invitation ever:

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Your publication titled " " is truly remarkable and of exceptionally high standard on the core subject.
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Actually, " " is a nice title!

Mapping subnational gender gaps in internet and mobile adoption using social media data | PNAS The digital revolution has ushered in many societal and economic benefits. Yet access to digital technologies such as mobile phones and internet re...

New @pnas.org paper constructing subnational estimates of internet and mobile adoption by gender, including gender gaps, for 117 low- and middle- income countries from 2015 through 2025.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...