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Sebastian Gallegos

@sebagallegos

Assistant Professor of Economics @UAI_CL. Prev: Economist @the_IDB, Postdoc @Princeton, PhD @UChicago. Researcher @IZA, @JPAL, @hceconomics, @_jilae, @CentroCOES www.sebastiangallegos.cl

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Wow!

Each $1 spent on Universal Pre-Kindergarten generates between $3-$20 dollars in aggregate earnings.

That's enough to offset the costs of Universal Pre-Kindergarten through higher tax revenues.

12.05.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 374 πŸ” 124 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 7
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You've heard of the many analysts projects, right?

Scholars give the same dataset/question to a bunch of researchers & they still get different answers.

Why is that?

Data cleaning!

This is consistent with Gelman's "garden of forking paths." Small coding decisions often drive results.

05.05.2025 14:13 πŸ‘ 162 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5
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Cool new papers in the JHR! In Chile, massive administrative data FTW: 20 years of data show that early skill advantages lead to shifts in parental beliefs + investments + ⬆️ college admissions + enrollment @seba_gallegos @sebagallegos.bsky.social
jhr.uwpress.org/cont...

20.03.2025 15:02 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Schooling mobility across three generations in six Latin American countries - Journal of Population Economics This paper presents new evidence on schooling mobility across three generations in six Latin American countries. By combining survey information with national census data, we have constructed a novel ...

Hi everybody!
Our paper *Schooling Mobility Across Three Generations in Six Latin American countries*,
published at the Journal of Population Economics,
is available *open access* here link.springer.com/article/10.1...

06.02.2025 17:44 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’₯New πŸ’₯ IZA Discussion Paper!
πŸ”΅ What happens when 140+ teams of economists perform the same research three times, each time with less freedom?

βœ… Find out here!
www.iza.org/publications...

βœ… This is a "Many-Economists" project led by Huntington-Klein & PΓΆrtner. Read Nick's post below to learn more!πŸ‘‡

05.03.2025 17:17 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Ed Leamer has passed away.

Ed was one of my favorite colleagues at UCLA: smart, witty, helpful.

My former colleague Pete Schott who was his student, perfectly captured Ed's quirks on his webpage.

For a recent tribute to Ed see here:
youtu.be/tg3XEz9inVE?...

26.02.2025 11:50 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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Schooling mobility across three generations in six Latin American countries - Journal of Population Economics This paper presents new evidence on schooling mobility across three generations in six Latin American countries. By combining survey information with national census data, we have constructed a novel ...

Hi everybody!
Our paper *Schooling Mobility Across Three Generations in Six Latin American countries*,
published at the Journal of Population Economics,
is available *open access* here link.springer.com/article/10.1...

06.02.2025 17:44 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AsΓ­ se puede mejorar la PAES, ahora - La Tercera

Interesante propuesta de @sebagallegos.bsky.social www.latercera.com/que-pasa/not...

13.01.2025 18:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0