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David Autor
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    David Autor
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    Nov 14, 2023
    An open letter from 436 Fellows of IZA to the Deutsche Post Foundation + the Rectorate of the University of Bonn objecting to the appointment of Armin Falk as IZA's head. If the appointment stands, all 436 Fellows will resign from IZA on 1 Jan 2024 bit.ly/47dfWFv
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    David Autor
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    Aug 17, 2023
    As anyone who follows me knows, I'm not worth following because I basically never Tweet/X. But I'm TweX'ing to say that I've supported this gofundme for academic integrity, and I hope others will too
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    Donate to Support Data Colada's Legal Defense, organized by Simine Vazire
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    David Autor
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    Feb 3, 2021
    Great story in Bloomberg today about Arin Dube's ingenious, deeply influential work on the minimum wage. See bloom.bg/2YDQ3gj by the excellent @petercoy
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    The Burger Flipper Who Became a World Expert on the Minimum Wage
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    David Autor
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    Nov 16, 2023
    Why did we call for Armin Falk to step aside from IZA leadership ( x.com/davidautor/sta…)? We took no stand on the serious allegations against Falk. We underscored instead that he grossly mishandled those allegations, leading to the dissolution of briq
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    David Autor
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    Nov 14, 2023
    An open letter from 436 Fellows of IZA to the Deutsche Post Foundation + the Rectorate of the University of Bonn objecting to the appointment of Armin Falk as IZA's head. If the appointment stands, all 436 Fellows will resign from IZA on 1 Jan 2024 bit.ly/47dfWFv
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    David Autor
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    Feb 12, 2024
    Although I know it's unfashionable to be optimistic about AI's potential for work and workers, here's why I think AI offers the labor market a great opportunity
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    Noema Magazine
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    Feb 12, 2024
    What if AI — used well — could actually help rebuild the middle class? @davidautor argues just that. noemamag.com/how-ai-could-h…
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    David Autor
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    Jan 6, 2018
    Fellow Academic Economists, Now that @AERJournals has launched its short-form journal, AER: Insights (bit.ly/2AADa8t), I hope will join my movement #ThePaperIsTooDamnedLong
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    David Autor
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    Sep 21, 2023
    Saying on X what I said in print: Among the many great advances that American women have made since 1960, single-parenthood is not one of them. It's brutally challenging for mothers. It's epidemic among the families who can least afford it.
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    David Autor
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    Feb 19, 2019
    I've born the brunt of David Otter jokes my entire life. This is the first one that made me laugh!
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    Diane Schanzenbach
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    Feb 18, 2019
    Hey #econtwitter, my daughter won this stuffed otter at a fair this weekend. Obviously she named him David Otter. Ironically, he was imported from China.
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    David Autor
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    Jan 11, 2021
    New working paper! Joint with Daron Acemoglu, @JADHazell and @pascualrpo. "AI and Jobs: Evidence from Online Vacancies" tinyurl.com/y2zgjusj. (1/7)
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    David Autor
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    Jan 8, 2018
    Folks—Short paper does not mean non-robust. Appendices are fine. It’s paper bodies that are too damned long—stuffed with self-advertising, needless models, boring extensions, and repetition unto death (“like being bludgeoned to death with a nerf bat”). #ThePaperIsTooDamnedLong
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    David Autor
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    Apr 23, 2019
    I'm proud to join the 2019 winners of the Andrew #CarnegieFellows awarded by @CarnegieCorp carnegie.io/2vgg8nj
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    David Autor
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    Mar 18, 2019
    @Alan_Krueger was a towering figure in labor econ, research design & policy analysis. He imbued our field w/insight, creativity + common sense. Alan was also the person I most wanted to be when I (professionally) grew up. We’ll never get AK back, but he changed our field forever
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    David Autor
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    Mar 2, 2023
    Compelling experimental results from MIT graduate students @shakked_noy and @whitneywzhang: When mid-level professionals use ChatGPT for skilled writing tasks, productivity inequality falls - as less-skilled writers produce better output - and all writers save *lots* of time
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    Shakked Noy
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    Mar 2, 2023
    🚨 New working paper! 🚨 Curious about the effects of generative AI systems like ChatGPT on production and labor markets? Then you'll be interested in our new paper (with @whitneywzhang)! Link to paper and thread below ⬇️ economics.mit.edu/sites/default/…
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    David Autor
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    Jan 20, 2024
    Join @DAcemogluMIT, @baselinescene, and me for the launch of the MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative, this Monday at MIT and online: 1) Engaging workers in shaping technology 2) Using AI for social good 3) Building better jobs
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    MIT Stone Center on Inequality & Shaping Work
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    Jan 19, 2024
    It's not too late to register for our launch event on Monday. Hear from the experts on how #AI can be used for social good, what we want work to look like in the future, and how workers can shape the direction of technology. Learn more and register: shapingwork.mit.edu/events/mit-sha…
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