Abel Brodeur
Posts tagged with Abel Brodeur
April 10, 2024
Major replication project re-analyzes over 100 economics and political science articles
New study by more than 350 coauthors finds high reproducibility rates, but also highlights areas for improvement
August 25, 2022
“We need to talk about Mechanical Turk”
What 22,989 hypothesis tests tell us about publication bias and p-hacking in online experiments
November 16, 2020
How was the U.S. presidential election affected by the COVID-19 pandemic?
Analysis suggests Trump would likely have won if there had been 5% fewer COVID-19 cases
April 29, 2020
Short-term consequences of COVID-19 on labor market outcomes in the United States
Negative impacts especially for men, younger workers, immigrants, Hispanics and less-educated workers
November 6, 2019
Economic causes and consequences of mass shootings
Perpetrators are often low-educated and in financial distress — shootings leave lasting scars on local labor markets
April 10, 2019
Fourth Annual IZA Junior/Senior Symposium held in Austin, Texas
Promoting young researchers from both sides of the Atlantic
December 16, 2016
The Empirics Strike Back Again: Abel Brodeur wins Leamer-Rosenthal Prize for his dedication to open science
In 2013, IZA Research Affiliate Abel Brodeur (University of Ottawa) and his co-authors published an IZA discussion paper titled “Star […]
June 30, 2016
Has Uber made it easier to get a ride in the rain?
Standing or walking in the rain is an activity best avoided. In New York City (NYC), when faced with such […]
March 22, 2013
Star Wars: The Empirics Strike Back
Most academic disciplines use a statistical threshold to decide whether a hypothesis is likely to be true. If a test […]