Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Potentially My Most Useful Post of the Year? Decade?: AI for Economists, Prompts and Resources

We hear a lot about the dangers of AI (and these are real!), but we do not hear enough about how useful LLMs can be. Check out these prompts and other resources for use with LLMs made available by Jesse Lastunen. And do share in the comments if you discover any additional useful prompts. 


H/T: Marginal Revolution 

Friday, January 5, 2024

Cool Data Alert: Child Penalties Across Countries

The website describes it like this: "The Child Penalty Atlas maps how the arrival of a child affects the careers of men and women across the globe." I recommend playing with the map a bit. You can see for most countries in the world, the child penalty in employment, the gender gap in employment, and the fraction of the gender employment gap explained by the child penalty.

How many new papers idea using these data can you come up with? 1-2-3, go! (UConn students, feel free to come discuss your ideas with me). 

Here is the website: https://childpenaltyatlas.org/.