Michael Wiebe's Shortform
post by Michael Wiebe (Macaulay) · 2024-01-23T22:41:55.250Z · LW · GW · 3 comments3 comments
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comment by Michael Wiebe (Macaulay) · 2024-01-25T17:36:48.560Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Should you "trust literatures, not papers"?
I replicated the literature on meritocratic promotion in China, and found that the evidence is not robust.
https://twitter.com/michael_wiebe/status/1750572525439062384
comment by Michael Wiebe (Macaulay) · 2024-01-24T17:09:40.977Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Do vaccinated children have higher income as adults?
I replicate a paper on the 1963 measles vaccine, and find that it is unable to answer the question.
https://twitter.com/michael_wiebe/status/1750197740603367689
comment by Michael Wiebe (Macaulay) · 2024-01-23T22:41:55.446Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
New replication: I find that the results in Moretti (AER 2021) are caused by coding errors. The paper studies agglomeration effects for innovation (do bigger cities cause technological progress?), but the results supporting a causal interpretation don't hold up.
https://twitter.com/michael_wiebe/status/1749462957132759489