Wednesday, May 11, 2022

(Mis)Matching airmen to bases

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  The Military Times has this story, suggesting that the Air Force still has lots of room to improve it's internal matching procedures: ...
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Repugnance and market design in translation: video and transcript (en español, en argentina)

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  I recently was interviewed by Jorge Fontevecchia via Zoom in Argentina. Among other things, we spoke (in English) about how both markets a...
Monday, May 9, 2022

School choice with outside options , by Akbarpour, Kapor, Neilson, van Dijk, and Zimmerman in J.Pub.E.

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 One of the differences between market design and the theoretical mechanism design literature is that in mechanism design, the theorist crea...
Sunday, May 8, 2022

Signaling for Otolaryngology residency programs

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 Here's a report on the use of signaling for residency positions, from the Oto match. Pletcher, Steven, Chang, C.W., Thorne, Marc, MD, M...
Saturday, May 7, 2022

Streets of Gold, by Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan

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  Ran Abramitzky writes: As some of you know, I have a book coming out soon (with my long-time collaborator Leah Boustan ) using big data to...

Drought, hunger, and early marriage in Ethiopia

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 Sometimes the problem is hunger, and early marriage is seen as the solution. The Guardian has the story Ethiopian drought leading to ‘drama...
Friday, May 6, 2022

Repugnant trade in (and study of) fossils

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 Who should be allowed to export, study and display important fossils? Nature has the story: How a Brazilian dinosaur sparked a movement to ...
Thursday, May 5, 2022

The Development Innovation Lab at the University of Chicago, Led by Michael Kremer

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 Here's the announcement from Chicago: The Development Innovation Lab Launches at the University of Chicago, Led by Nobel Laureate Micha...
Wednesday, May 4, 2022

The Future of Living Donor Kidney Transplants May 7, 2022 (online webinar hosted at U. Chicago)

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Yesterday I posted about the increasing incidence and prevalence of end stage renal disease .  On Saturday I'll be taking part in a medi...
Tuesday, May 3, 2022

End-stage Kidney Disease in the U.S. has doubled since 2000

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  Kidney disease is on the rise in the U.S. Transplantation is the treatment of choice, but doesn't begin to meet the need. JAMA has the...