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John Holbein
@johnholbein1.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Politics, and Education @UVA.

I share social science.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Jun 12
Did you know that your siblings can influence whether you vote?

Well, because of our new working paper you do!

@mike-bloem.bsky.social, @jonisaacsmith.bsky.social, sam imlay

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 4h
this year, it was a lot about statistical power.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 5h
My number of peer reviews completed each year.*

Things are getting out a bit unwieldy.**

*I got fewer invitations in 2022/2023. I don't know why.

**I do say no to some review requests. Probably not enough. I don't track those.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 6h
"The widening political divide over science"

osf.io/preprints/so...

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 6h
Conservatives' confidence in the scientific community continues to crater.

Reposted by Benjamin Hansen

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 1d
Congrats. I never said otherwise.

I’m happy to be corrected if I happen to unaware of something.

But he was a jerk about it. so he got blocked.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 1d
lol

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 1d
you seem nice.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 1d
I have no skin (financial or prestige) in this debate.

I understand the desire to correct/contextualize. But why assume malice?

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 1d
"The Impacts of Guaranteed Basic Income on Crime Perpetration and Victimization"

www.nber.org/papers/w34547
The Impacts of Guaranteed Basic Income on Crime Perpetration and Victimization
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org

Reposted by David L. Anderson

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 1d
Do you think giving folks a basic income would reduce crime?

Think again.

"We estimate precise zero effects [of basic income] on criminal perpetration."

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 4d
The author of this paper is Simon Greenhill.

simondgreenhill.github.io

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 4d
"Noise Pollution and Infant Health"

simondgreenhill.github.io/Greenhill_No...

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 4d
Nighttime noise pollution is very harmful for infant health.

Why?

Disruptions to maternal sleep.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 4d
Look at the variation in sound pollution by the distance to the nearest rail line.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 4d
The costs of noise pollution in terms of harms to infant health are largest Black, Hispanic, and the poorest Americans.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 4d
Look at this map, which plots predicted median nighttime noise levels in NYC, San Francisco, and Denver.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 4d
Look at this beautiful map, which plots predicted median nighttime noise levels in the U.S.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 4d
The negative effects of noise on infant health are largest where it is loudest.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 4d
Look at the variation in noise levels people are exposed to over the course of the day/week.

Fascinating!

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 4d
Noise pollution from electric passenger rail harms babies' health.

"I estimate that the annual cost of noise pollution due to harms to health at birth is $9.8 billion."

Black, Hispanic, and the poorest Americans disproportionately bear these costs.

This is such a cool paper!