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Kun Lee @kunlee.bsky.social · Sep 16

Very useful resource for family policy scholars

leavenetwork.bsky.social @leavenetwork.bsky.social · Sep 14

We're pleased to announce the 21st International Review of Leave Policies & Research is now available! Covering 52 nations, this report provides valuable insights into parental leave policies globally. Access country reports and cross-country comparisons here: www.leavenetwork.org/annual-revie...

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Kun Lee @kunlee.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thanks! Will show you more next time :)

Kun Lee @kunlee.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thank you, Ive😊

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Kun Lee @kunlee.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thank you! :)

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Kun Lee @kunlee.bsky.social · Aug 29

Unfortunately I cannot make it to #ESPAnet this year, but for a good reason: I got married last weekend! Looking forward to reconnecting with colleagues next year.

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Maria Vaalavuo @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social · Aug 27

We'll be presenting our book at ESPAnet with a commentary by Anton Hemerijck. 🤩 My first book pitch session ever. #espanet2025

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · Feb 22

Say you’ve got very good causal IDENTIFICATION. Can you say you have causality, can make a causal general claim, and can say what “THE causal effect” is?

NO

We explain why in new article at Journal of Causal Inference.

www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

The necessity of construct and external validity for deductive causal inference

The Credibility Revolution advances internally valid research designs intended to identify causal effects from quantitative data. The ensuing emphasis on internal validity, however, has enabled a negl...

www.degruyter.com

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KeonKim @keonkim.bsky.social · Aug 1

Presented joint work with @kunlee.bsky.social on intra-couple time allocation at the 2025 READI. Loved the beautiful campus, great talks — and meeting researchers working on similar questions!

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Andreas P. Weiland @apweiland.bsky.social · Jun 23

About yesterday: Korean dinner and fête nationale in Luxembourg city with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social @kunlee.bsky.social @keonkim.bsky.social 🇱🇺

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Kun Lee @kunlee.bsky.social · Jun 20

Great to see this out! Thanks to editors

Maria Vaalavuo @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social · Jun 19

Midsummer reading.

This or Elizabeth Strout, Sally Rooney or Richard Powers?

A fine outcome of @sustageable.fi @strateginen.bsky.social project with a great team.

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Kun Lee @kunlee.bsky.social · Jun 18

Excited to join the #Netspar International Pension Worshop for the first time, in the beautiful city of Leiden. Looking forward to meeting new people and presenting my ongoing work, "Technological change, workers' anxiety, and pension savings behavior"

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KeonKim @keonkim.bsky.social · Jun 13

Excited to spend a month as a visiting researcher at @lisdata.bsky.social & @liser.lu.
Grateful for the warm welcome — especially from @kunlee.bsky.social — and such a pleasure to meet fellow visitors @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and @apweiland.bsky.social

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Andreas P. Weiland @apweiland.bsky.social · Jun 11

Excited that @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and I have started our time as (LIS)2ER visitors at @lisdata.bsky.social and @liser.lu - Thanks @kunlee.bsky.social and @esiermin.bsky.social for having us! Looking forward to fruitful exchanges and new insights in the coming weeks 🇱🇺

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · Jun 3

How have immigrant poverty rates changed in the US in recent decades? A new WP by Stone Center Affiliated Scholar @davebrady72.bsky.social uses LIS data to create an improved demographic portrait of immigrant poverty from 1993-2023 across 50 states and D.C.
@lisdata.bsky.social
bit.ly/4dRnbr2

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LISER's Living Conditions department @liser-lc.bsky.social · May 21

📣 Upcoming @lisdata.bsky.social-LISER Visitor Seminar features presentations from Despina Gavresi of @uni.lu & Ana Muñoz Fernandez of @internationaluma.bsky.social

📅 May 28th, 2025: 12h30-14h | 📍 @liser.lu

🔗 Register here: www.liser.lu/events/lis-l...

👏 Event organiser: @kunlee.bsky.social

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · Apr 18

Let’s say you have very low sample response rate (recruit tens of millions and only tens of thousands self select into sample).

Then you have a RCT where there is clean random assignment of treatment.

Does the first stage sample selection bias your estimate of causal effect of treatment?

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Kun Lee @kunlee.bsky.social · Apr 12

Had a fruitful session and discussions at #PAA2025 in DC.
Photo credit @emanuelagu.bsky.social

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Kun Lee @kunlee.bsky.social · Apr 4

You can wake up at 3am without an alarm when you are so much concerned about your country's political future.
We finally impeached the president who declared martial law. Democracy keeps alive there! Next election in May/June

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Kun Lee @kunlee.bsky.social · Mar 25

Here we go! Looking forward to seeing old colleagues and getting to know new people!
#RC28 #Milan

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Kun Lee @kunlee.bsky.social · Mar 10

Curious about the LIS/LWS database and eager to learn how to use quantitative methods with the harmonised cross-national dataset for comparative research?
Register for the LIS Summer Workshop!
I will also contribute to teaching macro-panel (or time-series cross-section) methods using LIS data.

LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg @lisdata.bsky.social · Mar 10

📢 Applications Open: 2025 LIS Summer Workshop! 📢

Join us 30 June – 4 July 2025 at the University of Luxembourg for an intensive one-week course on Comparative Inequality Measurement using the LIS & LWS Databases.

Workshop organised together with @uni.lu @liser.lu.

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Janet Gornick @janetgornick.bsky.social · Mar 1

Memorable event in Luxembourg! Chico Ferreira & I had the pleasure of talking with @brankomilan.bsky.social about "Visions of #Inequality".

Merci to our excellent hosts: @lisdata.bsky.social, @liser.lu, @uni.lu. Brilliant audience of about 150. @stone-lis.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social

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yiqingxu.bsky.social @yiqingxu.bsky.social · Feb 21

We streamlined six new DID-like estimators and created this tutorial for implementation in R.
yiqingxu.org/packages/fec...

Hope you no longer need to spend months figuring out what these estimators are and how to use them.

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Peter Hull @instrumenthull.bsky.social · Jan 30

I'm leading a mixtape session on IV in two weeks. Scott was nice enough to write about it here causalinf.substack.com/p/peter-hull...

Sign up here! www.mixtapesessions.io/session/iv_f...

Peter Hull Teaches Instrumental Variables

Greetings everyone!

causalinf.substack.com

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Kun Lee @kunlee.bsky.social · Jan 31

Deadline extended!
You have now one more week to apply for the LIS-LISER visiting programme!
- Benefits: full access to LIS/LWS microdata + opportunities to collaborate with amazing inequality scholars from diverse backgrounds + funding for travel & living expenses

LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg @lisdata.bsky.social · Jan 31

⏰Deadline extended!
The deadline for research stays at LIS/LISER has been extended to February 8th.
Find more information here: www.lisdatacenter.org/wp-content/u...

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Kun Lee @kunlee.bsky.social · Jan 29

Are you a LIS/LWS user curious about how variables are harmonized in detail? Here's our detailed mapping process!

LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg @lisdata.bsky.social · Jan 28

📢 NEW Mapping Contents’ tables available!

We have updated the mapping resources for the LIS Database and LWS Database to help you navigate the #income / #consumption / #expenditure / #assets / #liabilities variables more easily. 👇

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