Davide Viviano
@vivianodavide.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Harvard Econ. Previously: postdoc at Stanford GSB and UCSDEcon Phd. Econometrics and Data Science. Website: dviviano.github.io
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New Working Paper w/ Aristotelis Epanomeritakis
Applications often use experiments with other evidence to estimate counterfactuals hard to identify with a single experiment. Examples include GE effects or external validity. Which experiments to run (and how) in these contexts?
Applications often use experiments with other evidence to estimate counterfactuals hard to identify with a single experiment. Examples include GE effects or external validity. Which experiments to run (and how) in these contexts?
New working paper below!
ICYMI: New paper for causal effects with panel data, subsuming other approaches. We generate realistic synthetic data based on commonly studied datasets, showing our method substantially outperforms others and providing insight about what in the data-generating process corresponds to gains.
New paper: Triply Robust Panel Estimators (TROP) by @susanathey.bsky.social @guidoimbens.bsky.social Zhaonan Qu @vivianodavide.bsky.social.
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
New working paper below!
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⏰ We are hiring on the junior market! ⏰
Multiple open positions at the Oxford Department of Economics:
econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...
2 positions associate professor open field, 1 position development econ.
cc @oxfordecondept.bsky.social
Multiple open positions at the Oxford Department of Economics:
econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...
2 positions associate professor open field, 1 position development econ.
cc @oxfordecondept.bsky.social
EJM - Econ Job Market
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November 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
⏰ We are hiring on the junior market! ⏰
Multiple open positions at the Oxford Department of Economics:
econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...
2 positions associate professor open field, 1 position development econ.
cc @oxfordecondept.bsky.social
Multiple open positions at the Oxford Department of Economics:
econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...
2 positions associate professor open field, 1 position development econ.
cc @oxfordecondept.bsky.social
New Working Paper w/ Aristotelis Epanomeritakis
Applications often use experiments with other evidence to estimate counterfactuals hard to identify with a single experiment. Examples include GE effects or external validity. Which experiments to run (and how) in these contexts?
Applications often use experiments with other evidence to estimate counterfactuals hard to identify with a single experiment. Examples include GE effects or external validity. Which experiments to run (and how) in these contexts?
October 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
New Working Paper w/ Aristotelis Epanomeritakis
Applications often use experiments with other evidence to estimate counterfactuals hard to identify with a single experiment. Examples include GE effects or external validity. Which experiments to run (and how) in these contexts?
Applications often use experiments with other evidence to estimate counterfactuals hard to identify with a single experiment. Examples include GE effects or external validity. Which experiments to run (and how) in these contexts?
Reposted by Davide Viviano
New paper: Triply Robust Panel Estimators (TROP) by @susanathey.bsky.social @guidoimbens.bsky.social Zhaonan Qu @vivianodavide.bsky.social.
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
October 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
New paper: Triply Robust Panel Estimators (TROP) by @susanathey.bsky.social @guidoimbens.bsky.social Zhaonan Qu @vivianodavide.bsky.social.
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
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Looking forward to this week’s booktalks and discussions!
Sep 23: MIT Knight Science Journalism program
ksj.mit.edu/events/
Sep 24: Harvard Kennedy School (including discussion with Dani Rodrik)
www.hks.harvard.edu/events/book-...
Sep 25: Yale Law School
law.yale.edu/centers-work...
Sep 23: MIT Knight Science Journalism program
ksj.mit.edu/events/
Sep 24: Harvard Kennedy School (including discussion with Dani Rodrik)
www.hks.harvard.edu/events/book-...
Sep 25: Yale Law School
law.yale.edu/centers-work...
Law, Economics & Organization Workshop
Discover your passion
ksj.mit.edu
September 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Looking forward to this week’s booktalks and discussions!
Sep 23: MIT Knight Science Journalism program
ksj.mit.edu/events/
Sep 24: Harvard Kennedy School (including discussion with Dani Rodrik)
www.hks.harvard.edu/events/book-...
Sep 25: Yale Law School
law.yale.edu/centers-work...
Sep 23: MIT Knight Science Journalism program
ksj.mit.edu/events/
Sep 24: Harvard Kennedy School (including discussion with Dani Rodrik)
www.hks.harvard.edu/events/book-...
Sep 25: Yale Law School
law.yale.edu/centers-work...
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The full order: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Because this cam out of the blue and sudden: other, similar orders could come out of the blue and sudden.
So those on visas will surely consider international travel a potential risk, and opt for zoom calls over flying when possible
Because this cam out of the blue and sudden: other, similar orders could come out of the blue and sudden.
So those on visas will surely consider international travel a potential risk, and opt for zoom calls over flying when possible
Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The H-1B nonimmigrant visa program was created to bring temporary workers into the United
www.whitehouse.gov
September 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM
The full order: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Because this cam out of the blue and sudden: other, similar orders could come out of the blue and sudden.
So those on visas will surely consider international travel a potential risk, and opt for zoom calls over flying when possible
Because this cam out of the blue and sudden: other, similar orders could come out of the blue and sudden.
So those on visas will surely consider international travel a potential risk, and opt for zoom calls over flying when possible
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i just want to convey the depth of my appreciation to our colleagues, in the broad sense, in the american and UK university systems, for continuing to teach the fact that trans people exist even though you are all going to be ceaselessly punished alongside us for it. thank you.
So, a university president fired a professor because they taught a course that discussed there being more than two genders, and now the university president is being fired for not having fired the professor quickly enough, is where we're at. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...
Texas A&M President to Step Down After Controversy Over ‘Gender Ideology’
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
i just want to convey the depth of my appreciation to our colleagues, in the broad sense, in the american and UK university systems, for continuing to teach the fact that trans people exist even though you are all going to be ceaselessly punished alongside us for it. thank you.
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🆕 Macroeconomics and climate change 📢
Today on VoxDevTalks, @adrienbilal.bsky.social (@stanford.edu) discusses the research on macroeconomics and climate change – highlighting evidence gaps in mitigation, adaptation, and labour transitions: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
Today on VoxDevTalks, @adrienbilal.bsky.social (@stanford.edu) discusses the research on macroeconomics and climate change – highlighting evidence gaps in mitigation, adaptation, and labour transitions: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
September 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🆕 Macroeconomics and climate change 📢
Today on VoxDevTalks, @adrienbilal.bsky.social (@stanford.edu) discusses the research on macroeconomics and climate change – highlighting evidence gaps in mitigation, adaptation, and labour transitions: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
Today on VoxDevTalks, @adrienbilal.bsky.social (@stanford.edu) discusses the research on macroeconomics and climate change – highlighting evidence gaps in mitigation, adaptation, and labour transitions: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...
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We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗
📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
September 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗
📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
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I'm hiring a predoc to work w/ me on empirical IO/applied micro projects starting in Fall '26!
Details below and instructions here: shoshanavasserman.com/call_for_pre...
International students (who need J1) are welcome & non-econ bgs are fine given interest + curiosity. Please apply :)
Details below and instructions here: shoshanavasserman.com/call_for_pre...
International students (who need J1) are welcome & non-econ bgs are fine given interest + curiosity. Please apply :)
September 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I'm hiring a predoc to work w/ me on empirical IO/applied micro projects starting in Fall '26!
Details below and instructions here: shoshanavasserman.com/call_for_pre...
International students (who need J1) are welcome & non-econ bgs are fine given interest + curiosity. Please apply :)
Details below and instructions here: shoshanavasserman.com/call_for_pre...
International students (who need J1) are welcome & non-econ bgs are fine given interest + curiosity. Please apply :)
Reposted by Davide Viviano
Reposted by Davide Viviano
Are you on the economics job market this year?
Consider applying for the Nuffield postdoc at Oxford:
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
It's an excellent opportunity for some extra research time in a great environment!
(Econometrics and econ/ML applications particularly encouraged!)
Consider applying for the Nuffield postdoc at Oxford:
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
It's an excellent opportunity for some extra research time in a great environment!
(Econometrics and econ/ML applications particularly encouraged!)
EJM - Econ Job Market
The automated language-translation service on econjobmarlet.org is provided free by Google Translate, a third party service. Google is wholly responsible for the translation service. Econ Job…
econjobmarket.org
July 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Are you on the economics job market this year?
Consider applying for the Nuffield postdoc at Oxford:
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
It's an excellent opportunity for some extra research time in a great environment!
(Econometrics and econ/ML applications particularly encouraged!)
Consider applying for the Nuffield postdoc at Oxford:
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
It's an excellent opportunity for some extra research time in a great environment!
(Econometrics and econ/ML applications particularly encouraged!)
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I was the AEA's President Elect as the first Trump term began. We worried about government statistics then, and appointed a committee that included members (such as Google's Chief Economist) who might be in a position to help make reliable statistics available if the government went dark.
#econsky
#econsky
Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
August 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I was the AEA's President Elect as the first Trump term began. We worried about government statistics then, and appointed a committee that included members (such as Google's Chief Economist) who might be in a position to help make reliable statistics available if the government went dark.
#econsky
#econsky
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Independent reliable statistics are crucial in all modern democracies — and under attack in many parts of the world…
AEA Statement on Dismissal of BLS Comm.
"The independence of the federal statistical agencies is essential to the proper functioning of a modern economy. Accurate, timely, and impartial statistics are the foundation upon which households, businesses, and policymakers make critical decisions."
"The independence of the federal statistical agencies is essential to the proper functioning of a modern economy. Accurate, timely, and impartial statistics are the foundation upon which households, businesses, and policymakers make critical decisions."
August 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Independent reliable statistics are crucial in all modern democracies — and under attack in many parts of the world…
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Dr. Erika McEntarfer has devoted her career to public service. She has conducted herself as BLS Commissioner with great integrity. There is no evidence whatsoever that BLS data are politically biased.
#econsky
#econsky
August 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Dr. Erika McEntarfer has devoted her career to public service. She has conducted herself as BLS Commissioner with great integrity. There is no evidence whatsoever that BLS data are politically biased.
#econsky
#econsky
Very exciting and opens up many questions on how we evaluate these sources of data!
🆕 How economists are using new data sources in development economics
Research on @voxdev.bsky.social draws on a variety of data sources - satellites, phones, leaks & more.
In this blog, I highlight what we learn about development from these novel data sources: voxdev.org/topic/how-ec...
Research on @voxdev.bsky.social draws on a variety of data sources - satellites, phones, leaks & more.
In this blog, I highlight what we learn about development from these novel data sources: voxdev.org/topic/how-ec...
How economists are using new data sources in development economics
Development economists are harnessing satellite imagery, mobile phone metadata, government tax records and even leaked documents to answer questions that were previously out of reach.
voxdev.org
July 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Very exciting and opens up many questions on how we evaluate these sources of data!
Looking forward to the NBER SI Thursday metrics session next week where we will be presenting work on remote sensed outcomes with Rahul Singh and Ashesh Rambachan. Here is the program www.nber.org/conferences/... and preview dviviano.github.io/projects/pre... Drop by if you are around!
July 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Looking forward to the NBER SI Thursday metrics session next week where we will be presenting work on remote sensed outcomes with Rahul Singh and Ashesh Rambachan. Here is the program www.nber.org/conferences/... and preview dviviano.github.io/projects/pre... Drop by if you are around!
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insights.som.yale.edu/insights/whe...
"The countries that succeed are the ones that are able to create institutions that attract talent from wherever it happens to be born."
"The countries that succeed are the ones that are able to create institutions that attract talent from wherever it happens to be born."
When Skilled Workers Go Abroad, Their Home Countries Experience ‘Brain Gain’
When skilled workers from poorer countries migrate to wealthy ones, there are benefits for the origin countries as well as workers and the host countries, according to new research co-authored by Yale...
insights.som.yale.edu
June 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
insights.som.yale.edu/insights/whe...
"The countries that succeed are the ones that are able to create institutions that attract talent from wherever it happens to be born."
"The countries that succeed are the ones that are able to create institutions that attract talent from wherever it happens to be born."
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🔥New #basicincome paper just posted:🔥
"Basic income and labor supply: Evidence from an RCT in Germany"
(maybe not the wittiest title, but descriptive...)
maxkasy.github.io/home/files/p...
Feedback welcome, this is still subject to revisions!
"Basic income and labor supply: Evidence from an RCT in Germany"
(maybe not the wittiest title, but descriptive...)
maxkasy.github.io/home/files/p...
Feedback welcome, this is still subject to revisions!
June 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🔥New #basicincome paper just posted:🔥
"Basic income and labor supply: Evidence from an RCT in Germany"
(maybe not the wittiest title, but descriptive...)
maxkasy.github.io/home/files/p...
Feedback welcome, this is still subject to revisions!
"Basic income and labor supply: Evidence from an RCT in Germany"
(maybe not the wittiest title, but descriptive...)
maxkasy.github.io/home/files/p...
Feedback welcome, this is still subject to revisions!
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Starting to look like I might not be able to work at Harvard anymore due to recent funding cuts. If you know of any open statistical consulting positions that support remote work or are NYC-based, please reach out! 😅
June 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Starting to look like I might not be able to work at Harvard anymore due to recent funding cuts. If you know of any open statistical consulting positions that support remote work or are NYC-based, please reach out! 😅
Sharing here the slides for the talks given this week:
dviviano.github.io/projects/pre... (on using remote sensed outcomes for program evaluation)
and dviviano.github.io/projects/val... (on learning generalizability/evidence aggregation)
dviviano.github.io/projects/pre... (on using remote sensed outcomes for program evaluation)
and dviviano.github.io/projects/val... (on learning generalizability/evidence aggregation)
June 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Sharing here the slides for the talks given this week:
dviviano.github.io/projects/pre... (on using remote sensed outcomes for program evaluation)
and dviviano.github.io/projects/val... (on learning generalizability/evidence aggregation)
dviviano.github.io/projects/pre... (on using remote sensed outcomes for program evaluation)
and dviviano.github.io/projects/val... (on learning generalizability/evidence aggregation)
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Harvard's past international students include incubator of Moderna, co-founder of Facebook, at least 11 Nobel Prize winners, and 14 heads of state.
May 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Harvard's past international students include incubator of Moderna, co-founder of Facebook, at least 11 Nobel Prize winners, and 14 heads of state.
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Fun project on formulating experimentation as an optimisation problem led by Tim Sudijono, who we were lucky to have as an intern this year.
link 📈🤖
Optimizing Returns from Experimentation Programs (Sudijono, Ejdemyr, Lal et al) Experimentation in online digital platforms is used to inform decision making. Specifically, the goal of many experiments is to optimize a metric of interest. Null hypothesis statistical testing can be ill-sui
Optimizing Returns from Experimentation Programs (Sudijono, Ejdemyr, Lal et al) Experimentation in online digital platforms is used to inform decision making. Specifically, the goal of many experiments is to optimize a metric of interest. Null hypothesis statistical testing can be ill-sui
December 10, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Fun project on formulating experimentation as an optimisation problem led by Tim Sudijono, who we were lucky to have as an intern this year.
How to design scientific communication when researchers have private incentives in how to conduct a research study (and/or in which statistics to report)? Exciting new project with Ravi Jagadeesan: dviviano.github.io/projects/pub...
April 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
How to design scientific communication when researchers have private incentives in how to conduct a research study (and/or in which statistics to report)? Exciting new project with Ravi Jagadeesan: dviviano.github.io/projects/pub...