diff --git a/1-research.md b/1-research.md index 1c4c27b..e8a9b7e 100644 --- a/1-research.md +++ b/1-research.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ permalink: /research/ # Working Papers -- **Development via Administrative Redistricting: Evidence from Brazil**. (Job Market Paper) May 2021 [[PDF](/files/papers/Dahis and Szerman (2021) Development via Administrative Redistricting.pdf){:target="_blank"}] (with [Christiane Szerman](https://sites.google.com/view/cszerman/){:target="_blank"}) +- **Development via Administrative Redistricting: Evidence from Brazil**. May 2021 [[PDF](/files/papers/Dahis and Szerman (2021) Development via Administrative Redistricting.pdf){:target="_blank"}] (with [Christiane Szerman](https://sites.google.com/view/cszerman/){:target="_blank"}) Recipient of the _Susan Schmidt Bies Prize for Doctoral Student Research on Economics and Public Policy, 2018_ diff --git a/3-other.md b/3-other.md index ce8a1b0..d4b7488 100644 --- a/3-other.md +++ b/3-other.md @@ -4,17 +4,6 @@ title: Other permalink: /other/ --- -## Ice Cream Map - -Mapping and reviewing ice cream spots worldwide, one at a time. - -_Money can't buy happinness. But it can buy ice cream, which is almost the same thing._ - -
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- ## Op-Eds, Press, and Podcasts - [A covid-19 acabou com o "efeito mandante" no Brasileirão?](https://www.nexojornal.com.br/ensaio/2021/A-covid-19-acabou-com-o-%E2%80%98efeito-mandante%E2%80%99-no-Brasileir%C3%A3o) [Nexo Jornal, Maio 2021] (with Eduardo Bartholomay) @@ -57,3 +46,14 @@ _Money can't buy happinness. But it can buy ice cream, which is almost the same - **Is Economics a Science? Not Yet.** [[pdf](https://www.ricardodahis.com/files/papers/Dahis_IEAS.pdf){:target="_blank"}] [[SSRN](http://ssrn.com/abstract=3036961){:target="_blank"}]

Is economics a science? Answering this question is not only necessary for philosophical clarity, but also crucial for knowing how seriously to take economists’ claims and advice about public policy. Nevertheless, even among practitioners and academics, consensus is nonexistent. This paper resolves the conundrum in two steps. First I discuss some epistemology of science, defining clearly various concepts necessary to the debate. Several fallacies are clarified, such as "a theory may never be proved true, but only not falsified", "a model is useful because it simplifies reality" or "data mining is bad". In light of solid philosophical ground, I then discuss the practice and methodology of modern economics. The answer to the title question is a perhaps disappointing, but realistic, not yet. I conclude with prescriptions for a path towards a more scientific discipline.

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+ +## Ice Cream Map + +Mapping and reviewing ice cream spots worldwide, one at a time. + +_Money can't buy happinness. But it can buy ice cream, which is almost the same thing._ + +
+ diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml index a3c5b5c..8b3e1ce 100644 --- a/_config.yml +++ b/_config.yml @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ # You can create any custom variable you would like, and they will be accessible # in the templates via {{ site.myvariable }}. title: Ricardo Dahis -email: rdahis@u.northwestern.edu +email: rdahis@econ.puc-rio.br description: > # this means to ignore newlines until "baseurl:" Writing and Research baseurl: "" # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog diff --git a/files/CV - Ricardo Dahis.pdf b/files/CV - Ricardo Dahis.pdf index ee1c7b0..01135d5 100644 Binary files a/files/CV - Ricardo Dahis.pdf and b/files/CV - Ricardo Dahis.pdf differ diff --git a/index.md b/index.md index 83efaed..c74333c 100644 --- a/index.md +++ b/index.md @@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ layout: home profile -Welcome to my website! I am a 6th year PhD candidate in Economics at Northwestern University ([CV](/files/CV - Ricardo Dahis.pdf){:target="_blank"}). I am on [SSRN](https://ssrn.com/author=2786164){:target="_blank"}, [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iDi8BA8AAAAJ){:target="_blank"}, and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/rdahis){:target="_blank"}. +Welcome to my website! I am an Assistant Professor in Economics at PUC-Rio ([CV](/files/CV - Ricardo Dahis.pdf){:target="_blank"}). I am on [SSRN](https://ssrn.com/author=2786164){:target="_blank"}, [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iDi8BA8AAAAJ){:target="_blank"}, and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/rdahis){:target="_blank"}. My research is in Development, Political Economy, and Environmental Economics, with an agenda on decentralization, public service delivery, deforestation, and racial inequality. -*I am joining the Economics department at PUC-Rio as an assistant professor starting in August 2021.* - **Office hours**: Zoom appointments booked [online](https://calendly.com/rdahis) or by email. If the above slots don’t work for you, please email me to set up a meeting. I have co-founded [Base dos Dados](http://www.basedosdados.org){:target="_blank"}, an open data repository and search engine for Brazil. It facilitates data work for academics, journalists, policy makers, and developers.