Nicolás Lillo

@nicolillo.bsky.social

Economista Economist Views my own, etc.

Recent case, re-run of the authors' code failed on a first-stage regression, blocked code from completing. Hard to initially diagnose, because "qui do regression_55.do" shows no output... 🤦Back and forth with authors, they provide evidence that it works on their system. We send MWE to Stata support👇

Fuera de leseo, es realmente preocupante como fuimos manipulados por la estrategia comunicacional del gobierno. El discurso de la emergencia nuevamente, para no estar pendientes de la votación en el senado.

An observatory in Chile is taking a decade-long timelapse of the sky over the Southern Hemisphere to help scientists measure the properties of a mysterious cosmic force. It will help astronomers discover new planets, new galaxies and other, rarer objects.

A giant telescope goes on a decade-long search for dark matter

An observatory in Chile is taking a timelapse of the sky over the Southern Hemisphere to help scientists measure the properties of a mysterious cosmic force.

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Lo que pasó/está pasando con USAID me recuerda una historia que mi mamá me contaba. En los 60s cuando llegaba harina en sacos con el logo de USAID mi mamá y sus amigas usaban los sacos vacíos para hacer ropa, y lo que más les gustaba era reservar la parte del escudo para hacer bikinis.

Hill Woward@convolutedname.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is just bleak as hell, man. The end of the idea of development and international assistance. Was it completely altruistic in the first place? No! But the main non altruistic instinct was putting giant USA letters on the grain to feed starving people.

Yo sé que hay mil cosas que este gobierno está desmantelando que son mucho más grave, pero da mucha lata ver cuando se echan algo en que trabajaste personalmente. Este proyecto fue consensuado con los gremios y le ahorraba plata al fisco! Era un ejemplo de colaboración público-privada.

Semanero@semanero.bsky.social · 3mo ago

QUE SE RASQUEN SOLOS El turismo, en su gran mayoría, es PYME; no afecta a los dueños de $hile. www.emol.com/noticias/Eco...

Chile's 1960s school construction boosted education and earnings, closed gender gaps, and increased second generation schooling, generating a marginal value of public funds return of 13, from Adrienne Lucas and Patrick McEwan www.nber.org/papers/w35042

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Annuities reduce mortality by 2.6% (5 years) and 3.6% (10 years) among Chilean retirees, by providing stable income and reducing investment-related stress, from Borja Larrain, Alessandro Previtero, and Felipe Severino www.nber.org/papers/w35082

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EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027. The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.