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ACG enthusiasts who are studying economics

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Stata: Learning Web Scraping

滑翔闪 published on 2024-03-06 included in Software Tools Economic Studies and Stata Empirical Tools

GPT summary: This post introduces the methods and workflow of web scraping with Stata. First, it explains what a web crawler is and why grabbing a page’s source code is the key step. Then, through an example, it details how to use Stata to extract data from web pages and do initial cleaning and processing. The post also covers how to scrape multiple pages, along with some references and papers.

The Custom Font in Hugo

滑翔闪 published on 2024-03-05 included in Hugo Customization and Hugo Customization

The method to customize fonts in each Hugo theme varies, and there are few resources online explaining how to modify fonts in Hugo. Here, we will introduce how to change fonts in the LoveIt theme.

Setting Up Giscus Comment Section with Hugo

滑翔闪 published on 2024-03-05 included in Hugo Customization and Hugo Customization

Setting up the Giscus comment section in Hugo

Causal Effec

滑翔闪 published on 2024-02-28 included in Economic Studies and Learning Causal Inference

This paper is a learning note on the recognition effect of causal inference methods, introducing the relationship between ATE, ATT, RCT, ITT, LATE

Aggregated subscriptions: free movies, comics

滑翔闪 published on 2024-02-20 included in Software Tools and Reference Management With Zotero

Introducing software for aggregating subscriptions, which consolidates and manages various website resources for movies, TV shows, and comics.

HLT: Lifecycle and Wage Decomposition

滑翔闪 published on 2024-01-19 included in Economic Studies and Economics Paper Notes

GPT: The text discusses the decomposition of wages throughout individuals lifecycles using the APC (Age-Period-Cohort) panel model and the Heckman-Lochner-Taber (HLT) approach. The Mincer earnings function forms the basis for this analysis, focusing on the relationships between education level, work experience, and wages. However, traditional decompositions face challenges due to collinearity between age, birth year, and current year. Deatons method addresses this by isolating time and cohort effects, allowing for separate analysis. The HLT approach further dissects wage growth, suggesting that as individuals near retirement, wage growth is primarily influenced by the time effect rather than human capital investment. This comprehensive approach aims to better understand wage dynamics over the course of individuals lives, incorporating factors such as education, work experience, age, and cohort effects.

Zotero: RSS Feed Aggregation Subscription

滑翔闪 published on 2023-12-27 included in Software Tools Economic Studies and Reference Management With Zotero

GPT: The guide introduces economic journal RSS subscriptions, detailing various types of feeds and how to import them into Zotero. It covers a range of prestigious journals like AER, Econometrica, and QJE, providing direct RSS links for latest issues, advance access, open access. Additionally, it mentions platforms like Elsevier and CNKI for accessing foreign journals and offers interesting feeds like Zhihu Daily Selection and Terence Tao Blog.

Grouping and Measurement of Econometric Data (STATA Version)

滑翔闪 published on 2023-12-26 included in Software Tools Economic Studies and Stata Empirical Tools

Notes on econometrics, understanding causality, distinguishing between pooled, fixed, and random effects, and STATA operations. Also, personal understanding of mechanism testing, involving discussions on interaction terms.