Introduction Julia offers many different collections for storing data. In this post, I am interested in showing which type of collection is most efficient for storing/updating values and passing to other functions in the context of solving a backwards recursion dynamic programming model. I do not use the most obvious choice…

This month marks 4 years since I entered the tenure track (TT) at a research university. I have learned a lot, and this landmark caused me to ponder on what skills I’ve picked up along the way. Here I share my advice on what I wish I would have known…

This post — written by a devoted, lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and believer in Jesus Christ — provides doctrinal and cultural answers to the titular question posed by Tyler Cowen in a January 2021 interview with Harvard Professor Benjamin Friedman: COWEN: Why are…

Lately I’ve had a number of people ask me for productivity tips. While I don’t claim to be an expert at this, I thought I would share the main factors that drive my decision-making with regards to managing my time. …

If you missed my previous post about autism, you can click here. In 2014, the CDC reported that autism prevalence is 1 in 68. This post serves to put some of the reported numbers in perspective and to venture a guess as to what the true prevalence of autism is…

The job market process for economics PhDs, and those of other academic disciplines, is long and administratively intense. This blog post provides data from my own experience on the 2016–17 economics job market regarding the time intensity of job-market-related administrative tasks over the course of the season. …

In an effort to create awareness about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD; hereafter, “autism”), I am writing this post from the perspective of someone who lives with a child who has autism. …