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Why does Urzua leave NWU for Maryland?

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  • Started 6 months ago by Anonymous
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  1. Anonymous
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    Discuss.

    Posted 6 months ago #
  2. Anonymous
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    Boring

    Posted 6 months ago #
  3. Anonymous
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    Personal reasons? 3rd year review maybe? He has good publications, but most of them are coauthored with Heckman. No idea man.

    Posted 6 months ago #
  4. Anonymous
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    He's good, but Northwestern was the greatest fit in the world. Maryland is a much better place. Of the top 6 departments, NWU might be the least general.

    Posted 6 months ago #
  5. Anonymous
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    ^Was not the greatest fit.

    Posted 6 months ago #
  6. Anonymous
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    I am in Maryland. Apparently, he has noone to talk to at NWU about his stuff, he's the only one doing any kind of applied micro. Plus Maryland is in desperate need for a development person since Jeanne Lafortune is leaving. I don't know anything about the field but applied micro people are psyched to have him.

    Posted 6 months ago #
  7. Anonymous
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    Why doesn't the OP learn proper tenses in the English language?

    Posted 6 months ago #
  8. Anonymous
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    Sorry, but Urzua is not development. Applied micro, yes. Development, no.

    Posted 6 months ago #
  9. Anonymous
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    why is Lafortune leaving? wasn't she a new hire?

    Posted 6 months ago #
  10. Anonymous
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    There are some good folks in development in the applied econ department. Ken Leonard has awesome publications.

    Posted 6 months ago #

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