Compiled here is a list of resources I have been using to conduct analysis and to write papers, as well as references I go back to time and again over the years.
AI TOOLS
Generative AI for Economic Research: Use Cases and Implications for Economists (extremely useful—also see the accompanying slides)
How to Learn and Teach Economics with Large Language Models, Including GPT
Elicit
STATISTICS SOFTWARE
R
R is incomplete without RStudio and
R Reference Card
R Markdown: The Definitive Guide
R Markdown Cheatsheet
Tutorial for learning markdown
R for Data Science
Stata
Some notes on text editors for Stata users (If you use Sublime Text, Stata Enhanced is a must-have package.)
Every Stata question you have has an answer here…
Making regression tables in Stata
Coding with Mata in Stata
Stata Markdown
WRITING TOOLS
Text Editor
Obsidian
The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX
The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List
Comparison of TeX editors
For Sublime Text, the packages I have found most useful are: BracketHighlighter, LaTeXTools, R-Box, Side Bar, SendCode, and Stata Enhanced
Sublime Text Keyboard Shortcuts – OSX
Writing Websites for Procrastinators
Pens, Stationery, Keyboards
JetPens
Herbin 1670
Pilot iroshizuku＜色彩雫＞
Filco Mechanical Keyboards
OTHER ACADEMIC SOFTWARES I FIND USEFUL
Skim (PDF reader, esp. helpful when combined with Sublime Text)
TextExpander (automatically expands abbreviations into snippets of text)
Keyboard Maestro (makes it easy to automate routine tasks)
OmniFocus (task management)
Agenda (a lightweight note-taking app that supports Markdown)
Bookends (reference management system; can quickly export highlights/notes/figures into third-party software)
Send to Kindle
1Password (the password manager)
Typoro
ACADEMIC WRITING AND PRESENTATIONS
How to Give a Talk
Writing Process Reengineering
ARTICLES/VIDEO CLIPS SENT BY MY INTRO STUDENTS
- Class:
- Learning from dirty jobs: a talk sent by Julie Suh [Fall 2019]
- Gender:
- What can we learn from the Netherlands: an article sent by Jessica Lyons (“Worried about your teenage daughter? Move to the Netherlands“) [Spring 2016]
- Fluidity of sexual orientation: a TED talk sent by Emily Lynch (“Fifty shades of gay“) [Fall 2015]
- Gender and the workplace: an article sent by Katie Wheeler (“Famous quotes, the way a woman would have to say them during a meeting“) [Fall 2015]
- Race:
- Racial segregation at Boston: sent by Bryant Chang (“MA One Dot Per Person Map“) [Spring 2016]
- Immigration:
- An article sent by Tiffany Kwan (“The two Asian Americans“) [Fall 2015]