Barbara Biasi

@BarbaraBiasi · New Haven, CT · joined 21 Oct 2009

Econ Prof @YaleSOM. I mostly tweet about education and sometimes reply to random threads in Italian. Born&raised in Monopoli (ITA). Mom of 3.

17 766Followers

1 004Following

4 381Posts total

100.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views7 649this account1 384median for 10K–100K

Reach, %43.05%this account4.31%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.58%this account1.92%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	7 649	1 384	5.53×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	43.05%	4.31%	9.99×
Engagement rate	0.58%	1.92%	0.30×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

25.2K23 Dec

563

491

1.1K

487

1.1K

24K6 May

11.7K8 Jul

318 Jul

14.7K29 Jul

5.9K

9.4K

4.9K30 Jul

Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.40%23 Dec

0.53%

0.61%

0.54%

0.62%

0.40%

0.62%

1.06%6 May

0.95%8 Jul

0.00%18 Jul

0.65%29 Jul

0.57%

0.60%

0.28%30 Jul

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.92%.

What the audience does

Likes64.4%551 in total

Reposts13.5%115 in total

Replies1.9%16 in total

Quotes1.2%10 in total

Bookmarks19.1%163 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

Fantastic group, dream job for anyone working on innovation! 4.9K views · 14 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 30 Jul 2026 We're hiring a junior fac. in the TIES group at MIT Sloan. Come do empirical work on innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategy with people who will read your drafts closely and tell you what's wrong (or right!) with them. Economists and sociologists both. https://t.co/tJNtj8nnfl 9.4K views · 43 likes · 12 reposts · 0 replies 29 Jul 2026 This paper was an inspiration from our work on the political ramifications of Wisconsin's Act 10 (w/@wsandholtz ). Happy to see it in print! 5.9K views · 29 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies 29 Jul 2026 New paper in @JEEA_News with @LuisRMartinezA! Fiscal rules have quietly become a central feature of local governments around the world. But do they improve government or simply impose politically costly austerity? We study one such reform in Colombia. 🧵 https://t.co/LF7Fa7Gv0n ht 14.7K views · 66 likes · 21 reposts · 1 replies 29 Jul 2026 @BarbaraBiasi @nberpubs Hi 3 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 18 Jul 2026 Some personal reflections on motherhood and academia. Thanks @Ale_M_Peter @Federomei1 11.7K views · 104 likes · 6 reposts · 0 replies 08 Jul 2026 🚨 a bit late to the game, but I am hiring a pre-doc fellow at @Yale @YaleSOM ! The fellow will be working on projects in the economics of education. Details here: https://t.co/t7qscYmPtL please circulate! @econ_ra 24K views · 200 likes · 53 reposts · 2 replies 06 May 2026 Our results indicate that electing the "right" members can profoundly shift outcomes. How? By pulling the levers they have access to and by taking action in the boardroom, for example by changing pool of discussed motions and by casting pivotal votes on them. https://t.co/wcqAfBD 1.1K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 23 Dec 2025 So what's the punchline? Composition of school boards is crucial for outcomes but easy to miss if all you observe is members' demographics. Result may extend to other governing bodies as well. Ungated link here for those who want to read: https://t.co/0BfYHFXUhf 1K views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 23 Dec 2025 What if you don't observe ideology-can you proxy it w/identity? While ppl from diff identity groups have diff ideologies (for example non-Hisp want to cut spending more than Hisp), identity is a poor proxy for ideology and using it alone you would miss all the action. Example: ht 487 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 23 Dec 2025 We find that electing candidates w/given ideology shifts outcomes associated w/that priority. For example, electing someone who wants to cut budget will lower spending; electing someone who cares abt equity will raise (by a lot!!) test scores for disadvantaged students. https:// 1.1K views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies 23 Dec 2025 To get at this, we assemble new data on 22K SB members in CA, including: -members’ policy views - their demographics & occupation - their actions (from SB meeting minutes) Then, we use close-election RD & get effects of electing ppl w/diff identity vs ideology on distr. o 491 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 23 Dec 2025 When looking @ effect of board composition on outcomes, literature (incl. in corp fin) has focused on demographics of members (gender, race) or occupation, w/out finding much. We ask: what if what matters isn’t demographics ("identity") but rather policy views ("ideology")? 563 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 23 Dec 2025 School boards control budgets, leadership & policy, but are often dismissed as inconsequential. In a new @nberpubs WP Min, John, Seth & I ask a simple Q: Does who gets elected actually matter? Short answer: yes-but their importance is easy to miss. 🧵 https://t.co/BrnY6 25.2K views · 78 likes · 20 reposts · 3 replies 23 Dec 2025