David Reinstein
Founder And Co-director, The Unjournal
Monson, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Reinstein is a senior economist and applied microeconomist with over a decade of experience designing experiments, field trials, and data-driven evaluations for policy, charitable giving, and higher education. He founded and co-directs The Unjournal to create journal-independent feedback and ratings for quantitative research, and previously led applied work as Senior Economist at Rethink Priorities. A PhD economist from UC Berkeley and former university lecturer, he blends rigorous econometrics and data science with practical program and workshop development outside academia to help governments, nonprofits, and businesses test what actually improves lives. Notably, he builds infrastructure for research quality and market testing in effective altruism contexts, pairing technical depth with a commitment to open science.
10 years of coding experience
Ph.D., Economics, Ph.D., Economics at University of California, BerkeleyEarl L Vandermeulen HSB.S., Economics, B.S., Economics at The George Washington University
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Stackoverflow
517reputation
20kreached
6answers
15questions
Github Skills (107)
bookdown10
r10
spss9
tidyverse9
slideshow9
data-science9
meta-analysis9
html8
tidy8
linear-models8
monte-carlo8
regression8
excel8
data-cleaning8
pivot-tables8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
unjournal/unjournal_gitbook
Jun 2022 - Jul 2026
Contributions:86 pushes, 9 branches, 10 comments in 4 years 1 month
daaronr/eamt_gitbook_public
Jul 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:808 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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