I’m really feeling for the new PhDs hitting the market this year. 😭 I don’t have much good advice, but if it would be helpful to see my materials or chat, reach out!

The National Center for Education Statistics is hiring two researchers to work on NAEP, the first green shoots after DOGE came through back in February. They limit to 150 applications, so move fast if interested. www.usajobs.gov/job/844948000 www.usajobs.gov/job/844947600

🚨 New mentoring programme for mid-career #WomeninEcon! RES Women’s Committee & @isweconomics.bsky.social launch a pilot to support women aiming for Professor roles. 📅 Apply by 15 Sept 2025 🔗 bit.ly/40w08fV #Mentoring #EconSky #MidCareer

Society of Labor Economists (SoLE) Annual Conference will be May 1-2, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Submission portal is now open! Deadline for submissions is October 31--don't forget to submit! It will be a great conference! (organized by me and @jrothst.bsky.social) mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...

The Int’l Health Econ Assn (IHEA) is searching for a health economics researcher to serve as its next Exec Director healtheconomics.org/job-advertisem…

Would love to free ride on this list, to motivate phd students to not chase stars.

do you have a favorite paper with a null effect? {putting together a list}

This is a super useful tool for R users

friends, I’m about to spend a LOT of time in airports/hotels the next two months. help a girl out: what are your fav places to order delivery in Chicago, DC, or SF? (bonus points for any food recs in Missoula!)

The Editorial Boards of leading health economics journals are issuing a Joint Statement of Principles on Editorial Independence. In these troubled times some scholars worry their work might suffer ideological attack. We reaffirm our commitment to unfettered scholarship. Please repost.

New @nber.org working paper "Targeted Education Transfers Reduced Long-Run and Intergenerational Ethnic Inequality in Chile" with #PatrickMcEwan & #DavidTorresIrribarra. Title summarizes it. More details: www.nber.org/papers/w33798

Travel Grants for #2025APPAM in Seattle are still available! Apply through July 16th. Learn more: ow.ly/eRr950VU7nx

Call for Papers! The Annual Health Econometrics Workshop will be hosted by Edward Norton and the University of Michigan, Nov. 6-8, 2025. If you are working on methodological advancements in health economics we'd love to see your work. Please send papers to: [email protected]

STATA help: Does anybody know how to save (or estimate, idk, via bootstrapping or something) the SEs of the fixed effects in reghdfe?

Here are some ways the world has gotten better.

My cake on a face!

ICYMI: @chloeneast.bsky.social and I updated our FAQ about SNAP and work requirements last month. www.hamiltonproject.org/publication/... #EconSky

Examining external demands for parental involvement in educational settings finds that mothers are 1.4 times more likely than fathers to be contacted by schools, from Kristy Buzard, Laura K. Gee, and Olga B. Stoddard https://www.nber.org/papers/w33775

Exciting to work on this with @gabriconti.bsky.social @rginja.bsky.social and Petra Persson!

I guess a lot of people who were planning to retire aren't gonna.

Louisiana's hepatitis C "subscription model" treatment program increased detection and treatment rates while reducing mortality and liver transplants, from James M. Flynn, Bethany I. Lemont, and @bartonwillage.com https://www.nber.org/papers/w33617

Doctor quality varies more than we think—and it matters a lot for patient health. 🩺⚕️ Find out more in this IZA World of Labor piece, based on new research by @rginja.bsky.social, @julier.bsky.social, @bartonwillage.com & Alexander Willén. wol.iza.org/opinions/can...

@rginja.bsky.social (U. Bergen) discusses her and coauthors research on the menopause penalty in the workplace. Using data from Norway & Sweden, she finds surprising long-term effects on earnings & health. 🎧 Listen here: cepr.org/multimedia/m... #WomensHealth #EconSKy #Menopause

Is there any follow up, quantification, or in depth news on what the (direct or indirect) impacts of yesterday’s economic boycott was?

Existence of Amazon prime implies existence of dAmazon/dt

FANTASTIC ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?) You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have www.datalumos.org/datalumos/

Here's a checklist for backing up federal databases. Please share. Thanks. libraries.mit.edu/data-managem...

I’ve now posted the national data, 2015-2023, in Stata format here. I will add state and district data when I’m able. www.datalumos.org/datalumos/pr...

It's nice when things are as confusing as possible

My friend told me YRBS is down: www.cdc.gov/yrbs/index.h... Anyone running into similar issues??

I spoke to Bloomberg TV about why Mass Deportations won't create more jobs for US-born workers. Honestly, I'm proud of myself for how much more "camera-ready" I've become in just a few months of doing media. x.com/BloombergTV/...

Updating my master's-level "topics" (labor/public/ed) class syllabus for this spring! Plug recent papers on any of the following topics, please. 🤗 - Labor supply & taxes - Min. wage - Paid leave programs - Statistical discrimination - Early childhood ed - K-12 spending - Student loans

Seeing just the titles, one might believe these movies are related. I still sort of wish they are.

Paper 1⃣ w/ Paul Rodríguez-Lesmes examines the consequences of diagnosing & treating #gestational #diabetes (#GDM) for mothers & children Paper 2⃣ w/ @rginja.bsky.social P Persson @bartonwillage.com examines penalties of severe #menopause & #HRT benefits on women's health & socioecon outcomes

🚨 NYC Health Econ Day is coming back May 9, 2025 @ NYU Wagner! Health economists (+ adjacent fields) in the greater NYC area are invited. Submit by March 14, 2025. Submission link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Organizers: @ambond.bsky.social, Sunita Desai, Mike Dickstein, Jessica Van Parys + me

📣 Deadline approaching for the 2025 Economic Demography Workshop on April 10th at the PAA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Submit your paper by Dec 31st. ⭐️help us spread the call⭐️ @mguldi.bsky.social #PAA2025 #econsky 📈📉. bit.ly/4g5Z486

Last wk I gave 'The #Menopause #Penalty' (w/ @rginja.bsky.social P Persson @bartonwillage.com) at @sriucl.bsky.social #Gender #Workshop -Interesting program on DV, parental leave, honor killings.. We show that menopause impacts women's earnings, w/ new results on HRT's potential to help-More soon!

Many individuals involved in AEA sessions want to make alternative arrangements outside the assigned location in case it's behind picket lines & have asked me for advice. If you are in that situation, feel free to reach out.

Hi #econsky 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ I would like to organize a session on the labor market of health care workers at the 2025 @ashecon.bsky.social conference I need one more paper (abstract) that fit this theme! If this is you, respond here or email me so we can connect!

Sometimes the view from the treadmills @udelaware.bsky.social are pretty amazing

I saw a fox the other day, and it was pretty great

does anyone know how to strongarm the Word Zotero plugin into not changing my bib's formatting back to double-spaced arial every time I add a new citation?

Doing this now! You might want to if you couldn't access your work yesterday.

One week left to submit your abstracts for the 14th ASHEcon Conference! ⏰ Deadline: Dec. 11, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST Submit here 👉 www.ashecon.org/announcement... The conference will be held June 22-25, 2025 at the Grand Hyatt Nashville in Nashville, TN. We hope to see you there!

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

If you're headed to SF for ASSA/AEA next month, and don't know what to do about hotel workers' strike, this is a thoughtful read.

Hi #EconSky! 🚨New working paper alert!🚨 One way the U.S. gov’t subsidizes medical spending is by allowing certain expenses to be deducted on tax returns. But who is eligible, who claims it and why, and what are the implications? www.nber.org/papers/w33213 Keep reading to learn more...! 1/

PSA: Hiring committees will look for your JMP on your website (both because it might be updated there and because job application portals are clunky/frustrating). If you're on the academic job market this year and haven't posted your full paper draft on your website yet, it is time!

Submit your papers to the next @cepr.org Public Economics Annual Symposium, taking place in Cologne on June 5-6, 2025. Co-organized with @sigginho.bsky.social and Johannes Spinnewijn, keynotes by Cecile Gaubert and @omzidar.bsky.social! cepr.org/events/cepr-...