beavers know how to use Word, yes?

Now accepting applications for the PhD program in Health Policy and Administration at Penn State. We have specialty tracks in health economics, population health, and health care management and organization plus a dual title PhD program in HPA and Demography. #WeAre hhd.psu.edu/hpa/graduate....

Happy birthday to the Pope 🙌

It is with great sadness that I learned today of the passing of my friend, mentor, and co-author Dr. Allen Goodman. Allen was an exceptional mentor and was kind, thoughtful, and supportive. I am passing his legacy on, teach the next generation of health economists.

Apparently academic journals are in the database for the Anthropic settlement. Don’t know what they will consider if it’s an “article” rather than a “book” but may as well get your money.

I love my job

American innovation and competitiveness are being destroyed by numb extremists. Our scientists are speaking up.

They have no legal basis to remove Dr. Cook. None. She should tell them she's not leaving.

doing a regression to find the line of bestie fit

If you'll be on the #EconJobMarket this coming year, you may want to join this webinar by @aereorg.bsky.social, titled, "Navigating Uncertain Waters: Advice for the Current Job Market," with Min Gong & @adrienneohler.bsky.social. 29 Sept 2025 @ 11am ET.

I thought this was spot-on analysis of youth sports www.usatoday.com/story/opinio... I love youth sports- I volunteer coach! And think the we need to focus energy on making it fun and for everyone, not trying to prep kids to be Olympians By @ebeam.bsky.social

What are your favorite examples of quantile regression in impact evaluation papers? (Self-promotion welcome but not required.)

Cutting off USAID is a terrible evil. The future will judge us harshly.

Reading other people’s work to see if they’ve cited me just to feel something

School feeding program in Rwanda yields 11x return on investment academic.oup.com/jae/article-...

Have you ever noticed that people dressed better in the past? Even in the summer, when it was scorching hot? Why is this? 🧵

The second issue of our food science undergrad journal is now out! 🔎Volume II includes manuscripts from high school and college students across the U.S. on different food waste topics 👇

Applying to NEUDC Feels like they're trying to tell me something

“If you run enough regressions, one of them will break your heart.” - Charlie Brown, Michigan economist Wise words to live by

Only a few more weeks for junior researchers to submit a paper for the new award from the Sciences Po Department of Economics in honour of Ghazala Azmat. #EconSky

Oh so it does have phd level intelligence

Multiple times this year I’ve had coffee with fellow immigrants who grew up in corrupt third world countries and the shared sentiment has been that Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.

It was so nice to spend the day at Miami Econ yesterday! They have such a great crew there. Thanks again for having me, @riacton.bsky.social +1 for summer seminars - casual atmosphere, but serious conversations about improving our work

Please admire my latest research output

Just from a logistical standpoint it is not feasible to conduct a "new" mid-decade census with accuracy. To give a sense of the scale of what is required, preparations are already underway for the *2030* census. This will add chaos to the Census Bureau and degrade the accuracy of the 2030 census

Pope Leo XIV has told over a million Catholic youths they are a sign that a different world is possible. Speaking at the closing Mass of the Jubilee of Youth, he emphasized resolving conflicts through dialogue, not weapons.

Are you or someone you know moving to the Cambridge/Boston area for a visit this year? If yes, come be my neighbor and rent this house from a Tufts faculty member (Ethan Danahy) they are very flexible about length of stay and start/end date! www.sabbaticalhomes.com/rental/176106

AEA Statement on Dismissal of BLS Comm. "The independence of the federal statistical agencies is essential to the proper functioning of a modern economy. Accurate, timely, and impartial statistics are the foundation upon which households, businesses, and policymakers make critical decisions."

Today, President Trump directed his team to fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) because he didn’t like the jobs numbers they released. This is a move straight out of an autocratic playbook, says EPI President ‪@hshierholz.bsky.social‬ www.epi.org/press/trumps...

Firing the BLS Commissioner — the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality — is an authoritarian four alarm fire. It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.

Postdoc opening in education for the upcoming year: ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/592...

People thought I was overreacting when I said Trump’s list of “banned” words meant epidemiology was itself defacto being banned. But this week U Michigan announced they aren’t even accepting applications for the 2026 epi PhD admissions cycle. www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...

Check out the newest from the AEDE Water cooler series, where we summarize economic issues that you may see in the news. Here's the latest from the brilliant @leahbevis.bsky.social on analyzing the crisis in Gaza u.osu.edu/aede/2025/07...

New publication! #econtwitter #econsky tl;dr light-touch teacher training and community-led reading camps did NOT increase early-grade literacy in Mozambique. Joint with @NKarachiwalla @cherreralmanza Lauchande + Chimbutane

Man who dissolved international assistance agency now uncomfortable watching scenes of deprivation overseas

Tae Heung Kim, 40: - Lived in US since he was 5 - Has green card - Getting PhD at Texas A&M - Researching vaccine for Lyme disease - Has 1 minor pot charge from 2011, since sealed Also: Detained incommunicado by DHS after returning from wedding in Korea www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Lots to celebrate for AEDE folks at #AAEA 🥳🥳🥳 President Brian Roe Retirement of Mario Macis Election of Amy Ando to AAEA Fellow Award for Research Discovery of Alex Hollingsworth More about us here: aede.osu.edu/home

The econ and management job market is brutal this year

Starting now Also featuring Kira Villa, Priya Mukherjee, and Catalina Herrera!

Starting now Also featuring Kira Villa, Priya Mukherjee, and Catalina Herrera!

Monday at #AAEA starting off strong with OSU’s own Brian Roe giving the Presidential Address

If you’re at #aaea today, come see our track session at 10am in Plaza Court 2 I’m presenting work joint with @profalucas.bsky.social and Sabrin Beg on the impacts of an intervention designed to reach out of school girls in Pakistan

FYI: I've updated my list of Useful Data Resources, primarily with a bunch of (20-ish?) new links to state-specific public school datasets and data repositories. go.illinois.edu/UsefulDataRe... Suggestions/corrections are always welcome.

ICE demanded that this district superintendent (who they were detaining without cause) provide the login credentials for the district student database

* REUTERS POLL -- NEARLY 90% ECONOMISTS, 89 OF 100, SAY THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OFFICIAL U.S. ECONOMIC DATA, INCLUDING 41 SAYING VERY CONCERNED @reuters.com

LANCET Tracking development assistance for health, 1990–2030: historical trends, recent cuts, and outlook www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Hypothetical: A university has sold out. A chair or dean at this uni asks you for a T&P letter. Do you: A) Write as usual. Uni's decision isn't candidate's fault. C) Write an "candidate is [...] but uni leadership sucks & here's why" letter B) Refuse to write & explain that it's in protest of uni