Nice New York Times @nytimes.com article this morning on declining US birth rates. It highlights not one but two @notredame.bsky.social Dame economists: Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social and Melissa Kearney. Check it out: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...

Our partners at the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities will serve as the lead evidence partner with the new Right at Home initiative, an evidence-based initiative to stop homelessness before it starts. Read more here: news.nd.edu/news/notre-d...

Recent article highlighting the important work of our colleagues, Mary Batistich and Bill Evans (along with former graduate student @econburner and Rebecca Margolit-Chan). Check it out: news.nd.edu/news/therapy...

New @nber.org working paper from our emeritus colleague Tim Dunne, "The Local Origins of Business Formation: Entry as a Two-Stage Process" (with Dinlersoz, Haltiwanger, and Penciakova). Check it out: www.nber.org/papers/w34881

We have completed a periodic update of our "Recent Faculty Publications" wall. This cycle, we are highlighting four papers from Victoria Barone, Robert Johnson, Jeremy Majerovitz, and Heitor Pellegrina

In today’s PSID Seminar Series, Dan Hungerman presents findings using @umpsid.bsky.social philanthropy data on the effects of the Tax Cuts and Job Act on Charitable Giving. @ndecon.bsky.social

Our colleague Rob Johnson will be giving a talk, "What Should Voters Know About Tariffs and Trade?" on March 3 (6-7 pm) as part of the "Pizza, Pop, and Politics" series sponsored by the Klau Institute and NDVotes klau.nd.edu/news-events/...

Check out the inaugural newsletter from our Strengthening Families Research Initiative, led by our colleague Melissa Kearney. t.e2ma.net/webview/re67...

Great piece on Gracie Gallagher, who is a 2016 @notredame.bsky.social grad with a BA in Economics! She is currently a senior associate athletic director here at Notre Dame. Check it out: ndworks.nd.edu/news/catholi...

Our colleague Jane Ryngaert is quoted in this recent Financial Times @financialtimes.com article. www.ft.com/content/9271...

Out in the most recent edition of the American Economic Review @aeajournals.bsky.social, "Raising the Stakes: Physician Facility Investments and Provider Agency," from our former PhD student Beth Munnich and coauthors. Check it out: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

A few of our colleagues checking out the now-famous St. Olaf's Ice Chapel on on North Quad. @notredame.bsky.social @kaseybuckles.bsky.social

Our colleague Dan Hungerman has a new @nber.org working paper (with Harrison and Li), "How do Foundations Help Charities (Beyond Giving them Money)?" Check it out: www.nber.org/papers/w34773

Our colleague Jeff Campbell recently appeared on WNDU (South Bend's NBC affiliate) to discuss the recent appointment of Kevin Warsh to head the Federal Reserve. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Our colleague Christian Matthes @cmatthes.bsky.social, has a paper on the program for the March 2026 @nber.org Monetary Economics program meeting. The paper is "Estimating the Missing Intercept" (joint with Nagasaka and Schwartzman). www.nber.org/conferences/...

New @nber.org pubs working paper from our colleague Jeff Biddle (joint with Dan Hamermesh), "The Twenty-four Hour Economy or Rolled-up Sidewalks: Trends in Work Timing and Their Causes." Have a look: www.nber.org/papers/w34732

We are proud to support our @artslettersnd.bsky.social students majoring in Economics who are participating in this year's Bengal Bouts:

Published in the January 2026 volume of the Review of Economic Studies @reveconstudies.bsky.social, "Global Value Chains and Trade Policy," from our colleague Rob Johnson (along with Blanchard and Brown). academic.oup.com/restud/artic...

New @nber.org pubs working paper from our colleague Robert Johnson and graduate student Mitchell Boice (plus Emily Blanchard), "Effective Protection with Global Value Chains." Check it out: www.nber.org/papers/w34670

Our colleague Melissa Kearney just gave a "Recent Developments" lecture at the ASSA meeting @assameeting.bsky.social, "Recent Developments in the Economics of Fertility in High-Income Countries." @aeainformation.bsky.social. Have a listen: www.aeaweb.org/webcasts/202...

New working paper from our colleague Christian Matthes (with Jonathan Adams), "How Ricardian Are We?" Short answer: not much! @cmatthes.bsky.social jonathanjadams.com/files/How%20...

Our colleague Bill Evans was quoted in this recent New York Times @nytimes.com article on housing and homelessness: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...

Our colleague Christiane Baumeister has been awarded the Alexandre Lamfalussy Senior Research Fellowship at the Bank for International Settlements for 2026. Congratulations, Christiane! www.bis.org/research/lam...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Notre Dame.

Hot off the presses in the December edition of the Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social, "Migration, Specialization, and Trade: Evidence from Brazil’s March to the West" from our own Heitor Pellegrina, coauthored with Sebastian Sotelo. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

We had a great time on Saturday at our annual Christmas party with faculty, staff, graduate students, and significant others. Photos below:

We have completed a semi-regular update of our "Featured Faculty Publications" wall, featuring recent publications from Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social and grad student Haley Wilbert @hwilbert.bsky.social, Chris Cronin, Enrique Seira, and Cesar Sosa-Padilla.

Our colleague Davin Raiha's paper, "House Search Traffic: Does it Matter?" (joint with Kim and Seo), was just published in the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. Check it out: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Some of our graduate students at the Graduate Student Government Jingle Bell Ball.

While some of our younger colleagues are out in California running a marathon, Eric Sims and Jim Sullivan just represented the department in the Saint Nick Six 6K run back home in South Bend.

Good luck to our colleagues Vicky Barone, Patrick Turner, and Lauren Schechter, all of whom are running the California International Marathon in Sacramento this weekend.

Please consider submitting your research papers here! We have an excellent real estate institute (Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate) with several scholars across fields working on urban, housing, and real estate. realestate.nd.edu

The department is decorated for Christmas

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We are very excited about the launch of the Strengthening Families Research Initiative, led by our colleague Melissa Kearney . Read all about it here @artslettersnd.bsky.social news.nd.edu/news/notre-d...

Ahead of print at the Journal of Political Economy (JPE), "Migration, Specialization, and Trade: Evidence from Brazil’s March to the West" from our colleague Heitor Pellegrina (joint with Sebastian Sotelo). Have a look: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic,” by Arteaga (@caroartc.bsky.social) and Barone (@vickybarone.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Tailgating

Several of our colleagues celebrating Chris Cronin’s birthday.

Grace Ortuzar studies topics in public, urban, and health. Her JMP is "Is There a 'Scarlet E'? The Effects of Public Eviction Records on Low-Income Households." She has another publication and received an @nber.org graduate fellowship. Learn more: www.graceortuzar.com

Dario Cardamone is a macroeconomist interested in monetary and fiscal policy. His JMP is "The Macroeconomic Effects of Sovereign Risk: New Evidence from U.S. Debt Ceiling Episodes." In addition, he has a publication, an R&R, and two other working papers. www.dariocardamone.com

Alex Houtz is a macroeconomist. His JMP is "How Government Debt Shocks Impact the Economy." He has another completed working paper that is R&R. He has extensive teaching experience and a great set of codes posted on his website. Learn more! ahoutz.github.io/index.html

Samson M'Bouke studies macro and international economics, with a particular focus on emerging and developing economies. His JMP is "The Importance of Commodity-Price Shocks." He has teaching experience in Statistics and Econometrics. Learn more: samsonmboueke.com

Haley Wilbert @hwilbert.bsky.social is an applied microeconomist with interests in demography, health, history, and labor. Her JMP is "After the Cut: Cesarean Delivery and Subsequent Fertility." She also has a publication in Explorations in Economic History. sites.google.com/view/haleywi...

Anqi Chen is a post-doc with the Center for Insurance Policy and Research, having received her PhD from @nd_econ last spring. She is on the market, with JMP "Medicare's Home Health Benefits and Elderly Living Arrangements." Learn more: ac106.github.io/job_market/

Ge Sun is on the market and works on issues at the intersection of macro, development, and labor. Her JMP is "Expected Fertility, Labor Market Contracts, and the Gender Wage Gap." She has served as a TA for both Statistics and Econometrics. sybil-sun.github.io

Chris Monjaras studies topics in public, labor, and education. His JMP is "Credit Crunch in the Classroom: School District Financing Under Liquidity Constraints." He has taught Principles of Micro as a lead instructor. Learn more: cmonjaras.github.io

Victoria Consolvo's JMP studies the response of household shopping behavior to the recent inflationary period. She also has a working paper on the Fed and average inflation targeting. She has taught Intro to Linear Regression and Statistics. victoriaconsolvo.com/home

Andres Perez Corsini graduated from @ndecon.bsky.social last year and is currently a post-doc at USC. His JMP is "The Competitive Effects of Imports." He has extensive teaching experience, including sole instructor in Principles of Micro and Macro. Check him out: sites.google.com/view/andresp...

Soo Kim is one of our graduate students on the market this year. His job market paper is titled "Structural Transformation and the Role of Financial Frictions." He has taught undergraduate Statistics and served as TA for our PhD micro sequence. Learn more: sookim-econ.github.io