Our colleague Kirk Doran is quoted in this recent @wsj.com piece on the new H1B visa policy: www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

New @nber.org working paper from our colleagues Bill Evans and Ethan Lieber. "Prescription for Disaster: The SSDI Rate, Pain, and Prescribing Practices." Check it out: www.nber.org/papers/w34265

Some photos from this morning’s grad-faculty coffee time.

We are delighted to host Prof. Jane Ryngaert (@ndecon.bsky.social) presenting her paper "The Causal Effects of News on Inflation Expectations" at the @imtcd Virtual Seminar on Thursday, Sept 25 at 3 p.m. (Irish time). 🔗 Registration: forms.office.com/e/hYhCPCZ2Lp

Senior Economics major Andrew Brooks is a drum major with the Notre Dame Band. Yesterday, he brought his mace to class and let Prof. Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social hold it!

Really enjoyed talking with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social and Jennifer Loving from @destinationhomesv.bsky.social about what we know regarding homeless prevention and drivers of homelessness. A great opportunity to highlight some of the research from @LEOatND & @ndecon.bsky.social !

Some photos from last night's event featuring Melissa Kearney and Paul Ryan:

Some photos from our undergraduate picnic last night!

Very cool that our colleague Lakshmi Iyer, @biglabnd.bsky.social, was honored as a member of the Provost's "All-Faculty Team" at last weekend's home football game. Learn more here: provost.nd.edu/faculty-reco...

Happening tomorrow: "Bridging Theory and Impact: Navigating Career Paths and the Role of Research in Policymaking," a conversation between former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and our colleague Melissa Kearney.

New @nber.org working paper from our colleague Heitor Pellegrina, "Public R&D Meets Economic Development: Embrapa and Brazil’s Agricultural Revolution" (with Akerman, Moscona, and Sastry). Check it out: www.nber.org/papers/w34213

Hot off the press: "Strategic Mobilization of Voters," from our colleague Davin Raiha (with Holburn), just published in Games and Economic Behavior. Check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Department is pleased to be co-hosting an event next week featuring former US Senator Phil Gramm. Poster with details below. All are welcome!

Our colleague Christiane Baumeister is quoted in this Financial Times @financialtimes.com article about current challenges for monetary policy and the Federal Reserve. www.ft.com/content/be70...

New @nber.org working paper from our colleague Ben Pugsley (with Ma, Qin, and Zimmermann). "Superstar Firms through the Generations." Check it out: www.nber.org/papers/w34194

Ahead of print at the Journal of Political Economy (@jpolecon.bsky.social), "Migration, Specialization, and Trade: Evidence from Brazil’s March to the West" from our colleague Heitor Pellegrina and Sebastian Sotelo. Check it out: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

Two of our former PhD students, Irakli Shalikashvelli and Henry Downes, both now at the University of Georgia, cheering on their new home team this afternoon.

Our colleague Jeff Campbell was recently interviewed by @ewtnews.bsky.social about the President's pressures on the Fed. See the August 26 episode, starting around the 3:15 mark. www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewt...

Some (but not all) of our assistant professors gathered for happy hour last night

We have updated our "Recent Faculty Publications" wall in the department. This cycle, we are highlighting new publications from our colleagues Kasey Buckles, Rob Collinson (@racollinson.bsky.social), Rob Johnson, and Bill Evans, Jim Sullivan, and Patrick Turner.

Our friends at the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) are looking to hire pre-doctoral research fellows to begin in Summer 2026. Here is the application link: apply.interfolio.com/172223

Some photos from our department's annual back-to-school party for faculty, staff, and families this past weekend.

Some pictures from our graduate students' welcome back party this weekend.

Our first-year graduate students hard at work at math camp.

New working paper from our colleague Heitor Pellegrina: "Deforestation: A Global and Dynamic Perspective" (with Farrokhi and Sotelo). @nber.org working paper 34150. www.nber.org/papers/w34150

Our colleague Lakshmi Iyer has a new VoxDev piece, @voxdev.bsky.social, "How expanding voting rights shaped politics in India." Check it out! @biglabnd.bsky.social @keoughglobalnd.bsky.social voxdev.org/topic/instit...

Our colleague Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social was intereviewed in this recent Newsweek @newsweek.com piece on the connection between religious participation and declining fertility. www.newsweek.com/less-religio...

Our colleague Melissa Kearney was on CNBC this morning.

🚨 New working paper 🚨 With Lakshmi Iyer and Susan Ostermann. We examine whether there was political influence in India's redistricting process, and how this affects the probability politicians recontest their seat 1/4 Paper Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1boGg...

New @nber.org working paper from our colleague Jane Ryngaert and graduate student Pascal Frank (joint with Carola Binder), “The Causal Effect of News on Inflation Expectations.” Check it out: www.nber.org/papers/w34088

The lead article from the most recent edition of AEJ: Policy @aeajournals.bsky.social is from our own David Phillips (with Brough and Freedman), "Eliminating Fares to Expand Opportunities . . ." Check it out! @phillipsecon.bsky.social www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

@econmsk.bsky.social of @ndecon.bsky.social hosted a timely DC talk with @aspenecon.bsky.social on "After the Spike," a new book on the economic risks of global depopulation. An expert on policy, poverty, & family economics, she connected with @notredame.bsky.social students after the event.

The Building Inclusive Growth Lab @biglabnd.bsky.social will be hosting its BIG Forum this September 25-26. We have a great list of confirmed speakers. Check out the itinerary: biglab.nd.edu/news-events/...

Our friends at the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities are hiring a senior research program manager. They're seeking someone with a Master’s or PhD in economics, public policy, or a related field, and solid experience managing applied research projects. careers.nd.edu/search-caree...

Lakshmi Iyer's paper, "Gender and natural experiments in developing countries," joint with Irma Clots-Figueras, has been published as Chapter 6 in the recent Handbook of Experimental Development Economics. Check it out: www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/han...

Our colleague Jeff Campbell recently spoke with @WSBT about whether the new $1k "Trump Accounts" will cause a baby boom: wsbt.com/news/local/t...

Former graduate student Carlos Rondon Moreno and our colleague Christiane Baumeister catching up at a Central Bank of Chile conference:

Call for papers: March 2026 @nber.org conference on Gender in the Economy: Structural Transformation and Women's Time Use, hosted by Claudia Goldin, Claudia Olivetti, and @biglabnd.bsky.social affiliate @taryndinkelman.bsky.social @ndecon.bsky.social. More information at buff.ly/tPcsTNh.

New article from NPR, @npr.org, featuring several quotes from our colleague Melissa Kearney: "As women have far fewer babies, the U.S. and the world face unprecedented challenges." Check it out: www.npr.org/2025/07/07/n...

New @nber.org working paper from our colleague Melissa Kearney, joint with Phillip Levine. "Why is Fertility So Low in High-Income Countries?" NBER working paper 33989. Check it out: www.nber.org/papers/w33989

Work from our colleague, Rob Collinson, is highlighted in the July edition of the NBER Digets @nber.org. Check it out: www.nber.org/digest

Our colleague Jane Ryngaert has a new working paper, "The Causal Effect of News on Inflation Expectations," joint with our graduate student Pascal Frank @pascalfrank1.bsky.social and Carola Binder. Check it out: janeryngaert.github.io/app/resource...

Another job opportunity at Notre Dame. Come join us as the associate director of Notre Dame Population Analytics (ND Pop). Job ad here: careers.nd.edu/search-caree...

The BIG Lab's @taryndinkelman.bsky.social and co-authors ask if using a clean-burning fuel like LGP can save Indian women time and reduce the exposure to indoor air pollution caused by burning wood or dung? If so, why is the uptake of LPG so low? @kellogginstitute.bsky.social @ndecon.bsky.social‬

Come work in our department as the associate director of our Strengthening Families Initiative, which will be run by our fantastic new colleague Melissa Kearney. The link was previously broken. #econtwitter #academicjobs careers.nd.edu/search-caree...

New op-ed from our incoming colleague Melissa Kearney and former @ndecon.bsky.social undergraduate major Luke Pardue in The Hill, "Creating tax reform that is both pro-work and pro-family." Check it out: thehill.com/opinion/fina...

New @nber.org working paper from our colleague Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social (along with Joe Price and Zach Ward), "Grandchild? Multigenerational Mobility in American History." Check it out: www.nber.org/papers/w33923

Our colleague Kirk Doran featured in this WSBT piece about unemployment among recent college graduates. wsbt.com/news/local/u...

New @nber.org working paper from our colleague Vicky Barone @vickybarone.bsky.social, "Republican Support and Economic Hardship: The Enduring Effects of the Opioid Epidemic" (with Carolina Arteaga). Check it out: www.nber.org/papers/w33904

Nice article highlighting the real-world impact of some research coming out of our department and the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...