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Economist interested in health and environmental topics.
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Tatyana Deryugina
10 days ago
Come join us!
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Eleanor Winpenny
10 days ago
Very sad stats about the negative mental health effects of PhD study
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The impact of PhD studies on mental health—a longitudinal population study
Recent self-reported and cross-sectional survey evidence documents high levels of mental health problems among PhD students. We study the relationship…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167629625001055
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Rick Hornbeck
11 days ago
Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop:
cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
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Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
http://CMFdata.org
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NBER
15 days ago
A short-lived tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Cook County, IL reduced purchases by 22.5 percent but after its repeal, purchases bounced back to baseline quantities, from Felipe Lozano Rojas,
@johncawley.bsky.social
, and David E. Frisvold
www.nber.org/papers/w34412
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦
about 1 month ago
🚨Econ Academic Job Alert🚨 UCalgary econ is posting for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Industrial Organization or Regulatory Economics Join us!
#econsky
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1691840...
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Assistant or Associate Professor in Industrial Organization or Regulatory Economics in Calgary, ...
Assistant or Associate Professor in Industrial Organization or Regulatory Economics in Calgary, ...
https://careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/16918400-assistant-or-associate-professor-in-industrial-organization-or-regulatory-economics
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Jess Calarco
about 1 month ago
Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.
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American Society of Hispanic Economists
about 1 month ago
During the final week of HHM, ASHE highlights Jose Fernandez, Professor of Economics at the University of Louisville and Co-chair of CSMGEP. As a leading health economist, researcher, and mentor, he continues to advance the field and support the next generation of scholars.
#ASHE_ASSA
#CSMGEP
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John Mullahy
about 2 months ago
Great opportunity. Great colleagues. (Note: Oct. 24 application deadline)
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
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Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)
about 2 months ago
PhD students underestimate the value (and difficulty) of writing well. Hiring faculty skim dozens of JMPs in a short time. If your contribution is unclear, you will get fewer interviews. Editing improves economics papers (RCT):
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
I am happy to recommend
www.amyedits.net
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Trevon Logan
about 2 months ago
Do you have a personal memory of a Green Book hotel, restaurant, pharmacy, or gas station? What do you remember about it? Share your memories using our Community Map. Contribute here:
greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu
#GreenBookProject
#CommunityMap
#EconSky
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Trevon Logan
about 2 months ago
The
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Race and Stratification in the Economy working group is seeking submissions for our upcoming Spring 2026 meeting to be held on March 27, 2026. The submission deadline is December 11, 2025. The call for papers is here:
www.asc.ohio-state.edu/logan.155/pd...
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https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/logan.155/pdf/CFP_RSE_2026.pdf
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Miami University Economics
about 2 months ago
Be sure to take a look at some new work of our own, Professor Riley Acton (
@riacton.bsky.social
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Nick Hagerty
3 months ago
We are hiring at Montana State! Link in thread If you aren't sure whether you fit the posted topic areas, please don't pre-screen yourself out, let our committee decide! I'm not on the search committee but happy to answer any general questions
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Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel)
2 months ago
Unsurprising because it’s Noto: this episode is fantastic. Students and junior faculty should listen about how to negotiate with chairs and deans.
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Trevon Logan
2 months ago
I read
@itsafronomics.bsky.social
new book “The Double Tax” this afternoon. It’s engaging and one of the best popular ways to bring social science to the public and policy that I’ve read in a long while. Black women are uniquely disadvantaged in our economy. 😍 she gave Janelle James her flowers!
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Anna Gifty
2 months ago
ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING ECONOMIC HISTORIANS CALLED
#TheDoubleTax
"exceptional" and "one of the best popular ways to bring social science to the public". Can somebody PLEASE frame this entire review by
@trevondlogan.bsky.social
and hang it on my wall forever? This review has made my entire week.
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Sebastian Tello Trillo
2 months ago
Here is the link for Apple Podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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E54 -How to Negotiate with Matt Notowidigdo
Podcast Episode · The Hidden Curriculum · 09/16/2025 · 1h 2m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hidden-curriculum/id1526729667?i=1000727030770
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Sebastian Tello Trillo
2 months ago
Let’s talk money y’all, in our latest episode of The Hidden Curriculum We (
@ajhollingsworth.bsky.social
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@profnoto.bsky.social
o.bsky.social
on negotiations: What, When, Why and How? We thank Matt for his candor and transparency on this topic!
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Dave Vanness
2 months ago
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
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Apply to the Ph.D. Program in Health Policy and Administration | Penn State College of Health and Human Development
How to ApplyTo be admitted to the Ph.D. Program in Health Policy and Administration (HPA), you must apply through Penn State's standardized online application system. Visit the Graduate School website...
https://hhd.psu.edu/hpa/graduate/phd-health-policy-and-administration/apply-phd-program-health-policy-and-administration#:~:text=To%20be%20admitted%20to%20the%20Ph.D.%20Program%20in,Anne%20Marie%20Fox%20Graduate%20School%20at%20Penn%20State
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Miami University Economics
2 months ago
Let's welcome our next departmental seminar speaker, John Parman. He will present his paper, "The Great Migration and Women's Work."
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Grant McDermott
2 months ago
Important note for Mac users: make sure your installation properly exploits `fixest` multi-threading capabilities: 1. Follow
@coatless.bsky.social
's simple shell script and OpenMP instructions here:
github.com/coatless-she...
2. Install from source: `install.packages("fixest", type = "source")`
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Sarah W. Lenhoff
2 months ago
📢 Job Posting! 📢 We are hiring TWO postdocs at Detroit PEER at Wayne State (
detroitpeer.org
)! We are looking for one quant/mixed methods expert and one qual/mixed expert to work with me &
@jeremylsinger.bsky.social
on attendance research. Apply by Oct. 10, but flexible on start date! Please share!
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Detroit PEER Postdoc Job Description 2025.pdf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1verqPlw11nuP8LEl1SEjGkuQwOyfg41g/view?usp=sharing
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Pallavi Banerjee
2 months ago
JOB ALERT FOR
#SOCIOLOGIST
: Come work with me. We have FOUR Assistant Professor positions in the Sociology Department at the University of Calgary.
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...
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Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...
Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...
https://careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/16721067-assistant-professors-sociology-faculty-of-arts
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Mushfiq Mobarak
2 months ago
An unusual academic conversation with
@sebastiantt.bsky.social
and
@ajhollingsworth.bsky.social
about the mechanics of conducting research with implementing organizations. (Recorded in 2022, so it's a bit dated. Referee 2 wanted a lot of changes before the podcast got published)
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Trevon Logan
2 months ago
The Green Book Project hosts a community map, an open-source archive of places that did not segregate. Help us make the map accurate. Include addresses, years, and any sources if you have them. Submit a listing:
greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu
#GreenBookProject
#CommunityMap
#EconSky
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Trevon Logan
2 months ago
Very happy to see my review of the racial residential segregation literature with John Parman in the latest issue of Journal of Economic Literature
@aeajournals.bsky.social
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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Racial Residential Segregation in the United States
(September 2025) - Residential segregation is a central factor in explaining socioeconomic gaps across race and ethnicity in the United States. Place of residence directly impacts access to schools, j...
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jel.20241373
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Todd Pugatch
2 months ago
Our 1st
@aefpweb.bsky.social
EdDev (Scholars of Education in Developing Countries) community group meeting is this Friday Sep 12, 11am-noon US eastern! Gabriel Cruz (Maryland) &
@mfresard.bsky.social
(Vanderbilt) will present work in progress. Contact me for Zoom link.
#econsky
#edusky
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Sebastian Tello Trillo
3 months ago
1/ This week, we (@ajhollingsworth.bsky.social) talk with Jeremy Weber where he shares insights from his new book, “Statistics for Public Policy: A Practical Guide to Being Mostly Right, or at Least Respectively Wrong.”
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Sebastian Tello Trillo
3 months ago
Link to the episode:
open.spotify.com/episode/3pZj...
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E52 – Working in Global and U.S. Economic Policy with Sandile Hlatshwayo
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3pZjmOKr5ibJ4XVpR759hM?si=yFrQxr2LTv-NuBuQVaugKA
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Sebastian Tello Trillo
2 months ago
Really excited for this week’s episode! We (
@ajhollingsworth.bsky.social
) talk with @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social on how to work with large organizations and governments to implement research and policy.
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John Cawley
3 months ago
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.
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Todd Pugatch
3 months ago
Tenure letter writers: what's your go-to method for finding comparable researchers (e.g., PhD cohort, research area, recently tenured at peer institutions) to the candidate you're writing about?
#econsky
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Todd Pugatch
3 months ago
School feeding program in Rwanda yields 11x return on investment
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School Feeding and Cognitive Performance in Rwanda
Abstract. Using unique administrative data on test scores from a high stake national exam for primary school students in Rwanda, we evaluate the impact of
https://academic.oup.com/jae/article-abstract/34/4/494/8045668
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Sebastian Tello Trillo
3 months ago
This week we (with
@ajhollingsworth.bsky.social
talk with
@talgross.bsky.social
on The Hidden Curriculum on productivity and how to improve our teaching and some ideas for new exercises for your class!
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Leah Bevis
4 months ago
Also, excellent reporting about the disastrous “food distribution system” that is the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/p...
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How Seeking Food in Gaza Has Become So Deadly
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/podcasts/the-daily/gaza-palestine-aid-food.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Leah Bevis
4 months ago
Literally joined this platform (finally) to share this AEDE blog. If you are not heartbroken at the scale of child suffering in Gaza, you are not paying attention. Call your federal rep — at the very least.
u.osu.edu/aede/2025/07...
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Vincent Arel-Bundock
5 months ago
{tinytable} is a dead simple, ultra-flexible, and dependency-free
#Rstats
📦 to turn data frames into beautiful tables: html, word, pdf, latex, typst, markdown, etc. v0.10.0 has cool new features and important bug fixes. Check out the detailed tutorials at:
vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/
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Andrea Matranga
5 months ago
If I were chef, I would set up an organization with some colleagues dedicated to rating different kinds of car tires on an arbitrary absolute scale.
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Todd Pugatch
5 months ago
Randomistas: what's your go-to method for analyzing mechanisms underlying treatment effects in RCTs? I recall this method from polisci for estimating a "controlled direct effect" but haven't seen it much in RCTs.
#econsky
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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Explaining Causal Findings Without Bias: Detecting and Assessing Direct Effects | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Explaining Causal Findings Without Bias: Detecting and Assessing Direct Effects - Volume 110 Issue 3
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055416000216
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Zoë McLaren, PhD
5 months ago
I’m in Nashville come say hi if you’re here!
#ashecon2025
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Mark Chin
5 months ago
1/ A new working paper from me and my amazing collaborators, Alberto Ortega, Matthew Patrick Shaw, and Vandy undergrad extraordinaire Daniel Yoo: "Politics of the professoriate: Longitudinal evidence from a state public university system's universe of faculty" Link:
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Anne Fitzpatrick
5 months ago
If you’re at
@ashecon.bsky.social
today in Nashville here are some wonderful sessions for you to check out today The first session features
@leightjessica.bsky.social
!!
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Anna Papp
5 months ago
Excited to see this paper published!
@kimberlyoremus.bsky.social
& I find that US plastic bag policies *limit* (but not eliminate) plastic bag litter in the environment, using cool citizen science data from
@oceanconservancy.org
.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on shorelines
Plastic pollution threatens marine and freshwater ecosystems and the services they provide. Although plastic bag bans and taxes are increasingly implemented worldwide, their effectiveness in reducing ...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp9274
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We have nearly the identical pattern at Journal of Health Economics.
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Jennifer Doleac
5 months ago
We’re hiring! 🥳 The Criminal Justice team at Arnold Ventures is searching for a Policy Manager to join our team. Location: Houston, DC, or NYC Salary range: $100-130k Apply ASAP if you’re interested - we move quickly! Please spread the word. 🙏
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Tom Hollenstein
5 months ago
My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy. Details found here👇
www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...
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Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.
https://www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc/queens-special-us-doctoral-recruitment-initiative
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John Holbein
6 months ago
Wow! Each $1 spent on Universal Pre-Kindergarten generates between $3-$20 dollars in aggregate earnings. That's enough to offset the costs of Universal Pre-Kindergarten through higher tax revenues.
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Laurent Bergé
7 months ago
Blog post (fixest vignette) on "Collinearity": something everybody faces one day but for which there's not much guidance. Trying to clarify how econometrics software handle collinearity and what one should do about it.
#RStats
#EconSky
Comments welcome
lrberge.github.io/fixest/artic...
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On collinearity
https://lrberge.github.io/fixest/articles/collinearity.html
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Adam Sacarny
7 months ago
Come work with Kosali Simon & me
@nber.org
! We're hiring a Research Scientist to support exciting new work on Alzheimer's disease and dementia in Medicare. If you have a quant PhD, experience with claims data, and knowledge of R, it could be a great match! More info:
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
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American Economic Association: JOE Listings - February 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
https://www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475818
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