When you pick up your amazing @biglabnd.bsky.social / @ndecon.bsky.social RA/predoc to go out for dinner to celebrate an A in real analysis and realize you dressed as twins💕 #womeninecon

It was great to join an insightful conversation with researchers from the central banks of Chile, Canada, Colombia, and Mexico during the Workshop on the Economic Effects of Migration and Remittances in the Americas today. Thanks to the Bank for International Settlements for the invitation!

When the words are so good, it hurts. Read this piece by @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social!

Go Women in Econ!

1st business conference 😇 IABS Assoc in Maastricht with Jessica McManus Warnell. We presented "The well-being of workers in the booming business of climate disaster recovery: Lessons from Fukushima and Katrina". Great feedback and great weather! @kellogginstitute.bsky.social @ndecon.bsky.social

We had a blast today watching Notre Dame Men's Lacrosse beat Duke! Always an honor to be recognized on the field for @ndecon.bsky.social professors appreciation, even in the rain. Thanks to Mike and Kyle for the invitation!

This was do much fun to work on with @mzavodny.bsky.social

We have updated our "Featured Publications" wall in the department. This round, we are highlighting papers from Cesar Sosa-Padilla, Heitor Pellegrina, Eva Dziadula (@edziadula.bsky.social), and Maciej Kotowski.

Mexico as a Migration Origin, Destination, and Transit Route” please join us on March 14th in Mexico City or virtually. Excited to announce our keynote speaker Pia Orrenius , vice-president of the Dallas Fed. Our panel features ambassador Reyna Torres, Mexican Consul General in Chicago.

We are happy to be supporting a conference in Mexico City this month, "Mexico as a Migration Origin, Destination, and Transit Route."

I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.

Turks have an unforgettable saying ▸ Öküz tahta çıkarsa öküz padişah olmaz, saray ahır olur “When an ox ascends to the throne, he doesn’t become king; the palace becomes a barn”

Some watched the unhinged shouting about a third World War and somehow felt more secure. I spent the rest of the day sick with fear. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o... by @mashagessen.bsky.social HT @filipecampante.bsky.social

Women in Econ Across the Nation - we are excited for Monday! Our @ndecon.bsky.social Women in Econ is hosting a watch party! #womeninecon thanks to Dr. Jillian Grennan @emoryeconomics.bsky.social

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.

I see this is going to be my normal for a while. bsky.app/profile/yash...

@cbambrick.bsky.social @senhorokra.bsky.social @kimbelcher.bsky.social @susandblum.bsky.social @nikhit.bsky.social @edziadula.bsky.social @joshuaeisenman.bsky.social @nileshfern.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social @eringraham.bsky.social

Thanks @aasle-econ.bsky.social for an amazing conference in Bangkok! So fun to hang out with @ndecon.bsky.social PhD alum Chungeun Yoon, my coauthor Cynthia Bansak, and lots of new connections.

Thankful for the opportunity to share my research at UPAEP in Puebla on Thanksgiving🦃 (and for my husband who let me go without a fuss🥰). Great feedback and finally got to see the new window decor of our ND Mexico office on UPAEP’s campus!

Thank you to UPAEP economics and Centro de Investigación e Inteligencia Económica (CIIE) for the workshop invite! Always great to be back in Puebla and work with your students and faculty!

SEA 2024 is a wrap! Beautiful weather and great conversation in DC. Always grateful for feedback on our work and happy to see my coauthors and friends. @mzavodny.bsky.social @jordipaniagua.bsky.social

Loved being a part of it! We should be on the look out for talented aspiring economists all across the country and from a wide variety of backgrounds. It makes us better as a profession!

Another amazing collaboration with Tec de Monterrey! My @ndecon.bsky.social of immigration class teamed up with Tec student to design socially responsible corporate responses to migration. Affordable housing, daycare, environmental concerns, you name it! They rock!!!

An inspiring evening with @ndecon.bsky.social’s @chloergibbs.bsky.social Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with Women in Econ clubs across the nation tonight! There were watch parties happening across all time zones!!!

Excited to see this in print! Joint work with Danice Brown Guzman from the Pulte Institute & @ndecon.bsky.social undergrad RAs (thanks @KelloggInst).  “Do Working Children in Nepal Miss More School? Depends Who You Ask.” International Journal of Development and Conflict, 2023, Vol 13(2), pp. 159-193

My @ndecon.bsky.social of Immigration students had a chance to engage in emotional conversations but also fun games of hot potato with migrants from Colombia and Honduras. We learned about the challenges from staff at Sagrada Familia shelter in Apizaco & Red Cross shelter in Ciudad Serdan.

What a small world! Guillermo Yrizar Barbosa, a former Kellogg fellow, was in the audience today for my presentation at Universidad Iberoamericana in Puebla, Mexico! Along with my @ndecon.bsky.social students and @notredame.bsky.social study abroad students💖🤓

Excited to see that our work at the CEA on the important topic of child care access and affordability continues to inform the Administration's efforts:

OMG… check out the text I just got from my former @ndecon.bsky.social students! They are Econ “nerding” about their engagement!!! My nerd heart totally melted💖🤓

Thrilled to have @chloergibbs.bsky.social from @ndecon.bsky.social speak to Women in Economics clubs from across the nation! What an amazing inspiration for future economists: policy-relevant research and experience! If you have a WIE club and would like to join us on Zoom, contact me for the link!

In "DACA, Mobility Investments, and Economic Outcomes of Immigrants and Natives," researchers Jimena Villanueva Kiser and Riley Wilson note that legal status helped DACA-eligible workers into higher-paying occupations and those that require licenses, such as teaching, nursing and childcare. 📈📉

@ndecon.bsky.social students are the best!!! I had a mariachi band serenade to me in class today 💖 Happy Valentines!! I love my job 💖

The fertility rate for teens in Texas rose for the first time in 15 years in 2022, a shift driven by disproportionately high rates among Hispanic teens in the year after a six-week state abortion ban took effect. www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

A story on my visit to Dulwich College Beijing in December. Looking forward to seeing some of the students on ND's campus one day!. beijing.nd.edu/news-stories...

There is a new working paper out by @edziadula.bsky.social of @ndecon.bsky.social and the @biglabnd.bsky.social and her co-authors: The Gendered Impact of In-State Tuition Policies on Undocumented Immigrants' College Enrollment, Graduation and Employment. buff.ly/3vrPEBr

This work is made possible by the Census Tree, which Joe Price, Adrian Haws, Haley Wilbert, and I worked to create (with many other contributors at the BYU Record Linking Lab and at Notre Dame). Find out how we did it and access the data for yourself at censustree.org!

Check out our new op-ed in Reason magazine on access to in-state tuition rates for undocumented youth in the U.S reason.com/2023/12/14/d... The link to @thecgo.org working paper joint with Cynthia Bansak, Susan Averett, and @ndecon.bsky.social honors thesis student Grace Condon, is below.

Last night, our grad students had an international potluck dinner. Looks like they had a good time.

Congratulations to the early inductees @PhiBetaKappa @notredame.bsky.social !!! What a brilliant group of young minds! Many took classes @ndecon.bsky.social and thanks to Dean Flannery @ArtsLettersND for your inspiring words!

I had a chance to share a few thoughts on immigrants and credit cards: wallethub.com/best-credit-...

We are seeking a full-time pre-doc RA to work on development economics with faculty like Taryn Dinkelman, Lakshmi Iyer, Santosh Kumar, Joe Kaboski, @nileshfern.bsky.social, and Niha Singh. We can sponsor US work authorization. jobs.nd.edu/postings/32745 #RA #Econsky

Today, some of our women faculty had a breakfast together and also celebrated Diwali. @chloergibbs.bsky.social @kaseybuckles.bsky.social

Just published! "Does Social Accountability Motivate Commitment Behavior Among College Students?" rdcu.be/dqQYX. Social accountability, name revealed to other students, leads to a lower likelihood of committing to a task, especially among students in face to face classes.

What a great privilege to host Trevon Logan at @notredame.bsky.social and @ndecon.bsky.social Thank you PhiBetaKappa for organizing the Visiting Speaker Series!!!

Thanks to the Liu institute for the article! Favorite quote from my RA: my cooking is delicious!! “Breaking the Code: Asian Studies student discovers unexpected love of research” asia.nd.edu/news/breakin...

I am so excited!! Our first Women in Econ networking across the nation just wrapped up! @ndecon.bsky.social women showed up!!! Wonderful group of Women in Econ stepping up to mentor the future generation! Thank you all so much for spending your Monday night with us!!! We had 134 attendees!

Cynthia Wu recently presented her work "Un(Conventional) Monetary and Fiscal Policy" at the 2023 @ecb conference on monetary policy. Have a listen to her talk here: www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/conferen...

I am thrilled to announce this amazing event! Trevon Logan will give the Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar lecture at the University of Notre Dame on November 9th! Thanks to @ndecon.bsky.social, the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights, and the Initiative on Race and Resilience for their support!

Until the 1970s, American books rarely used the term discrimination, in reference to women. Sexism was rampant but not even conceptualised. What changed? In this substack, I discuss Goldin’s new paper, “Why Women Won” open.substack.com/pub/dralicee...