It’s Read Across America Day! #BLSData #ReadAcrossAmericaDay www.bls.gov/opub/ted/202...

The US now spends basically as much on data center construction as on office construction

Call for Papers for 2027 SGE@ASSA Sessions. SGE will sponsor 7 sessions at the 2027 ASSA Annual Meeting on January 3–5, 2027 in Washington DC. The submission deadline is Friday, May 1, 2026. www.sge-econ.org/2026/02/18/c...

Looking for a way to get more involved with the Society of Government Economists? Nominations for the board of directors are being accepted through March 3rd. It’s a great group! www.sge-econ.org/about/electi...

It's nice to have a standing desk at work. I'm trying to spend more of my day standing now.

27.1 percent of people with a work-limiting difficulty participated in the labor force in July 2024 www.bls.gov/opub/ted/202... #BLSdata

One week left to write that abstract for the annual SGE conference.

My manuscript "The Economics of Noncompete Clauses" is now out in the Journal of Economic Perspectives. Few topics have garnered more debate and policy attention over the last few years. This article brings us up to speed on the debate and the current answers. pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...

New Census Working Paper: "Life-Cycle Effects of Women's Education on their Careers and Children" by Na'ama Shenhav and Danielle H. Sandler www.census.gov/library/work...

New post: What is the impact of AI on productivity? I review all of the studies and data that I can find and try to provide a synthesis. A disagreement emerges: micro studies find positive benefits but these benefits are yet to show up in the macro data. aleximas.substack.com/p/what-is-th... 🧵

🆕 Free online course on private enterprise, productivity & economic growth by STEG & PEDL (@cepr.org) Through 14 lectures, you can learn from leading researchers on one of the central questions of economic development, how to increase productivity. Register here: cepr-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The annual call for @nber.org nominations has been released, so if you're a researcher hoping to become affiliated, reach out to existing affiliates to get nominated. If you're an existing affiliate, advocate for talented researchers, particularly those with networks not already full of NBER folks.

Come join us this spring 🌸🌸🌸 in DC on April 17th for the Society of Government Economists Annual Conference. All are welcome.

I am co-organizing sessions for the 2026 Southern Economics Association Annual conference in Houston in November. Looking for Maternal & Infant Health, Fertility & Family formation, and other Health and Labor topics. Fill out the form by March 14th. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Remarks by Janet L. Yellen on receiving the inaugural Janet L. Yellen Award for Excellence in Public Service from CSWEP www.brookings.edu/articles/rem...

I remember @mlheggeness.bsky.social telling me about the idea for this book at an AEA meeting three (?) years ago. Excited to dig in (and not *only* for the Taylor references).

The AEA has posted eight "Recent Developments" lectures exploring highly topical issues in economics, presented by the best scholars in the field: www.aeaweb.org/conference/w... Well worth a watch!

For accessibility please include alt text in posts with images. There's even a setting that reminds you. So tired of the inaccessible posts especially with so much going on. Is there a hashtag to get this out there? And please stop using passive voice. #Accessibility #DisabilitySky

The Jan. 2026 issue of the @jpolecon.bsky.social should be of great interest to anyone interested in the well being of young people. www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jpe/2026...

#ASSA2026 That’s a wrap! See you all in DC next year.

#econsky - new books to read in 2026 by Misty Heggeness and Nancy Folbre

#ASSA2026 Joseph Bommarito talking about the Care Board Dashboard - www.thecareboard.org check it out! @mlheggeness.bsky.social ‘s brain child

#ASSA2026 Donna Ginther accepting the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award

#ASSA2026 Janet Yellen accepting the Janet L. Yellen Award for Excellence in Public Service @aeacswep.bsky.social luncheon

#ASSA2026 picked up a work of art by @mlheggeness.bsky.social

#ASSA2026 It’s time for the SGE Sessions in the convention center 303-A. You’ve got to be on time! 8 am sharp.

#Econsky: I'm presenting new research at #ASSA2026 in a @sgeecon.bsky.social session this Monday at 8 AM titled "Does remote work slow growth and promotions?" Please join us!

Excited about the upcoming SGE sessions #ASSA2026. @victoria-vernon.bsky.social will be presenting on #remotework using #ATUS time diaries on Sunday 8 a.m. I will presenting Monday 8 a.m. on wage growth and promotions for hybrid/remote workers. Sessions are in the convention center room 303-A.

"Our findings challenge the belief that school boards are unimportant, showing that who serves on the board and what they prioritize can have far-reaching consequences for students." www.nber.org/papers/w3459...

Long COVID

A new RAND study finds that many community college students drop out very early—after they register for classes but before enrollment is finalized. This early attrition isn't related to motivation or academics. Rather, students are frustrated by administrative obstacles.

Come join us in Washington, DC next spring for the Society of Government Economists Annual Conference #Econsky

Amazing study showing that deactivating social media improved mental health. [It has so many coauthors that the sample size was sufficient to run the RCT on themselves.]

NBER launches initiative on economic measurement. nber.org/news/nber-la...

WEBINAR: The Who, What, and Where of AI in the Public and Private Sectors. 📆Wednesday, November 19 ⏰12 - 1:15 pm ET Join us as Dr. Christos Makridis discusses the adoption of AI across the federal government. Zoom registration 👇

Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball! This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers. paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, October 30, at 1pm ET. Natalia Emanuel will present: "A Danger to Self and Others: Health and Criminal Consequences of Involuntary Hospitalization" More info: jenniferdoleac.com/vice-seminar/

Appendix A7 most striking graph for me:

CSWEP proudly announces the new Janet L. Yellen Award for Excellence in Public Service. In recognition of her career & lasting impact, the inaugural award goes to Janet Yellen. She’ll speak at the awards luncheon & be honored at a reception at ASSA2026: aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...

Med cannabis law adoption induces sustained reductions in pain-medication use, esp opioids, among commercially insured patients. On avg, patients prescribed opioids drop by over 100 per 10,000 enrollees qrtrly within 4 yrs after policy adoption.(1/3)

Wow. This is the paper I have been waiting for. Mobile apps are brain rot, with meaningfully bad economic consequences for those who overuse them.

This week's links include a mini-symposium on power calculations, what makes for good descriptive work, publishing tips for econometrics, making nice dot charts, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

#EconSky Two weeks from tomorrow, the Women in Economics Leadership Network (spearheaded by Janine Wilson at UC Davis) will host our annual virtual networking event! Please share with your students! It is open to ALL. Register here: ucdavis.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_....

Congratulations to Phillippe Aghion for being (co)awarded the @nobelprize.bsky.social in Economic Sciences! Last year he delivered our annual Prais Lecture on the economic impact of #AI If you were not there or haven't watch it back, well worth play catch-up 👇 niesr.ac.uk/event/prais-...

New Substack post: the Nobel Prize goes to an economic historian and two economists of growth trying to answer the question, where do new technologies come from? someunpleasant.substack.com/p/growing-th...

SAVE THE DATE! The 2026 Society of Government Economists Annual Conference will be held at American University Washington College of Law on Friday, April 17, 2026. More info 👇 Stay tuned for the Call for Papers!

🌍 WEBINAR The Global Economic Impacts of Tariff Wars 📅 Sept 17 | 12–1:30 PM ET 🎤 Dr. Warwick McKibbin (ANU, Peterson Institute, CEPR) Learn how tariffs reshape economies worldwide-from inflation & employment to trade balances & financial markets-drawing on new Peterson Inst. research.

In our podcasts we like to recommend books and here are some of our recommendations from our latest, including books by Nancy Folbre, Marilyn Waring, @devikadutt.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social, @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social, @timjackson.org.uk & @clubofrome.org. #EconSky