#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

It's been 2 years (+ 1 month) since I left academia. In case anyone is wondering, I have zero regrets. Indeed, I'm living my best life and am so happy I made the leap. If you're considering leaving too, here are some thoughts on how to explore your options/find a job you'll love...

Thrilled to receive this #NBER-CRIW volume in the mail today with my chapter on Opening the Black Box: Task and Skill Mix and Productivity Dispersion. #econsky #productivity

Very pleased that our local projections dif-in-dif paper is now out in the Journal of Applied Econometrics. Joint with @dgirardi.bsky.social, Jorda, and Taylor. It's a tool that we think many applied economists will find useful (indeed many already have). 🧵

With the recent diff-in-diffs upheaval, you may have asked: When can I get away with using two-way fixed effects? If so, check out this new working paper! It proposes tests for differences in dynamic treatment effects over cohorts, which allows you to explore when TWFE is likely to be biased.

A new documentary on PBS shows what it's like to care for adult family members and recounts the history of caregiving policy in the U.S. revealing why those caring for family are often on their own.

"Mothers are more affected by the school year than are fathers." "During the school year, mothers sleep less, spend more time caring for others, and have less time for eating, free time, and exercise. Fathers experience fewer and mostly smaller changes."

Great course with Clement De Chaisemartin on difference-in-differences methods: youtube.com/playlist?lis... ##EconSky 📉📈

Exciting new article by Jessica Grose on American dads & the time they spend with their kids using data from the Care Board! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/o...

I've added 43 new tips to my book, bringing the total to 140. You can download "Quick Stata Tips" and the accompanying .do file for free at toddrjones.com/quickstatati....

ATTN ECONOMISTS: Looking to advance your research? Submit to SGE@ASSA Sessions before May 2nd!📝⭐️

JOE is still open for posting jobs! It's one of the things we, the AEA committee on the job market, would like to officially encourage especially given the current environment @johncawley.bsky.social @aeainformation.bsky.social

Check out our new blog post about how to use The Care Board! Explore care statistics across life stages, understand our methodology, and download data for your research and advocacy work. thecareboard.ku.edu/blogs/care-b...

Congratulations to Grace Wahba for winning the 2025 International Prize in Statistics, in recognition of her ground-breaking work on smoothing splines, which has transformed modern data analysis and machine learning 👏👏👏 Read more: rss.org.uk/news-publica...

#Econsky help us to get the word out about this opportunity. We’re hoping to make economics more accessible and principles of micro content more relevant.

Manski's cautionary tale about multiple imputation (MI) is now published. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

So much unpaid care happening everyday!

ASHEcon is offering free registration for the 2025 conference to individuals impacted by recent layoffs in the federal government and at research organizations www.cognitoforms.com/ASHEcon1/_20...

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