Towson will be hosting it's second one day international development conference TIDES (Towson International Development Economics Symposium) on April 17th abstracts due 2/24. No registration fee and lighting talks for grad students. Form linked below for more info forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Excited to share a new R package: 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 🌡️ `heat` makes it easier to work with climate or other gridded data in applied research, providing a comprehensive + optimized set of tools to compute environmental exposures for admin boundaries or points from gridded/point data. github.com/echolab-stan...

Every session and event sponsored by the National Economic Association was over capacity. The AEA must assign space appropriately in future meetings.

I will be chairing a session sponsored by the AEA Committee on Economic Education on "Evolving Trends in Economics Majors: Demographic Shifts and Future Implications" on Sat, Jan 3 at 8 AM at #ASSA2026 in Philly Please reach out if you are attending the meetings. I would love to catch up!

Taking the train to Philly tomorrow for the #ASSA2026 Reach out if you want to get a coffee or drink! I’ll be on this cheery panel about the future of higher ed on Sunday

Anyone want to meet up at #ASSA2026? I'm there Sat later morning until Sun later afternoon. I'm interested in work on Teaching Econ or Development. My coauthor will be presenting our paper on supplemental instruction Sun 1230pm www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...

Would anyone like my ticket to see @umbc.bsky.social alumna @itsafronomics.bsky.social and Chelsea Clinton in conversation at the @92ndstreety.bsky.social tomorrow (Weds) night? I’m sadly unable to make it but I know it will be a great event. Send me a DM. www.92ny.org/event/anna-g...

Calling microeconomics professors… Faculty who participate in our study earn $2,000 over two semesters! Apply today to join the last cohort of the Uncommon Econ Faculty Evaluation Community. Deadline: October 1, with rolling deadline after that until all spots are filled.

When children age out of childcare in Peru, their mothers' mental health declines. repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/server/api/c...

📣 Reminder: Up to Us Campus Competition info session is happening tomorrow! Join us + @UptoUsNetwork to learn how you can: ✔️ lead your own campaign ✔️ gain project management experience ✔️ make your voice heard on a national stage 🔗 tinyurl.com/sadieuptous #EconBluesky

Gut check as some students work on econ PhD admissions for the coming year: The mapping from GRE score to percentile has shifted a lot for quant in the past decade. (e.g., a score above the 90th percentile 15 years ago is at the 80th percentile now). Are PhD programs filtering on score or %tile?

Excited to announce the call for papers for the inaugural MidSouth Education Policy Workshop, October 16-17, in Lexington, KY! Send us your abstracts on all things econ of ed & ed policy by 8/27. Grad students & early career folks especially welcome! Info & link to submit here: bit.ly/44TdiGf

#EconSky Does anybody have DHS data for Bangladesh? Or is there a webpage where somebody managed to save previously available DHS data? Thank you for your help!

I'm at #CTREE I only recognize a few people here. There is no one posting about papers. I miss the old days of Econ twitter. FWIW I also see no posts on Twitter about CTREE (the first time I have probably logged in months)

does anyone have data on % of papers solo authored/by number of authors and by discipline? #econsky #academicsky #academicchatter

Diff-in-diff in a panel of African countries... Decriminalizing abortion appears to reduce fertility and child mortality, and lead women to stay in school longer. custom.cvent.com/4E741122FD8B...

I have two papers that I want to put together a session for the Western Econ meetings. One related to an experiment on videos to increase support for trans rights. The other is on a scholarship for students repeating intro to econ. Email or DMs welcome if you have anything related #econsky

Hey #EconSky #TeachEcon, I'm teaching a 300-level undergrad class on the Economics of Higher Education this May for the first time. Who else teaches this class? Would you be willing to share your syllabus? What's your favorite assignment for this class? TIA!

I have an exciting resource for those teaching international trade this semester! I teamed up with @mikecoonomics.bsky.social for this pedagogy note on using Tradle, a fun and insightful geography-based quiz game from the OEC. Check it out here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Hello, #econsky! I have a question for you: What’s your preferred way to post working papers and track citations? Are there drawbacks to using repositories like SSRN or arXiv?

🚨CfP: 5th Discrimination & Diversity Workshop, 2-3 Jun '25 Keynotes by Alexander Cappelen & Claudia Olivetti, Sessions on LGBTQ+ (chaired by Billur Aksoy), Gender (Pamela Campa), AI (Andreas Leibbrandt), Environment (Katrin Millock) and Migration (@jeromevalette.bsky.social) Deadline: 17 Mar '25

Question for #econsky: What could cause coefficients to change when clustering on a group variable in Stata? Context: In ACS data, I have an outcome that varies by location, occupation, and gender (Prop. of Occ-Gender group in CZ). I want to measure differences in mean by gender. [1/N]

One of my favorite @the74.bsky.social perennials: the annual education journalism jealousy list. The stories we wish we'd written. And cats. Lots of cats. www.the74million.org/article/the-...

We're working a new mentorship program for women in economics to gain confidence + leadership in nature to translate to other areas where we are under-represented, dm us if interested (mentor or mentee) and stay tuned for demand surveys @carlyurban.bsky.social

as a junior woman academic, it's hard to figure out how to get invited for opportunities. my go-to strategy is to just ask and take the no's on the chin. so i'm asking: does anyone w/an econ/social science/policy podcast need a guest about DV, welfare, crime, incarceration, or public health?

It’s great to see our namesake getting her flowers 💐 Sadie Alexander’s inspiring legacy has touched so many lives #EconSky

Hi everyone! I am hosting one more "How to Apply to Grad School" session since I'm getting a lot of questions about graduate school. It will be taking place on this Thursday at 7 PM EST/6 PM CT. Register here: harvard.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #bluesky #academicsky #econsky

not to add to the proliferation of starter packs, but is there one for faculty at liberal arts colleges?

Towson (near Baltimore) is putting together a 1 day Applied Micro Development Conference. Likely April 5th. If you would be interested in presenting a paper dm or email me. Will probably be 20 to 30 minute slots. We are particularly interested in faculty from non-phd granting schools

Exciting work from Monique Davis - an applied micro & labor economist focusing on the economics of race (UMN APEC PhD, Minneapolis Fed RA). Her #EconJMP shows that race-neutral school policies do not reduce racial gaps in discipline, and worsen them in majority Black schools. www.moniqueedavis.com

Importing a perennial topic: What is the recommendation (including non-recommendation) w/r/t 'pre-docs'/RA jobs for - student at liberal arts college - strong math background, but not econometrics (not an econ major, a CS major who has taken our econ theory core) - Intersted in micro theory?

I'm writing up a paper that looks at who is hired at nonPhD econ schools. I ran a probit on the chance the hire is separated (e.g. not at the original school). I tried chatgpt for a first write up of the paper. Not bad and could save time chat.openai.com/share/fc428d...

#Econsky Towson Econ is hiring. I'm looking at placement records of PhD schools, many top 10 or 15 programs have 0 placements at schools like Towson in the last 5 to 10 years. It's a different market and probably different advice depending on your school both sides of the market

I think there is an undersupply of conference space for Development Economics. Anecdotal I was rejected from the Midwest Dev conference (which only accepted 20%) plus two other development conferences I submitted to. NEUDC accept/rejects went out today and I'm guessing the accepted < 20%

#EconSky I am looking for recent work on the labor market assimilation of return migrants (preference for developed countries, but anything is of interest at this stage). Any papers that I should not miss? Self-promotion highly encouraged! PS: Is #EconSky ready for a race with #EconTwitter?

Anyone have experience with the Journal of Comments and Replications in Economics? I'm thinking of sending a paper there, that keeps getting rejected that replicates a Demography paper with new data and an idea in an older JPE paper www.zbw.eu/en/about-us/...

I find the Demographic Health Surveys so great to work with on research. I'm writing up a paper on how to use them with undergrads. Cannot recommend enough for those getting into development dhsprogram.com

I was lecturing on decling male labor force participation in the US in my intro class this week. Any good popular press or blogs on this I could share with intro students? #econsky #econblue

Hi, I'm Seth, an Economics professor, at Towson University with interest in undergraduate research and development economics. I have a student interested in a project looking at team success and spending in NCAA women's sports if anyone has suggested reading

📈📉 Brazil is going through a heatwave. So, it's time to talk about the effect of high temperatures on school achievement! I love @anamelo.bsky.social's and Suzuki's paper on this topic. They find that effort may counterbalance an otherwise adverse temperature effect. www.apmelo.com/files/manusc...