Participation in an economics mentoring program improves the likelihood of tenure-track or tenured positions for mentees relative to comparable individuals who did not participate, from Francisca M. Antman, Sheng Qu, Trevon D. Logan, and Bruce A. Weinberg https://www.nber.org/papers/w33689

Call for papers: @theigc.bsky.social/@yaleegc.bsky.social conference on Firms/Trade/Development, Oct. 24-25, 2025. The leading conference in the firms & development space! Early decision deadline (to accommodate visa processing): May 30. General submission deadline: July 18.

The child mental health crisis has existed for decades, but the link between poor mental health and youth suicide is mediated by policy and can be broken, from Janet Currie https://www.nber.org/papers/w33632

Menopause is associated with "leads to lasting drops in earnings and employment" -- and it's worse for low SES women. HCEO members @gabriconti.bsky.social and @rginja.bsky.social share their findings in a new working paper with Petra Persson and @bartonwillage.com. bit.ly/4c9oY9Y

A persistent and large gender difference in academic promotion for female economists is found. However, no significant differences in promotion by race is found, from Donna K. Ginther, Shulamit Kahn, and Daria Milakhina https://www.nber.org/papers/w33538

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Revealing real-time indoor air pollution cuts it by 17 percent overall, 34 percent when occupied. Lower-income households face worse indoor air pollution. A $1 subsidy for monitors has infinite public value, from @rmetcalfe.bsky.social and Sefi Roth https://www.nber.org/papers/w33510

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

He was hired in 2022 so the aid agency could get 'more bang for our buck' with its projects. He tried to reach out to help in the rebuilding of the agency. On Tuesday he tendered his resignation.

Individuals who completed a low-income targeted job training program were less likely to be arrested post-training, according to a study by Shamena Anwar, Matthew Baird, John Engberg and @rosannasmart.bsky.social doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

In partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, David Autor and I are seeking funding proposals from researchers conducting innovative field experiments on the labor economics of frontier AI. Expressions of interest due March 31. shapingwork.mit.edu/call-for-pro...

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Childbirth affects firm performance for female Norwegian entrepreneurs: -30 percent profit 10 years post-childbirth. No such decline for male-owned businesses is found, from John Bonney, Luigi Pistaferri, and Alessandra Voena https://www.nber.org/papers/w33448