📍Back from a busy week at the #Fed’s #OIGI in #Minneapolis. Productive time interacting w/ coauthors & researchers + v engaged seminar on workforce in large-scale home visiting. Many thanks to Abigail Wozniak for the invite & to @mdenardi.bsky.social for hosting - had a great time! 🙏

How does employer access to prisoners’ labor through work release impact the well-being of those workers & of free workers? New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL #EconSky papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I have a truly fantastic Econ PhD job market candidate on the market this year: Francisco Bullano is a macroeconomist whose research bridges public economics and health. His Web page: franciscobullano.com Please look at his job market package very closely.

#EctJ published its Sept 2025 issue, with @mdenardi.bsky.social's 2024 Sargan Lecture on "Health inequality and health types", Chen Qiu's "Cross-fitted empirical likelihood on semiparametric models" as Editors' Choice of lead article, and 6 more fine contributions academic.oup.com/ectj/issue/2...

Household saving & labour supply are shaped by various risks throughout the lifespan. M Borella, @mdenardi.bsky.social @fang-yang-econ.bsky.social & @johanatch.bsky.social analyse how these risks interact to better design policy that protects households from shocks. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

🇬🇧A month in London-a great time to reflect & recharge. B4 things ramp up again, a quick recap of May–June 1️⃣ @cesifo.org Area Conference Labor Economics 2️⃣ @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social Applied Workshops 3️⃣ @rfberlin.bsky.social Workshop Economics of Aging 4️⃣ Workshop Economics of Risky Behavior

Call for papers

I am grateful to Ed for his mentorship and to SAET for inviting me to give this lecture.

Thank you, Christian — to both you and Jerome Adda — for a fantastic conference and the honor of being a plenary speaker alongside Joseph Hotz. The event was both productive and enjoyable, and your Berlin initiative is truly inspiring!

We are kicking off the RFBerlin Workshop on the Economics of Aging with @mdenardi.bsky.social’s keynote lecture on “Health Inequality and Economic Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender”.

Exploring why households work and save. Bequest motives and risks in wages, medical expenses, and marital dynamics explain 56.9 percent of aggregate wealth and 2.7 percent of aggregate earnings, from Borella, @mdenardi.bsky.social, Yang, and Torres Chain https://www.nber.org/papers/w33874

HCEO member @gabriconti.bsky.social's paper on how the impact of an early childhood intervention differs with educational attainment polygenic score is now out in @NBER working papers. www.nber.org/papers/w33781

I learned a lot from this conference and it was fun too!

Good morning, #PAA2025! Come see us in the Expo Hall at Booth 404 where study staff will be able to help you with your #PSIDdata questions!

Hard endorse

What a great visit and seminar feedback! Thank you very much for inviting me!

Good to see the FT editorial draw attention to this less well known casualty of the US regime - official statistics on.ft.com/43Tejhn

C'mon, Iowa!

Guys, a trade collapse today vs the 1930s. We already know the (ugly) answer: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

A national cryptocurrency reserve is a scam. It is simply an attempt by those who own cryptocurrency to trade it for US dollars or gold from the Treasury. The federal government will be left holding this bag of hazardous waste.

Our lifestyle and environmental exposures are the predominant influencers of healthy aging and premature mortality, compared with polygenic risk, in the first comprehensive assessment www.nature.com/articles/s41... open-access

What Europe should do RIGHT NOW: Make it extremely easy for US scientists to get long-term visa, create as many additional research jobs in key areas as possible, create new, generous science and research funds. People are losing their jobs over there NOW. Let‘s welcome them.

Some data on the responses to my post on my recent JPE acceptance on the platforms I frequent X: 18 repost, 86 likes (8,117 followers) Blue sky: 0 repost, 10 likes (3.2k followers) LinkedIn: 1 repost, 100 likes (1177 connections) Facebook: 0 reposts, 39 likes (636 friends)

Finally coming out in the JPE: Why Do Couples and Singles Save during Retirement? Household Heterogeneity and Its Aggregate Implications www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Friendly Reminder! 🚨6 days left to apply for the Essen Health Conference 2025 ⏰ Submit your work in fields of health, labour or education by 31 January! Find all information about the conference at: udue.de/ehc25

Checkout this great summary of Nicolò Russo, @mcgeeconomics.bsky.social , @mdenardi.bsky.social , Margherita Borella, and Ross Abram in the @nberpubs.bsky.social bulletin Full text👉https://www.nber.org/brd

Our findings: 1. There is substantial health inequality by race, ethnicity, and gender. At age 55, Black men and women have frailty levels, which could be viewed as "biological age," comparable to those of White men and women 13 and 20 years older, respectively. 1/4 #Econsky

Call for Papers for the Essen Health Conference 2025 is out now, with an excellent line-up of international keynotes - Farzana Afridi, Mariacristine De Nardi (@mdenardi.bsky.social), & Uwe Sunde 🗓️Deadline for paper submissions is 31 January 2025🚨 Details here - udue.de/ehc25

Congratulations to our own Manuel Amador, Jan Werner, Cristina Arellano, Marco Bassetto, as well as Minnesota PhD alum Dirk Krueger on being elected Economic Theory Fellows by the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory! #UMNEcon #SAET saet.uiowa.edu

I look forward to this opportunity, thank you!

I've learned from today's discourse that "like termites" is a perfectly nice way of describing people you disagree with, and it's tone-policing to think otherwise. Since this is my second language, I was wondering if any of the following should be struck out: vermit, parasite, cockroach, rat, worm?

Been addicted to making these. #BurntBasqueCheesecakes

I'm not an R person, but I totally agree with this point: we're doing students a disservice by teaching them stata. Even worse if you're teaching at a public university: using public money to create consumers for a private company.

Looking forward to a great conference program today!

We concluded the semester with a very enjoyable Holiday Party at UMN Econ yesterday afternoon. I am still a bit mystified by what our students think about our department and about economics in general. @umn-econ.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJbD...

2024 holiday skit show from our University of Minnesota Econ grads. About Econ grad school in Minnesota, aka, ˋThe Model Demolition Academy.’ Warning: Econ-Nerd very funny #econsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJbD...

I am very excited about this opportunity and look forward to it! Thank you for the invitation. Please apply, it would be great to hang out together!

Priority deadline *tonight* for our predoc position!

I will continue to update this -- let me know if you want in! (or out!)

Office conversions taking off: • 63 conversion projects in 2023 • 73 completed this year • 309 planned or under way, 3/4 office -> resi • 38k units in works • half of $1.12b in Manhattan office purchases were for conversions • 12% of Cleveland office space is converting www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

This gem of price theory is useful for public, macro, and labor. Once seen, it's obvious. Yet is quite rare, at least in published textbooks or article. 1/3 youtu.be/qv1JFjT8QeM?...

My advise on tariffs 1. Don't tax intermediate goods 2. Don't tax everything under the sun www.ft.com/content/d950...

📢 🎓Vacancy @popmhuk.bsky.social / @kingsioppn.bsky.social Research Associate/Research Fellow. Exciting opportunity to develop a programme of work examining upstream social determinants of mental health. Closes 8 Dec www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/mini... @pubhealthjobsuk.bsky.social

What will happen to the global economic system under the new Trump administration? The truth is that no one knows for sure, but we can have an informed discussion. Join us Tue, Dec 3, 5-6pm at the Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School, UMN.

One week until our IFS recruitment event for summer students We will be offering an opportunity to meet current staff, and ask questions about life at IFS and our recruitment process. Monday 2 December | 5-6pm | Online Register to attend here:

Dr. Huiwen Xu is looking for a motivated postdoctoral research associate to join his research team in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University. faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/139118/...