Very excited to see my research in the AEA Papers & Proceedings! Bottom line: Currently, the Child and Dependent Care Credit provides little value to families, but a temporary expansion during the Covid-19 pandemic made it much more effective at mitigating out-of-pocket care costs.

The Child and Dependent Care Credit isn’t generous enough to move the needle on care costs for a lot of families, but changes to it, like the ones made under ARPA, would make it much more effective in mitigating families’ out-of-pocket costs, our @gabriellepepin.bsky.social says. #childcare

Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s ECRA awards! They came from a slate of great proposals. 🎉🥳

Research from our @gabriellepepin.bsky.social published in @ilrreview.bsky.social shows how an increase in Child and Dependent Care Credit generosity increases paid child care participation for mothers. www.upjohn.org/research-hig...

Tax credits can increase child care usage and enable more mothers to work, writes @gabriellepepin.bsky.social @upjohninstitute.bsky.social.

Excited to see my work with Josep Nadal-Fernandez and Kane Schrader in @jpam-dc.bsky.social! Upcoming policy changes intended to strengthen states’ TANF work requirements will have heterogenous effects across states, and several compliance strategies don’t actually encourage work.👇

Do you work on topics related to employment and labor relations? Submit an individual paper or panel to LERA@ASSA 2026! LERA will be sponsoring a number of sessions, and they usually are well-attended. Submission deadline 3/15. #EconSky #EconConf

Hiring 2-year postdoc @upjohninstitute.bsky.social. Great for someone with FSRDC experience & interest in early childhood care & education labor markets. Work with me @gabriellepepin.bsky.social @jborowsky.bsky.social + others. #econ_ra #econsky #policysky www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

A few days left to apply for the 2025 Dissertation Research Grants supported by @russellsagefdn.bsky.social and @upjohninstitute.bsky.social. PhD candidates studying employment-related topics, especially policy-relevant issues related to BIPOC communities, should apply 👇

I had the pleasure of presenting in a great CSWEP session at this year’s ASSA Meetings. Those working on these topics should submit! 👇

How about some happy news! Flint, MI's Rx Kids program celebrates its one anniversary this week, matching the year of universal $500 monthly payments new parents receive after $1,500 during pregnancy. How can policymakers build on the successes of this program? Let's explore...(1/8)

Very excited about the publication of this report! We describe how proposed changes to the CTC, EITC, Child and Dependent Care Credit, and other tax policies would affect families’ income, labor supply, and other measures of well-being.

Several strategies states use to meet welfare work requirements amount to “creative accounting.” A look at the program and coming changes from @gabriellepepin.bsky.social and coauthors. #ASSA2025 https://buff.ly/4fvs0oQ

Research being presented by our Alfonso Flores-Lagunes at the #ASSA2025 conference finds that a public university system pays faculty 7 percent below what they would earn in a competitive market.

I’ll be presenting work with Josep Nadal-Fernandez and Kane Schrader on new changes to states’ TANF work requirements at #ASSA2025. Takeaway: 5 states will begin to fall short of requirements, but many compliance strategies available to them don’t actually encourage work. tinyurl.com/bdzkwkf2

I write in @the74.bsky.social that the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act would increase the value of the child care tax credit and more than offset post-pandemic price increases. #EconSky👇

New feed just dropped. Econ conference feed displays posts with #EconConf or #AEA, #2025AEA, #AEA2025, #AEA25 & similar for APPAM, ASHE, LERA, SEA, & SOLE. Displays posts from last 7 days. Better than different feeds for each conference, each active just 1 week a year? bsky.app/profile/aaro...

I’ve made a Women in Econ starter pack (s/o @vinisingh.bsky.social for sparking the idea!). Share, follow, and comment below if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/LqBPkQZ

Congrats to Upjohn’s Dissertation Award winners! 🎉🥳 See more about their excellent work below👇

The Upjohn Institute is hiring a Researcher/Senior Researcher. PhDs in economics, public policy, sociology, political science, industrial relations, and related fields studying employment-related issues are welcome to apply. It’s a great place to work! Feel free to contact me for more info #EconSky

Research from our Brad Hershbein showing there's a high return on investing in regional public universities for states that want to keep to their college graduates in state. #EconSky #EduSky

It's official: Kalamazoo is America.

Just in time for a little light Labor Day listening about work, aging, and retirement. www.audiobooks.co.uk/promotions/p...

Changes to the Child and Dependent Care Credit could make it more effective for both parents and caregivers for older adults👇

Modest public investments in child care can spur private investments that bring more child care providers. 📉📈 www.upjohn.org/research-hig...

I'm a little late this year, but still want to give my annual plug for our 1-year econ MA program here at Miami! miamioh.edu/fsb/graduate... We will consider apps until June 1, so if you have a great student whose postgrad plans aren't panning out the way they hoped, send them our way!

Legislative proposals to implement state Child and Dependent Care Credits seem to be gaining popularity during 2024. There’s hope for a day when most people no longer mistake them for Child Tax Credits

Less than a week left to apply for our Dissertation Research Grants. Eligible research (from any discipline) focuses on employment, with particular interest in research pertaining to Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. We fund up to six grants / year of up to $10,000 each. 📈📉

Check out our recommendations for ensuring that Gov. Whitmer’s proposals are most effective 👇

Funding opportunity for doctoral students who have completed all but dissertation for research on employment-related topics in any discipline, with particular interest in policy-relevant research pertaining to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. Apply by Feb. 1.

Interested to see the details of MI’s proposed caregiver tax credit. OK became the first state to establish a similar tax credit worth up to $3k last year

The deadline is fast approaching for our 2024 Early Career Research Awards. Applications are due Jan. 21. Early Career Research Awards go to researchers within six years of earning a Ph.D. for policy-related research on employment issues. Funding for each award is $7,500. Details at link. 📈📉

Interesting take on the tradeoff between targeting and simple messaging when it comes to implementing highly-subsidized child care

Want to contribute to the development of early career work-family scholars? WFRN seeks a Director of the Early Career Fellowship Program (volunteer position with honorarium). You'd lead the selection of fellows, organize a pre-conference June 19th in Montreal plus 3 follow-up virtual events. 👇

🎉 "The @upjohninstitute.bsky.social is pleased to announce the hiring of Alfonso Flores-Lagunes as VP and director of research. Flores-Lagunes is an economics professor at Syracuse University Maxwell School & president of the American Society of Hispanic Economists." 🎉 www.upjohn.org/about/news-e...

Each of these dissertations is truly outstanding! Congratulations to the winners 🎉

DEADLINE October 15: Are you a work-family scholar with a 2019+ PhD? Apply to be a WFRN Early Career Fellow! Some $ to attend WFRN2024 in Montreal, preconference, virtual prof development events throughout the year, and a supportive group! WFRN is an interdisciplinary and global community