"Impacts of the Four-Day School Week on Juvenile Crime," by Rafiuddin Najam (@rnajam.bsky.social) and Paul N. Thompson, published by @jpam-dc.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, May 21, at 1pm ET. Rocco Macchiavello will present: "(Managing) Violence Across UK Prisons"

"Impacts of the Four-Day School Week on Juvenile Crime," by Rafiuddin Najam (@rnajam.bsky.social) and Paul N. Thompson, published by @jpam-dc.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

I’m kicking off a free month-long Novel Study Book Club to read Freida McFadden’s *The Intruder* starting Monday and running through June 13. McFadden absolutely dominated the bestseller lists last year, often with multiple books at a time. 1/3 newsletter.thebluegarret.com/intruder-boo...

Insurance isn’t the only way to smooth shocks, credit matters too. My new paper with Jaffe and Malani models insurance and borrowing jointly, showing they are substitutes: access to loans sharply reduces insurance value, cutting it in half for typical households. julianreif.com/research/rei...

I've learned a lot through Tanya's courses! They've topped up their scholarships again 🎉🎉🎉

Do protests change elections? Prior research: "yes, and dramatically so." But is that always true? What about protests in the last few years? Our latest working paper challenges prevailing logic. Our finding: most recent protests have failed to do anything to influence elections.

wait why are they climbing back into the capsule come back

National Geographic Award winning photograph of the year. So beautiful. 🐝🐝🐝

Special Issue in Agricultural Systems on ‘𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀: 𝗔 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’ Extended 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 30 November 2026 Call for papers www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... Our framework paper on the topic led by Carlos Parra-López doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

🚨 Join us for the 3rd Transatlantic Political Economy Conference on Oct 9-10 in Montreal! 🚨 I co-organize it with @clpennec.bsky.social and Cevat Giray Aksoy, it will be even better than the first editions! Send your papers before June 19: forms.gle/4LbupRmMPriH... Share with friends!

Just published in Economica: using Mappiness plus granular crime data, @pankabencsik.bsky.social, @richarddickens.bsky.social and I show that violent crime causes increased stress to people living in the immediate vicinity over the following week. Open access. doi.org/10.1111/ecca...

Grateful to @umisr.bsky.social for highlighting our new AER paper. The big finding: migration doesn't drain the home economy — it builds it up.

🆕 The complex link between poverty and health 📢 Today on VoxDevTalks, Adriana Lleras-Muney (UCLA) discusses what drives the relationship between poverty and health, and what policymakers can do about it: voxdev.org/topic/health...

What share of income goes to the richest 1% in your country? How about the richest 10% or 0.1%? How has that changed over time? The World Inequality Database (WID) is the leading source for answering questions about incomes and wealth at the very top of the distribution.

Recently accepted by #QJE: “The Macroeconomic Impact of Climate Change: Global Versus Local Temperature,” by Bilal (@adrienbilal.bsky.social) and Känzig (@dkaenzig.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Open for Registration, NBER Coordinating Center on the Economics of AD/ADRD Prevention, Treatment, and Care 2nd Annual Meeting. Meeting to be held in Rockville, MD on June 18, 2026. More information: roseliassociates.swoogo.com/nberjune2026...

⏰ Just 1 week left! Submit your abstract for the 3rd Workshop on the Economics of #Health & #HumanCapital (Apr 15). 📍 Madrid, June 18 Great opportunity to present your work and get feedback! sites.google.com/uji.es/madri...

Hi, editor pals! 👋 I’m emerging from lurkerdom to say I’m running for the EFA’s board of governors. I’ve been a member for 10+ years & want to ensure the EFA centers members’ needs while continuing its growth & evolution. More info on all candidates here: www.the-efa.org/efa-elections/

I’m lucky enough to get to talk shop with Rachel regularly – she’s smart and experienced, and I trust her instincts and ethics. I think she would be great on the EFA board. #amediting #edibuddies

🆕 Cloudy with a chance of no clouds: Why weather forecasts are worse in low-income countries Today on VoxDev w/ Manuel Linsenmeier (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt) & Jeffrey Shrader (Columbia | SIPA): https://ow.ly/vrhb50YAviw

Interested in understanding the economics of ongoing global conflicts, especially in developing countries? Here are 3 recent @voxdev.bsky.social articles you should check out👇

Thrilled to give the keynote @ 3rd Workshop on the Economics of #Health & #HumanCapital (Madrid, 18/06/2026) 🤩 Boutique format: 10 papers, plenty of discussion time — ECR submissions especially encouraged 👌🏼 ⏰ 15 April Madrid in June doesn’t hurt either ☀️😏 #HealthEconomics

📢 #CallForPapers - BREAD-CEPR Development Economics Annual Symposium 2026 📆4-5 September 2026 |📍University of Zurich ⌛Deadline: 3 May 2026 We invite submissions from interested researchers on any topic within the area of Development Economics. ow.ly/4BRe50YzJ0r #CEPR_DE #EconSky #EconConf

As scholars, we've been writing arguments since (probably before) college. But it can be hard to come up with an argument or tell if it's a strong one. Let's make it easier! Come to my FREE argument workshop on April 8 from 3 to 4:30 Eastern. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #AcWri #AcademicSky

New co-authored open access paper out on the role of public health during wildfires. doi.org/10.1007/s103... #publichealth #wildfire #climatechange

📢 Out now in the 🌿March 2026 issue🌿 of #JAERE! 📢 "Sending Agricultural Water to the Salton Sea to Improve Public Health? An Integrated Agri-Hydro-Health Economic Analysis" by Benjamin A. Jones, Jingjing Wang and John Fleck @jfleck.bsky.social. Read it here: buff.ly/yw5oj9E 📈📉 #Econsky

Second time in a row I've had to move during a heatwave! Going to be 104 in Tucson on Friday 🥵

$1.96 trillion in clean energy investment in 2025. That's nearly a tripling in seven years. And yet growth is slowing, especially manufacturing investment. The headline number masks a more complicated story underneath.

Critters and wildflowers from my hike yesterday, including the rare-sighted Gila Monster! My quads are still recovering 😅 (1,000-ft ascent in the first mile)

Fellow criminologists -- is there anyone teaching gen AI courses in CJ programs? Let me know and will send them a copy of the book. If no one is, feel free to get in touch. Happy to discuss doing a seminar/short course.

"How Socioeconomic Status Shapes Food Preferences and Perceptions" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

🆕 Could rural-urban climate migration help formalise the economy? Today on VoxDev, Clément Imbert (Sciences Po) & Gabriel Ulyssea (UCL) discuss how drought-driven migration reduced urban informality in Brazil: https://ow.ly/MHCf50YnTLl

Look at how being diagnosed with cancer impacts people's involvement in crime!

Took a break from editing to ride my bike on the Loop!

How AI is affecting quantitative research, from @financialtimes.com Gift link: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... (from @kokedit.bsky.social)

The 2025-30 DGAs are out.

I was editing and had to look up whether "step-by-step" is hypenated and now have NKOTB stuck in my head...

Our "Dodging Day Zero" paper is out in JEEA. We uncover how Cape Town avoided 2017's catastrophic drought. But in doing so, created longer term sustainability challenges and weakened the fiscal viability of public water. A lesson for the 1B living in drought vulnerable cities. #climatesky #econsky

Editors, check this out!

Increasing the minimum wage decreases poverty and food insufficiency.

🚨Update: Acting USDA ERS administrator among those placed on indefinite leave over the termination of the food insecurity/hunger survey. This was reported by Agri-Pulse and has since been confirmed to me by an internal source. www.agri-pulse.com/articles/234...

Some of the terms I've flagged for review for this MIT Press book I'm editing: shagging, wankers, gas-bagger, and seagulls on cocaine

Why do some securities cases move from civil to criminal enforcement? Nathan Herrman, Sara Toynbee, and Matthew Kubic (all UT Austin McCombs School of Business) join @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss their paper "Beyond Misconduct: What Explains DOJ Involvement in SEC Enforcement?." 1/2

"Top economists and Jerome Powell agree that Gen Z’s hiring nightmare is real—and it’s not about AI eating entry-level jobs" finance.yahoo.com/news/top-eco...

🚨 It's been a long time in the making, but I'm happy it's finally out! Standing on the shoulders of giants, in this preprint we propose an avenue for theoretical development in the field of environmental (cyber)criminology with practical applications for crime analysis. bsky.app/profile/soca...

The 15th Workshop on the Economics of Risky Behavior, sponsored by @au-spa.bsky.social, will be held July 8–9, 2026 in Cagliari, Italy! 🇮🇹 Keynote: Paolo Pinotti Organizers: Erdal Tekin & Claudio Deiana, Ludovica Giua, Marco Nieddu 📅 Deadline: Mar 6, 2026 📄 Submit: www.american.edu/spa/risky-be...

In a world riven by inequality and devastated by climate + ecological crisis, what would it take for "green industrial policy" to empower the working class in Global North + South, and be truly green? New @cplusc.bsky.social report by me and Isabel Estevez (1/3) t.co/78sQQe4d1g

📢 Our new VoxDevLit on Organised Crime is out now! Senior Editors @santiagotobon.bsky.social & Micaela Sviatschi @princetonecon.bsky.social review research on the roots & development impacts of organised crime. Read & download here: voxdev.org/voxdevlit/or...