Imagine being New Hampshire. You tried a work requirements program in 2018, but it didn't work. You were about to kick 2/3rds of people off Medicaid. You cancel the program. Interesting idea. Doesn't work. Now the federal government is REQUIRING you to start it up again!

Next week, the Upjohn Institute welcomes six emerging scholars supported by our Dissertation Research Grant program (joint with @russellsagefdn.bsky.social) to present their work at a conference designed to foster discussion and feedback from Upjohn Institute researchers. #Econsky #BIPOC

Data visualization is more significant than ever for communicating facts in our contemporary world: W.E.B. Du Bois at the frontier. Thx to my amazing visual artist sister for introducing me to Du Bois’ (hand drawn!) data portraits.

Some thoughts from Claudia Goldin! How Underpaid Are W.N.B.A. Players? It’s Embarrassing. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/o...

🎧Great new podcast episode! 🎧 Hear from @lisagennetian.bsky.social of the Sanford School of Public Policy at @duke-university.bsky.social about what the research tells us about cash aid to families with children and current experiments in guaranteed income. www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/lis...

Science Saturday. Join me. Maybe every Saturday (remember when we used to share science on social media?) Share your breaking news. www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-res...

Join me as I discuss the state of play in the economy Spoiler: the pace of change in policy is taking a toll. People hate uncertainty. It can be paralyzing, which we are seeing play out in real time. kpmg.com/us/en/webcas...

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

The problem is: they've mistaken correlation for causation. They think their parents and grandparents had a good life *because* of manufacturing jobs. When, in reality, their parents and grandparents had a good life *despite* manufacturing jobs, because of unions, high taxes, and social policies.

New posting. This one spotlights govt overpayment errors & the human toll on diligent workers.

Universal home visiting programs do good things: ⬇️ maternal & infant mortality & ⬆️ maternal mental health & support parenting. Why do many who are invited to receive a home visit not enroll? See more here: pub by @dukesanford alumns! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

The world is flooded by uncertainty; it now exceeds the peak hit during the pandemic in 2020. Stunning. 🥶

Sorry. Meant @bencasselman.bsky.social Still trying to make sure I tag people correctly on this cite. My deepest apologies.

Valentine Special Feature! From former @DukeSanford #economics undergraduates.❤️ #econsky "You're so fantastic, my love for you is inelastic" "Roses are red Violets are blue My ex is a sunk cost So now I choose you"

FANTASTIC ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?) You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have www.datalumos.org/datalumos/

Great reporting from @marychilds.bsky.social about @hamiltonproject.org's federal outlay tracker. Give a listen! Only quibble is that superstars Noadia Steinmetz-Silber + Riki Matsumoto didn't get their deserved shout-out. So I shout here. www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...

What’s the goal of the goal? Don’t fall into the trap of relentlessly chasing a goal & triumphantly moving the numbers only to discover (whoops) that it was all misdirected energy [Dan Heath @behscientist.bsky.social ] behavioralscientist.org/dan-heath-wh...

"It is only the people not in power today . . . who are asked to make the case for why they deserve to be there." How Zero-Sum Beliefs Get in the Way of Fairness By Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi behavioralscientist.org/how-zero-sum...

Just dropped, more here on zero-sum beliefs @behscientist.bsky.social behavioralscientist.org/how-zero-sum...

We had a great time with this summer book club read "Holding it Together.." by the terrific Jessica Callarco; See our (@hema-shah-econ.bsky.social, @prachis.bsky.social, M. Maury, L. Stilwell & S. Egan-Dailey) collective hot takes on the #DIY Society & #zero-sum thinking #safety net

For anyone who works with or leads teams, great insights on trust. #academia #econsky this is worth the listen (warning that the ads are a bit annoying) open.spotify.com/episode/6uAe...

If you are ready to advocate to your representatives (or friends and families) about the economic value of NIH funded research, you can check your state at www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

And so it begins, the launch of the next U.S. Presidency. A piece from me "policy scholar in the field" the day after the November 2024 election; let's call it a humbling primer (for now)

This. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Calling for Zach Parolin to post more about this work (here) & role of tax & transfer policies disrupting intergenerational poverty www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Welcome 2025. Kicking it off with many thoughts, let's start with "composure."

@arnoldventures.bsky.social is looking for summer interns for 2025! Application deadline: Jan 5 www.arnoldventures.org/careers/2025...

Hey 👀--that's me, Director of the PhD Program at Duke Sanford 😍. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA2-... We're already diving in and reviewing the amazing candidate PhD in Public Policy applications for 2025-26!!!

#FundSocSci www.irp.wisc.edu/irp-extramur...

10 key insights from development economics research on @voxdev.bsky.social in 2024. Today I wrote about the standout takeaways from the broad range of research I have read this year. You can read the full blog on VoxDev: voxdev.org/topic/ten-ke... Here they are in a thread 🧵 1/11

Excited and honored to be taking the helm at Roosevelt Institute. Our economy should work for the many, not just the few. The Roosevelt community has been instrumental in the fight for shared prosperity, and I can't wait to jump back in in this new capacity. Let's get to work!

Great to see IRP Affiliate and close collaborator Kristin Seefeldt featured here!

After Congress ended extra cash aid for families, local efforts aimed to fill the gap. In Flint, Michigan, Rx Kids gives cash aid to every family for a baby's first year. Will it work elsewhere?

The AEA Summer Fellows Program application portal is now open. #econsky aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...

Next Thursday at 3 we’re joining @eop.aspeninstitute.org to discuss whether federal agencies are equipped to update American infrastructure. The panel will feature: [email protected] [email protected] -Marshall Kosloff REGISTER:

Do your good work @kedseconomist.com ! Glad to see you here & w/ YouTube channel!

Not sure I understand all of this but “symbolic capitalists” caught my eye!

Folks: I know all of you smart people are here on BlueSky. Take a break from the chaos of the world & nominate your fav behavioral economics studies!

Applications for AEFP awards and pre-doctoral diversity fellows program are due TODAY by December 3rd, 2024 by 11:59 pm PST ! Learn more and apply here: aefpweb.org/awards-g...

I am extremely happy to see the World Bank focusing on discussing group-based, structural inequality in Africa, especially on the importance of anti-(gender/ethnic) discrimination laws (US take note...). Had a great panel discussion today on this new report: documents.worldbank.org/en/publicati...

Thank you for sharing this advice!

Food deserts "didn’t materialize around the country for no reason," Stacy Mitchell writes. "Something happened. That something was a specific federal policy change in the 1980s."

Love to see new working papers that use the Census Tree! censustree.org By Taylor Jaworski, Erik O. Kimbrough, and Nicole Saito

Greetings #Econsky & colleagues. Seeking nominations for top 3 (most influential) #behavioraleconomics & public policy publications in #health; #economicwellbeing; #earlychildhood; #socialpolicy. Eager to hear from you! acknowledgeing the NASEM report: nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2687...

Applications for AEFP awards and pre-doctoral diversity fellows program are due on December 1st, 2024 by 11:59 pm PST ! Learn more and apply here: aefpweb.org/awards-g...

It's a wrap! whirlwind conference streak #2024APPAM #2024SEA; so many insights. Shout out to @chloergibbs.bsky.social @lindsbullinger.bsky.social @kristaruffini.bsky.social & K. Rittenhouse; keep an 👀 for this crew & their work on resources to children. sea.mymeetingsavvy.net/program#sess...

Congrats to Dr. Kasey Buckles on a fantastic lecture “How our families shape us” at #2024SEA …and the wealth of data to be available w/ the curation of family linkages across censuses.

Kicking off Sunday morning at #2024SEA in jointly hosted Am Society of Hisp Economists & Natl Center Research on Hispanic Families session 👀 important work #latino #immigration #poverty #policy #econsky

👋👋 bye-bye #2024APPAM as always I learned a lot, connected & reconnected w/ an amazing community of policy scholars; & so honored to be involved w/ mentoring programs. Next up: #2024SEA