Losing a job is intensely stressful, and often has consequences for behavior and mental health. But some of its psychological effects may run counter to expectations. www.chicagobooth.edu/review/job-l... via Booth's @abbysussman.bsky.social

Challenge your assumptions on how the behavioral sciences can be applied across multiple contexts as you hear from preeminent researchers and experts. Swipe through to discover the authors joining us for our 2025 online conference. Join us online 5/1-5/2—register today! bit.ly/4iWXKoY

Behavioral insights are only as useful as their real-world application. Explore with Jennifer Kurkowski (People Analytics, Google), Vickie Pisowicz (Eyes to See), and Jessie Wisdom (Adobe). Moderated by @elizabethlinos.bsky.social (Harvard People Lab). Join us online 5/1-5/2! bit.ly/4iWXKoY

#ICYMI: Congratulations to Kevin Volpp (@pennchibe.bsky.social), recipient of the 2025 @americanheart.bsky.social Edward S. Cooper Award in recognition of his pioneering work in health incentives & behavioral economics to improve health outcomes! @pennmedicine.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3f37wwyk

Scaling up and ensuring sustained policy change are persistent challenges. At our 2025 online conference, hear perspectives from Emily Cardon, Louise Connell, Stefano DellaVigna, and Dean Fixsen. Moderated by Scott Young. Less than two weeks left to register! Join us online 5/1-5/2: bit.ly/4iWXKoY

The US federal govt. has dramatically reduced its support for foreign aid. At our 2025 conference, hear from fmr USAID Chief Economist Dean Karlan and writer @nickkristof.bsky.social (@nytimes.com), and explore innovative approaches that operate outside fed. programs. Online 5/1-5/2: bit.ly/4iWXKoY

Join us for our annual online conference! Learn how to apply behavioral science in your own backyard, explore ways to collaborate, and hear from Nick Kristof, Dean Karlan, Kevin Volpp, and many more. Register today!

It is insane how bad universities have been at messaging their value to US: our hegemony in high education create both an amazing export (higher education itself that people all over the world demand at retail price) but also fuel our tech dominance. Universities truly do make America great.

(Academic) Community is more important than ever. If you're looking for an inclusive, diverse, & supportive academic group, consider joining #100DaysOfWriting. We've served over 1,000 ppl around the world (~150 active members now). You can register here: www.tinyurl.com/100DaysRound15

📢 Register now for the Behavioral Science and Policy Association Online Conference happening May 1-2, 2025! Register by this Friday, March 14, for early registration rates (enter code: BSPA2025EARLYBIRD). ✨ MORE INFO & REGISTRATION here: behavioralpolicy.org/events/

**spread the word*** Register now for the Behavioral Science and Policy Association Online Conference happening May 1-2, 2025 Register by this Friday, March 14 for early registration rates (enter code: BSPA2025EARLYBIRD). MORE INFO & REGISTRATION here: behavioralpolicy.org/events/

Adding @bskybymidge.bsky.social to my list too!

@caseynewton.bsky.social This should be discussed on your podcast. Grok instructed not to tattle on Musk and Trump www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/co...

***Submit to BSPA*** Deadline extension to Feb 28!!

**Spread the word** ONLY 4 DAYS TO SUBMIT to the 2025 Behavioral Science & Policy Association (BSPA) virtual conference. Submit by February 21 for short presentations. Conference is May 1-2. Check out details and submit: behavioralpolicy.org/wp-content/u...

OK, I wrote my “who’s going to enforce it?” piece. It’s a lengthy read, trying to respond to a lot of questions I’ve gotten over the past three weeks, but it’s about democracy so I decided it was worth it to lay out in depth, with examples, what I’ve been talking about here and elsewhere.

Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.” Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!

Absolutely correct. Call your House representatives. Write them actual letters. Show up at their local offices. Flood the zone. Demand they draw the line while they still can.

1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.

W-T-A-(and I cannot stress this enough)-F....

Looking forward to co-organizing one of BFI's most popular conferences again! And this year, we were super duper lucky to nab @seema.bsky.social as the keynote speaker :) More info: bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event... Submission deadline: Feb 28 Please please RT and share with your networks!

Those headline stories about the decline of college enrollment this year were based on a typo. It actually went up. Seven percent.

PLEASE RT :) Submit to the annual Network Science and Economics Conference, the largest US event for network theory and empirical research in and adjacent to economics Deadline Jan 30 (soon!) Conference Apr 11-13 at Stanford

Here's a link to our paper, which was recently accepted at JCR! academic.oup.com/jcr/advance-...

New paper: We combine evidence from a survey (correlational), bank spending data, and online experiments to show that job loss increases risk taking. Joint work with @abbysussman.bsky.social, Carlos Vazquez-Hernandez, Daniel O'Leary, and Jennifer Trueblood

Exciting developments at JCR! As of January 1st, JCR will consider two additional formats, registered reports and brief commentaries. Details here: consumerresearcher.com/more-options...

From 1/1/24 to 11/5/24 we tracked every article featured in top 20 slots on homepages of 10 major publishers. Using a combination of human oversight & AI categorization, we assign a category, topic, sub-topic to every article. Here is how much they talked about Biden's Age v. Trump's Project 2025:

The owner of the LA Times has asked for an alternative story from the norovirus's perspective

🚨 New working paper! 🦶 "Coverage neglect in homeowners insurance" with Emily Gallagher and Phil Mulder Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... We study the problem of why people underinsure against total losses, a pressing issue as climate events make these more common. #EconSky

⏰ Deadline approaching ⏰ -- send us your best work on Behavioral IO and Marketing by 12/15 #econsky

📣 I'm #hiring a 3-year #postdoc! - Live anywhere in the United States! - Improve #decisionMaking and #wellbeing with #quantitative #cogSci. Share the application URL here and elsewhere.👇 geisinger.wd5.mywork...#hiring#postdoc!#decisionMaking#wellbeing#quantitative#cogSci.ers can be sent to me with "R-69755" in the subject line.

🚨📜CALL FOR PAPERS 📜🚨 *New Data for Consumer Insights Conference* When: May 30-31, 2025 Where: Chicago Booth Submission Deadline: Jan 6, 2025 Keynotes: @susanathey.bsky.social and Greg Lewis Both methodological and empirical submissions are welcome. Submit here: ndconference2025.hotcrp.com

This was the letter I wrote to pitch my Letters to Moms column for @mcsweeneys.net and I've been waiting an entire year to share it! Merry Christmas you filthy animals! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-l...

Thanks for creating this. @mhusseinlab.bsky.social ! Super helpful for keeping up with behavioral marketing.

🚨WP🚨 We test 9 online samples and find clear tradeoffs between attentiveness and representativeness - which sample is best depends on research q and priorities. For social/political qs I rec Bovitz/Lucid, for complex designs I rec Cloud/Prolific osf.io/preprints/ps...

Econ RA/Predoc Opportunity! Ben Feigenberg & I are looking for an RA to work with us on projects studying the impacts of restorative justice in schools. Apply here! uchicago.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern... @econ_ra @UChicago @thisisUIC @HarrisPolicy @BeckerFriedman #EconSky

Just a reminder that we're still accepting applications (and likely will for a couple more weeks!)

Anyone know a starter pack for aspiring academic conference influencers??? 👀🥲 Spot yourself at @sjdm-tweets.bsky.social

This is an amazing starter pack for anyone interested in Decision Science. #starterpack #decisionscience go.bsky.app/8nDKmwG

Cc: @btshapir.bsky.social . You can't leave content like this behind!

I'm on the job market! My #EconJMP provides novel experimental evidence on the importance of addressing asymmetric information before scaling behavioral change interventions. This is part of my research on human capital investments and evidence-based policymaking: www.guglielmobriscese.com

Chicagoans (and Chicago lovers), many good follows here.

Hi #EconSky, Not sure if the Starter Pack party's over, but I've made an Econ Starter Pack of Starter Packs! 😄 It's a work in progress, so I may have missed some. Let me know if there's anything to add—DMs are open! Thanks for support @economista.bsky.social! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Think you know about guaranteed income? Prove it: forecast the results of two pilot programs in Chicago and Cook County before they are known: socialscienceprediction.org/predict/r/bf... Accurate forecasts get a prize.

This is a fantastic tool if you’re looking for people with overlapping interests (as judged by networks) to follow: bsky-follow-finder.theo.io

Europeans: “I am holidaying. Your emails will be forwarded nowhere to be read by no one. Good day” Americans:

CALL FOR PAPERS 📈📉 The Behavioral IO and Marketing Symposium (biomsymposium.org) will be held on 5/15-16 at UMichigan. This is an opportunity for IO and Quantitative Marketing researchers working on behavioral economics topics to interact. Submit to [email protected] by *December 15, 2024*.

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