🚨 It’s here! Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin’s Public Lecture at RFBerlin is now online. 🎥 Watch “Why Women Won”: www.youtube.com/live/aNd8ZtT...

Fascinating work from HCEO member @fagostin.bsky.social and Zach Weingarten that aims to sort out the intricate and dynamic interplay between genetic contributions to development (via polygenetic scores) and parental responses to genetic inheritances. www.nber.org/papers/w34427

Some charts for those who don't know the extent of the US public (and private) investment in research (particularly in biomedical research) compared to other countries and institutions. The destruction of the US' scientific institutions has global implications.

For struggling Americans, SNAP (food stamp program) reduces debt and delinquencies and increases credit scores. www.nber.org/papers/w34434 #EconSky

New from HCEO member @aaronsojourner.org and colleagues.

New work from HCEO member Eric Chyn on the effect of place and pollution on birthweight. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Join BCFG, @pennchibe.bsky.social, and @katymilkman.bsky.social TOMORROW 10/29 at 12 PM ET for MIT Professor Amy Finkelstein’s virtual keynote talk. Register here: https://upenn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kE9HPGsPRz2J2jcfJcjIEA#/registration

Applications are OPEN for the 2026-2027 SRCD U.S. Policy Fellowship Program. Receive a highly competitive stipend while immersing yourself in a state agency or Congress. Share and help spread the word! Applications due January 6, 2026 at 11:50 pm ET. Learn more and apply here https://bit.ly/4pUANY5

New from HCEO member Bhashkar Mazumder and colleagues: A review of efforts to expand measurements of intergenerational mobility beyond income, education, and occupation to broader measures of well-being. www.nber.org/papers/w34407?

📢 New working paper alert! 📢 Super happy to share our new working paper, „The Demand for Economic Narratives“, with my great co-authors Sebastian Blesse, Klaus Gründler, and @philippheil.bsky.social. Check out the summary thread by Philipp below👇🏻🧵 @ifoeducation.bsky.social @cesifo.org

BU Questrom is launching a new PhD Program in Business Economics focused on how markets and firms interact with public policy. Graduates will be ready for research and teaching roles in both business schools and econ departments.

Felice di vedere il nostro lavoro su La Voce: lavoce.info/archives/109...! 👶🏻👧🏼 Dai dati dell’#AssegnoUnico emergono forti disuguaglianze territoriali e sociali nella disabilità infantile in 🇮🇹. 🔗 Studio con Paola Biasi e Maria De Paola qui 👉🏻 ifs.org.uk/publications... #Disabilità #Infanzia #Italia

HCEO member Emily Nix et al. on the economics of dating the boss: breakups are costly! www.nber.org/papers/w34346

New from HCEO member Janet Currie & Kate Musen: www.nber.org/papers/w34369

Introducing SPEAK: A scalable computer-adaptive tool to measure knowledge of early human development, from Caroline Gaudreau, Dani Levine, John A. List, and Dana Suskind www.nber.org/papers/w34349

In a new working paper, HCEO member Amos Golan et al. outline an information-theoretic maximum entropy (ME) model that provides an alternative approach to finding solutions to partially identified models. hceconomics.uchicago.edu/research/wor...

New work from HCEO member Corinne Low (@femonomics.bsky.social) and colleagues finds wide-ranging benefits for women who were taught negotiation skills as adolescents. www.nber.org/papers/w34339

The entire conversation is just fantastic, but jump straight to Joel's remarks here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueR9...

A student of Nobel laureate Gary Becker, Peña makes human capital theory accessible for everyone—connecting economic ideas to everyday life. 📍Reception + book signing with refreshments!

🚨 The Economist has been telling you for years that polygamy causes civil war by locking men out of marriage. A new article with @rebeccasear.bsky.social and @anthrolog.bsky.social explains that the demography of marriage markets doesn't actually work that way. 🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A new study of the Abecedarian project from HCEO members Sylvi Kuperman, Frances Campbell, et al. suggests that ECE programs with child-centered activities and teacher-child interactions that improve students' verbal skills may have longer-term impacts. bit.ly/432cT2 bit.ly/432cT2 bit.ly/432cT2O

@heckmanequation.bsky.social and Jin Zhou develop a new model to study the microdynamics of early childhood learning. With this approach, they study the weekly evolution of skill development using data from a successful home visiting program in China. (new in @nber.org). www.nber.org/papers/w34294

New evidence from our partner @orladoyle.bsky.social shows that the Irish home visiting program Preparing for Life has lasting benefits. At age 14, adolescents in the high-treatment group had better cognitive skills & working memory, fewer attention problems, & lower obesity risk. bit.ly/4nJg1Zp

Why Don't Struggling Students Do Their Homework? In a new study we use a field experiment to identify a structural model of learning. We find that low productivity, not low motivation, is the stronger predictor of academic struggles. Study is available here: ideas.repec.org/p/feb/framed...

New from @nber.org: Study in Mexico shows moving away from violence to safer areas (in the context of drug wars) leads to academic gains for elementary-aged students. www.nber.org/papers/w34270

New @nber.org working paper from HCEO member Janet Currie et al. finds that higher electric vehicle adoption improves air quality and leads to reductions in premature births, low birth weight, and asthma-related ER visits through age 5. www.nber.org/papers/w34278

HCEO member Svetlana Pashchenk explores the relative importance of different motivations for savings over the life cycle in a new working paper with coauthor Ponpoje Porapakkarm. hceconomics.uchicago.edu/research/wor...

Using longitudinal administrative data covering all North Carolina public school students to document five facts about first-generation academic excellence gaps, from Uditi Karna, John A. List, Andrew Simon, and Haruka Uchida https://www.nber.org/papers/w34228

A new @nber.org working paper from HCEO member Parag Pathak and colleagues compares three different school choice admissions systems. www.nber.org/papers/w34207

Labor force participation rebounded more slowly post-COVID in states hit harder by the pre-pandemic opioid crisis, HCEO member Nezih Guner shows in a new working paper. Slower recovery was linked to more people leaving the workforce due to disability. hceconomics.uchicago.edu/research/wor...

Neighborhoods matter much less to a child’s success than what their parents do, @heckmanequation.bsky.social & Sadegh Eshaghnia argue, debunking the "ZIP code is destiny" idea. In reality, better outcomes are due to attributes & actions of parents who self-sort into neighborhoods. bit.ly/469WWIR

New article out! With Laurenz Bärtsch, I examine the effects of a German parental leave reform. The reform increased maternal part-time work during the first 12 months after birth — but interestingly, we find no long-term impact on employment or wages.👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Interesting findings on quality of telemedicine vs. in-person care from HCEO member Paul Gertler and colleagues: www.nber.org/papers/w34185

Can research sway edtech adoption? A study by Daniela Bresciani Andaluz, @arielkalil.bsky.social (Harris Policy), Michelle Michelini & @rohenshah.bsky.social finds mixed effects—evidence shapes educators’ choices differently by role. Read the research brief here: ow.ly/xC0o50WNJ5e

New NBER working paper on optimal school system and curriculum design from HCEO member Parag Pathak (@prof_parag) and coauthor Glenn Ellison. www.nber.org/papers/w34091

Policymakers must invest in programs that reflect children's contexts and which focus on the drivers of long-term success, HCEO's James J. Heckman (@heckmanequation.bsky.social) and Alison Baulos argue in this book extract. www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/feat...

Don’t forget: "Parents' Day & Evidence on the Role of Partnership” webinar today at 2 p.m. Central. Professor Tamara McGavock and Dr. Richard Reeves will share evidence on the vital role parents play. Register here: uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

“We have never established that good child care belongs among the pantheon of American values.” So true! The first 5 years are the most rapid period of brain development and the foundation for, well, everything. Great interview here with @ehaspel.bsky.social. hechingerreport.org/why-american...

ICYMI: New work from The Heckman Equation, Colleen P. Loughlin & Haihan Tian shows that participating in high school or college athletics & intermural sports has a positive impact on life outcomes such as HS & college graduation and wages after schooling is completed. www.nber.org/papers/w34046

Interested in early intervention, family outcomes, supporting parents, or gender equality? Don’t miss this Heckman Equation webinar Monday, July 28. Professor Tamara McGavock and Dr. Richard Reeves will share evidence on the vital role parents play. Register here: uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Head Start improves life outcomes because it builds multiple skills, HCEO’s @heckmanequation.bsky.social and @Alison Baulos tell Second Wave Michigan. Early learning within nurturing relationships builds skills that deliver positive outcomes throughout life. www.secondwavemedia.com/features/60-...

1000 low income adults were randomly selected to receive $1000/month for 3 years, with a control group receiving $50/month over that same period. Many of them had children in the household. How did it affect how they parented and their kids’ outcomes? www.nber.org/papers/w34040

New from @heckmanequation.bsky.social Colleen P. Loughlin & Haihan Tian: Participating in high school or college athletics and intermural sports has a positive impact on life outcomes such as high school & college graduation and wages after schooling is completed. www.nber.org/papers/w34046

Thrilled to share the cover of my upcoming book, Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women's Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours. @flatironbooks.bsky.social, Sept 23! Containing 15 years of research & my personal story. Preorder links, book talks, & newsletter here! corinnelow.com/book

Assessing the quality of Chinese rural schools by extracting the differential labor market earnings of rural migrant workers, from Eric A. Hanushek, Le Kang, Xueying Li, and Lei Zhang https://www.nber.org/papers/w34005

"Does intergenerational occupational mobility impact health and well-being net of occupational origins and destinations?" Hyeyun Jeong, Jiahui Xu, John Robert Warren, Liying Luo, Eric Grodsky, and Chandra Muller www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New from HCEO member Eric Hanushek in @nber.org working papers: www.nber.org/papers/w34005