🏆Congratulations @jonmvdavis.bsky.social ! Thank you for your excellent work reviewing for the JHR in 2025.

🏆Congratulations Brian Cadena! Thank you for your excellent work reviewing for the JHR in 2025.

🎉Congratulation! The JHR 2025 Highly Cited Paper goes to @massimo-anelli.bsky.social , @osea.bsky.social & @lucastella.bsky.social for "Robots, Marriageable Men, Family, and Fertility."

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How does a big #recession shape futures? In a new study, Eleanor Jawon Choi, Jisoo Hwang, and Hyelim Son found that kids who lived through major downturns like Korea’s crisis were less likely to graduate from college, shifted to STEM, and started with lower-quality jobs. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

#IntergenerationalMobility is declining, but it’s not less opportunity – it’s more #GenderEquality. Ulrika Ahrsjö, René Karadakic, & Joachim Kahr Rasmussen find that women’s incomes now reflect their skills, and parent-child income links are stronger. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

#DACA increased high school graduation by 12% for #UndocumentedYouth—and even boosted U.S.-born students’ rates by 4% in LA schools. Briana Ballis found that policy ripple effects are real. #FeaturedArticle doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Access to rural #pensions in China increased sons’ school enrollment by 12%, but daughters’ enrollment dropped by almost 10%. @xshan.bsky.social and Albert Park find that policy can shape family investment - sometimes unequally. #FeaturedArticle doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

New moms in the US lose about $2,000 in earnings two years after giving birth. Seth Murray, Danielle H. Sandler & Matthew Staiger find that this “motherhood penalty” is unchanged no matter how many female executives are at the top. #FeaturedArticle doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Can taking antidepressants for #PostpartumDepression really help new moms long-term? Janet Currie & Esmée Zwiers find: not always - many keep using medications and struggle at work after childbirth. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

#MonetaryIncentives for raising girls can change lives! Nabaneeta Biswas, Christopher Cornwell, & Laura Zimmermann found that the Dhanlakshmi scheme boosted girl births, education & health. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Can smarter #nutrition information and nudges help stop #ChildhoodObesity in the Global South? A recent study by Pham Khanh Nam, Brandon Restrepo, Matthias Rieger, and Natascha Wagner say yes - especially for girls! #OpenAccess doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Closing the parent-school info gap boosts grades & attendance! Samuel Berlinski, Matias Busso, Taryn Dinkelman & @claupma.bsky.social found that weekly texts to parents help at-risk students thrive. #ParentalEngagement #OpenAccess doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Presenteeism isn’t just a buzzword - it’s a barrier. Ghazala Azmat, Lena Hensvik, and Olen Roseqvist find that when job flexibility lags, the gender gap widens, especially after parenthood. #OpenAccess #GenderEquality doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Can schools change faith? Benjamin Arold, @woessmann.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow find that ending mandatory #ReligiousEducation reduces adult #religiosity by 7%. Students earn more, work longer hours, but pray less and skip church. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Very happy to see this out at the @j-humanresources.bsky.social!

What happens when women are more #educated than men? Finnish data studied by @anarodriguezg.bsky.social found that #marriage rates drop 1.1% and men have 1.4 fewer kids. Are we ready for this shift? doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Geography = #privilege in disguise. Jon Valant & Brigham Walker found that when Black and white families apply to the SAME school in New Orleans, white kids are 9% more likely to get in. Even with “choice,” the system isn’t equal. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

The hidden scars of war run deeper than we thought. Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, @erdaltekin.bsky.social & Belgi Turan found that children exposed to WWII bombing before age 5 have 16% higher rates of #depression 70+ years later. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Are #SNAP studies missing a hidden problem? Christian A. Gregory and Martijn van Hasselt show misreported participation nearly doubles effect estimates AND uncertainty about #DietQuality impacts. We might know less than we think! doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

When jobs disappear, talent flows to #teaching! Christa Deneault's study tracking 2.6 million Texas teens found higher #unemployment = higher quality teachers entering the profession. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

#AirPollution INSTANTLY cuts kids' math scores by 1.8% and reading by 0.9% - even at "safe" WHO levels! Christina Andersen, Jørgen Brandt, Jesper Christensen, Lise Frohn, Camilla Geels, Timo Hener, @msimonsen.bsky.social & Lars Skipper find no threshold exists. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

9 months in the womb can't be replicated. @moallecon.bsky.social & Syeda Warda Riaz find that kids exposed to #CashTransfers in utero stay taller for life, while those who start late never catch up. Invest early or miss the window forever! doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Adding four #MentalHealth treatment centers per county reduces police officer assaults by 1.3%! More access = safer communities. Monica Deza, Thanh Lu, Johanna Catherine Maclean & Alberto Ortega find benefits twice as big in #HighUnemployment areas. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

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@middecon.bsky.social's department chair, @andrearobbett.bsky.social, has also been busy this fall. Here is her newest, on partisan discrimination in hiring, co-authored with former colleague Martin Abel and @dfstone.bsky.social of Bowdoin. bsky.app/profile/j-hu...

Cash grants beat job training? A 3.5 year study in Rwanda by Craig McIntosh & @andrewzeitlin.io found both helped youth start businesses, but COVID wiped out half the gains. Neither escaped poverty. Liquidity matters – but so do bigger structural barriers. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Does #Tourism actually create jobs? @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social and Tetyana Surovtseva find that a boost in tourism creates #jobs in hotels and restaurants but eliminates them in manufacturing. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Does #Politics matter more than race in #Hiring? Martin Abel, @andrearobbett.bsky.social and @dfstone.bsky.social found that employers penalize workers from opposing parties by 7.5% – nearly as much as the college degree premium. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Our assumptions about bad influences need updating. Sarah Font and Christopher Mills found that that 20% of young prison inmates spent time in #FosterCare, but this does NOT increase #CrimeRates. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Short video of our 2023 @j-humanresources.bsky.social article: in-utero exposure to #HurricaneCatarina harmed infant health, especially for babies of young mothers, underscoring the need for support to vulnerable pregnant women. 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3eR... 🔗 jhr.uwpress.org/content/58/3...

Does #NeighborhoodDiversity matter for #Assimilation? Pascal Achard finds living in native-heavy areas increases #CulturalIntegration by just 1.6% – much smaller than the 51 point gap between groups. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

So happy to finally see my Job Market Paper published at the @j-humanresources.bsky.social ! 🙌

Culture shapes #FamilyInvestment choices. @collinsmatthew.bsky.social found that having a brother reduces #Education for first-born boys by 0.05 SD in cultures where sons don’t inherit from their fathers. When sons can’t inherit, parents compensate with more education. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Growing up with #FoodInsecurity makes you more likely to face it as an adult. Robert Paul Hartley, Jaehyun Nam & Christopher Wimer found it increases the probability of adulthood food insecurity by 10%. This persistence is linked to lower #CollegeAttendance and SNAP take-up. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

What happens when schools fail? It might be good. Ozkan Eren, David Figlio, Naci Mocan & @orgulozturk.bsky.social found schools that failed their #AccountabilityRating saw a lasting reduction in students' adult #CriminalActivity - they were 12% less likely to be arrested. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Younger siblings with an older sister? You’re in luck! A new study on rural Kenyan households by Pamela Jakiela, @owenozier.bsky.social, Lia Fernald & Heather Knauer found that having an older sister (vs. older brother) improves children's vocabulary and #MotorSkills. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Algorithms might speed up #ChildWelfare decisions. Maria Fitzpatrick, Katharine Sadowski and Christopher Wildeman conducted a randomized control trial in Colorado and found algorithmic tools saved caseworkers about 30 seconds per case – helpful in an overburdened system. t.co/PxEyZ8G1dL

Nice summary of this paper by @futureedgu.bsky.social www.future-ed.org/research-not...

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Moving from left to right, first up is "The Great Recession’s Baby-less Recovery: The Role of Unintended Births" from our colleague Kasey Buckles, with Guldi and Schmidt, in the Journal of Human Resources @j-humanresources.bsky.social jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl...

What happens when labor markets integrate across borders? Hannah Illing studies a major EU policy that opened Germany’s labor market to Czech workers in 2011 and traces its effects on both countries' local economies.🧵 t.co/nNIXeHr2gD

Can the children of ‘negatively selected’ migrants still thrive economically? Anne Gielen & Dinand Webbink study a rare case: a mass migration from Surinname to the Netherlands, just before a ban, and trace its effects over three generations. t.co/0kD88T4jba

Can terrorism affect test scores? A featured article by Adi Shany finds that a fatal attack before an exam lowers performance for only five days. Shany explores the psychological reasoning behind this in his open access piece. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Which data tell the true story of job training impacts—survey data or administrative records? Eleanor Harvill, Laura Peck, and Douglas Walton's open-access article finds that employment impacts are the same whereas earnings impacts are different. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Does timing matter for hybrid education models? Using an IV based on cohort & distance to school, Stephen Machin, @sandramcnally.bsky.social, ‪‪‪@camilleterrier.bsky.social and Guglielmo Ventura estimate effects of #UniversityTechnicalColleges. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

What happens when a test designed to certify #teachers ends up discouraging them? Alexis Orellana and Marcus Winters show that failing Praxis II disproportionately deters effective candidates and those headed to schools with fewer disadvantaged students. t.co/TSRTo5K2Pf

The Journal of Human Resources is pleased to welcome Ben Zou as a new coeditor. An associate professor of economics at the Mitch Daniels School of Business at Purdue University, Zou’s research interests include labor economics, urban economics, and the Chinese economy.

Really glad that this paper found a great home! This is the third paper that came out of a project that started in 2018...hard to believe that we will have (at least) one more related paper after 7 years!