Please join us in welcoming our new Education Finance and Policy editors: Michael Kofoed (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Gema Zamarro (University of Arkansas), & Tommaso Agasisti (Politecnico di Milano School of Management)! 🎉

Are you at #WEAI in Denver and interested in how sleep-loss increases fatal car accidents? Come see me present two papers with novel ID addressing this, including my favorite titled paper of all-time: "When the Moon Makes You Drive Like You've Had Too Much Wine" Details below.

People talk about US higher ed like it’s all blue haired gender majors but mostly it’s nursing and business students

🚨 I'm hiring for a (Senior) Research Associate position to work with me on a broad research agenda focused on teacher labor markets. Great opportunity to be a part of the vibrant @annenberginstitute.bsky.social community of researchers at Brown University. Links in reply Please spread the word

New: Are there truly many, well-paid jobs available for those without a four-year degree? That's the emerging narrative; I looked at the data. Tl:dr: This graph that breaks down occupation by annual wages and the share of workers who hold a four-year degree. www.chalkbeat.org/2026/06/23/s...

Jerry Cirino has introduced new legislation as part of his takeover of higher education. In short, it empowers the civic centers even more, requires universities to fund them at whatever the director wants and places all civic literacy courses under them. www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/...

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This Washington Post editorial claims that state funding has not improved student outcomes. There is plenty of evidence to the alternative, which they regrettably omitted. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... nces.ed.gov/programs/dig... www.nber.org/papers/w27885

“Norway is imposing a near ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils while also restricting their use in the education of older children to prevent a ‌negative impact on learning, the country's prime minister said on Friday." @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

This is written by a man who taught only at Yale and stopped over a decade ago He writes: "Most if not all of a professor’s time, at the vast majority of colleges, should be devoted to teaching." I suspect that that is actually true right now, or at least close to being true.

New paper out in Applied Economic Letters with Dusty White! We checked every external hyperlink in the top 5 econ journals (2011–2020) and found: ➡️ 52% are dead ➡️ 25% of "working" links don't even show the original content anymore. Gift link to the paper in response ⬇️

Higher education is often viewed as a valuable investment, but returns vary across students and pathways. In a new chapter, Douglas A. Webber and Celeste K. Carruthers examine the evidence on the returns to four-year higher education. Learn more: livehandbook.org/higher-educa...

New @nber.org WP out this week with @caitlinmyers.bsky.social and @dmunro.bsky.social ! Playing it Safe: The Effect of Abortion Restrictions on Sexual Behavior A 🧵… www.nber.org/papers/w35333

This makes me so fucking angry www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Following up on this for the other summertime movers to say that we ended up using Berger Allied and have no complaints! (other than the fact that moving is expensive and tiring 😅)

Are you or one of your students going on the #EconJobMarket this year? If so, you should check out two new resources that I posted to my website today. lillyspringer.github.io/JobMarket_No... lillyspringer.github.io/JobMarket_Sl...

White Americans who were eligible for the GI Bill, or had fathers who were, benefitted massively, while the equivalent Black Am benefitted much less on average bc they were funneled into using it on vocational schools (or scam “schools”) Paper estimates that accounts for *5 pp* in sons’ college gap

Since we're heading into academic job market season, a reminder: I've collected some advice (esp. for new grads): www.paul-bruno.com/2021/07/tips... And reach out if you'd like to set up a time to chat about the job market and how to navigate it. I'm not an expert by any means, but happy to talk.

Hoping to having a WP by the end of summer!!!

So proud of @addstaylo.bsky.social, a budding health economist and stellar human being, on her way to do great things down at Vandy! 🥳

So proud of @addstaylo.bsky.social, a budding health economist and stellar human being, on her way to do great things down at Vandy! 🥳

Wake up baby, new smartphones and fertility evidence just dropped. 🙈 www.nber.org/papers/w35310

Current mantra: It’s not goodbye… it’s “see you on Zoom!”

People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.

If you want to know how moving is going, I just stared much too long at my to-do list where I had written “pack hotel”

This new paper provides economic evidence for Humboldt's ideal of uniting research and teaching. Students exposed to courses closer to the research frontier are more likely to complete their degrees, earn higher grades, attend graduate school, and achieve higher earnings later on.

Hi All. Perhaps something useful from me. I'd like to announce that drlate, a Stata module for doubly robust estimation of the local average treatment effect (LATE) and the local average treatment effect on the treated (LATT), is now available in SSC.

Upjohn Institute Senior Economist @gabriellepepin.bsky.social sky.social will discuss her work measuring “child care deserts” — areas where demand for child care significantly exceeds supply.

Chair and Professor Jenny Minier (@jennyminier.bsky.social) recently went on a study abroad to Ecuador. Be sure to check out and learn more about her great trip! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

It’s been a pleasure to get to know Luke the past 2 years, where he’s been a rockstar RA for me, @loismiller.bsky.social, @camilantmorales.bsky.social, @julia-turner.bsky.social, and Kalena Cortes. Look for him to apply to your PhD programs after a few years as a predoc with the West Point crew!

It’s been a pleasure to get to know Luke the past 2 years, where he’s been a rockstar RA for me, @loismiller.bsky.social, @camilantmorales.bsky.social, @julia-turner.bsky.social, and Kalena Cortes. Look for him to apply to your PhD programs after a few years as a predoc with the West Point crew!

The Economics of Education Review has been killing it recently. The latest issue is chock full of interesting articles worth reading and citing. Kudos to the editorial team! www.sciencedirect.com/journal/econ...

Rahm laying out a college plan that includes 3 year degrees. I don't think a lot of people realize how many students already have the ability to graduate in 3 years but opt to do 4 for a variety of reasons. So many come in with a bunch of AP credits/college courses. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...

Sure was fun believing in light-touch interventions while it lasted! Paper: www.nber.org/papers/w35230

New research on the effects of the Tennessee Promise finds a sizable impact on associate degree completions by age 21 and that the program likely passes a cost-benefit test.

Anyone in or near higher ed needs to read this thread, stat. This post (and other posts) by Akridge and Hummels is consistent with a lot of it: findingequilibriumfuturehighered.substack.com/p/whats-behi...

WEPC is hiring a Research Scientist to lead quantitative research on Connecticut's educator workforce! Boston-based, $85-100K, starts Summer/Fall 2026. Learn more below and apply by sending a letter of interest + CV to [email protected].

Incredibly common student experience. Pundits work tirelessly to convince you this isn't the norm in college classrooms.

Story out today on my new research in the @nytimes.com We find ICE activity in Trump 2.0 hurt the labor market and hurt US-born workers. Article: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/r... Paper: www.nber.org/papers/w3512...

No new social and behavioral science and education grants.

Two more EPA RA opportunities for econ students, in the air office. Position 1: zintellect.com/Opportunity/... Position 2: zintellect.com/Opportunity/... #econ_ra

#econsky Why do so many econ reporters think the sky is falling for young college grads? Here's some perspective to help: (1/11)

(Some of) my @miamiecon.bsky.social colleagues who made the decision to leave a tough one 🥹 And who got a whole bunch of current and former students to write me farewell notes and bound them in a book 😭 @peternka.bsky.social: colleague-turned-friend of the year! 🫶

The answer is no. There is no way that smartphones are responsible for a 40% decline in worldwide fertility rate. This is what the graph looks like from 1970 to the present (from @ourworldindata.org).

How people treat a departing colleague says so much about them. This is really lovely.

(Some of) my @miamiecon.bsky.social colleagues who made the decision to leave a tough one 🥹 And who got a whole bunch of current and former students to write me farewell notes and bound them in a book 😭 @peternka.bsky.social: colleague-turned-friend of the year! 🫶

🔊Important paper: Using a natural experiment design, these authors show that narrowly missing tenure sets back women's careers more than men's. But when a woman earns tenure, it increases the number of women faculty and students in her department in the future. docs.iza.org/dp18477.pdf @iza.org

2023 data for annual STICKER price at U.S. Colleges. Upper-bound on cost paid by students (because it does not consider aid and grants)

These are the sorts of end-of-semester posts that give me such hope about the current generation of young adults and the good they will do in their communities

I absolutely love this updated @chronicle.com feature on who a college thinks its peer institutions are. It's always good for a chuckle (and a sense of status competition). www.chronicle.com/article/who-...