🗣️ Let’s talk randomization! Check out these #ResearchResources to review the framework for randomization, understand different randomization methods, or see code samples.👩‍💻 https://www.povertyactionlab.org/resource/randomization

Know an economist who'd make a great AEA journal editor or board member? Nominate them — or yourself!

If you enjoy playing golf & want to present your Applied Microeconomics research, submit to this terrific conference organized by @davidajaeger.bsky.social at University of St Andrews I went last year, and I'll be attending again this year Link here: standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

I posted a short note correcting a mistake in an approximation formula in a recent publication of mine Publication: academic.oup.com/qje/article/... Corrigendum: users.nber.org/~notom/resea...

After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations. She accepted three. One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history. www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...

Just noticed that @talgross.bsky.social & I are beating out von Neumann & Morgenstern! (I'm proud of our book, but it's definitely not better than vN-M) www.amazon.com/Better-Healt...

So weird: there's more than one scammy memorial site inviting donations or tree-planting in my dad's memory. We are not asking for that, but if people feel moved, donations in lieu of flowers to www.aclu-mn.org, www.aclu.org, or www.eff.org Econ folks, can you help get the word out?

Very nice article discussing my new paper studying the effects of NAFTA on mortality: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u... Full paper is here: users.nber.org/~notom/resea...

Come to Montréal this Fall! Call for Papers — 7th CEAR–RSI Workshop on Household Finance (Montréal, November 13–14, 2026) Deadline: June 12, 2026 ire.hec.ca/en/cear-ire-...

Are you an early-career researcher ready to take your work to the next level? 📈 Our new ARTEMIS program offers technical training, mentorship, and support to design high-quality #RCTs focused on poverty alleviation in the US. 📅 Apply by April 8, 2026! 🔗 j-p.al/ARTEMIS

The Spring 2026 Economics of Health NBER Program Meeting starts today, and it can be streamed on YouTube at the link below

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested, a Justice Department official said. Lemon livestreamed a demonstration that interrupted a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, earlier this month that protested Trump's immigration crackdown in the area reut.rs/4q3X1FL

Very excited to see this conference back alive! I really enjoyed the interactions between econometricians & applied micro people

I have been hearing recently that many people don't know about the ability to submit to AEJ-Policy (or any of the other AEJs) after submitting to AER-Insights (following the same process that existed going from the AER to the AEJs) More details and instructions here: www.aeaweb.org/journals/pol...

Great article in @theglobeandmail.com discussing my new working paper studying the Temporary Foreign Worker Program in Canada www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... Full paper is here: users.nber.org/~notom/resea...

Putting together the list of papers and posters that I want to see at the ASSA Annual Meeting, and this poster session project (by @michaelbriskin.bsky.social) looks interesting Paper is here: mbbriskin.github.io/files/Briski...

If you're at the ASSA mtgs and are interested in gender gaps in the labor market, please join this session Monday 8 am. To draw out the links between the papers, there will be one discussant, a nice idea suggested by @profnoto.bsky.social; Camille Landais is generously playing this role.

📣 Call for Papers: The Becker Friedman Institute Health Economics Initiative invites submissions for its April 30–May 1, 2026 conference on all topics in health economics. 📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026 Organized by Josh Gottlieb & Matt Notowidigdo 🔗 https://ow.ly/uPvk50XKoms

This is such a bizarre talking point; I've thankfully never had to use most of the types of insurance that I have for me and my family This is a good excuse to share my WSJ letter to the editor explaining that "not filing a claim doesn’t mean you didn’t need insurance" www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Useful background: "Child care centers were previously protected under a 'sensitive locations' directive that advised ICE to not conduct enforcement in places like schools and day cares. But President Donald Trump removed that protection on his first day in office."

Hello #econsky, the Nebraska Labor Summit will be held Friday, March 13, 2026. It's a really fun, junior-centric, research conference in labor and related applied micro fields. Martha Bailey and Alex Mas will give the keynotes. Deadline for submissions is Nov. 1! forms.gle/JC5tN5cT1R2i4ZUJA

I'm impressed, too! Just used it for a paper before our first submission, and most of the issues that the tool flagged were worth investigating. I think it's definitely worth $30 before each submission (and resubmission).

When couples move for work, whose career benefits—and whose stalls? UChicago economist @profnoto.bsky.social joins @tessvigeland.bsky.social on The Pie to discuss how relocation impacts men’s and women’s earnings differently. 🎧 Listen/watch now: bfi.uchicago.edu/insights/mov...

"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."

‘ICE Goes Masked for a Single Reason’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

We just spent 6 months to add 1 figure to this paper. Some people said, "Couples aren't prioritizing men's careers. Men just have better earnings opportunities when moving." Earnings effects of moves for couples on the left, singles on the right. Negligible gap between single men and women.

"Never before have we issued a joint public warning like this." The latest from former U.S. surgeons general Jerome Adams, Richard Carmona, Joycelyn Elders, Vivek Murthy, Antonia Novello and David Satcher:

Super clear and well-written, so I can only assume that my former Booth colleague John Cochrane wrote at least some of this

Jonathan Clements, a longtime WSJ columnist who penned more than 1,000 personal-finance columns and was a favorite of readers, has died. He was 62. 🔗: on.wsj.com/4mzzDy1

"At a minimum, the conduct at issue exhibits the sort of gross negligence in financial transactions that calls into question your competence and trustworthiness as the [chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States]" [ Revision of www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... ]

Since the rule of law applies equally to all, the FHFA should send a criminal referral letter to the Justice Department ( h/t @carlquintanilla.bsky.social )

I enjoyed this conversation; here's the summary of what we talked about:

I wish I could say I was surprised by this: "The Trump administration is not, as it pledged, targeting the 'worst first'" www.newsweek.com/veteran-regr... ( h/t @donmoyn.bsky.social )

Call for papers - due 11/1/2025 #EconConf #EconSky "UNebraska Dept of Economics will host the 2026 Nebraska Labor Summit at the College of Business in Lincoln, Nebraska, on 3/13/2026... focus on empirical research in labor economics and closely related fields..." docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Leaders of American Economic Association call on elected officials "to respect and preserve" the independence of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after Trump fires the BLS commissioner.

Super excited to see @arnoldventures.bsky.social launching a new RFP to study the impacts of legalized sports betting www.arnoldventures.org/resources/ca...

My co-authors Sarah Shubeck (UCM) & Emily Crawford (Booth PhD student) & I have a new paper in JAMA Health Forum studying the effects of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on insurance churn (defined as losing health insurance over the next 12 months) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I am heartbroken by the passing of our colleague Ghazala Azmat. A wonderful economist and AEJ: Economic Policy Board member, she was generous with her time and a vital contributor to many areas within applied economics and economic policy. She will be sorely missed. My heart goes out to her family.

The thing is, the Trump administration, in this matter and in others, knows it’s acting unlawfully. But the disruption and fear they cause is almost as effective as the attempted action itself.

Do recessions impact mortality? Amy Finkelstein (MIT), @profnoto.bsky.social (Chicago Booth), @fschilbach.bsky.social (MIT) & @jzhangecon.bsky.social (Duke Sanford) on the welfare consequences of the Great Recession: youtu.be/XrBXo9b2e6g

Great article by Jason Zweig @wsj.com about his friend Jonathan Clements; the article mentions Jonathan’s new book (which you can buy here: www.amazon.com/dp/098878034...), as well as a new @j-palna.bsky.social research project that I’m involved in, which will be funded by proceeds from the book

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 AEJ Best Paper Awards! Check out the winning papers here: aeaweb.org/news/2025-ae... #econsky

This short memoir by Michelle White is worth a bit of everyone's time.

I talked briefly to @kairyssdal.bsky.social @marketplace.org last week about tariffs & US manufacturing, and at the end I say that healthcare work is the real "work of the future", not manufacturing: open.spotify.com/episode/49nC... Here are some of the papers I had in mind during my interview...

I just heard from the NBER that the UCSD economist Michelle White passed away last week

I really liked this idea of using a histogram as a legend in a choropleth map (since land isn't unemployed; people are), so I made a little guide to doing it with #rstats, {ggplot2}, and {patchwork} www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...

Call for Papers: The 2025 Health Economics Initiative Annual Conference will bring together faculty, research professionals, and students to present the latest research on all topics in health econ. Submit papers by Feb. 10, 2025. @gottliebecon.bsky.social @profnoto.bsky.social ow.ly/57oe50UoGoc

I did a NYT video interview—along with voices from Hungary, Nicaragua, and Russia— about how repression works in authoritarian states. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Hear me talk about the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic for 30 minutes (Also, I wanted to give two links to the recent AER-Insights papers that I briefly mentioned on the podcast; see below...)

Call for Papers: The 2025 Health Economics Initiative Annual Conference will bring together faculty, research professionals, and students to present the latest research on all topics in health econ. Submit papers by Feb. 10, 2025. @gottliebecon.bsky.social @profnoto.bsky.social ow.ly/57oe50UoGoc