Happy to have this descriptive piece with @camilantmorales.bsky.social, Kalena Cortes, @julia-turner.bsky.social, & @loismiller.bsky.social out! Look for more causal work on this topic from our team in the near future 👀

A new NBER working paper by @riacton.bsky.social and colleagues finds economic benefits to a community college baccalaureate relative to an associate degree, but that an earnings penalty still exists in tech fields relative to a traditional bachelor's degree.

Overall enrollment in higher ed is back to pre-pandemic levels, but international graduate students and private colleges were notable weak spots this fall.

@dubravkaritter.bsky.social Tomas Monarrez and I explore the credit profile of graduate students likely to need private loans after OBBBA’s new loan limits take effect next July. A bit over 1/3 have thin or poor credit and may struggle to get a private loan under typical underwriting practices.

🚨New publication alert #econsky🚨 Thrilled to have “Suspended from Work and School? Impacts of layoff events and unemployment insurance on student disciplinary incidence” forthcoming at Labour Economics with @riacton.bsky.social and Austin Smith Paper thread incoming 🧵 tinyurl.com/susp-ws

The FTC is hiring economists! Applications due 12/17 so it’s a quick turnaround! Happy to chat with anyone interested in the position, especially if you have a non-IO background like me…

I'm John Fallon, a labor economist on the job market. My JMP uncovers something wild: when chiropractors got licensed in the early 1900s, medical boards responded by making it HARDER to become a doctor. Why would competition lead to stricter regulations? 🧵 john-fallon-econ.com (1/9)

Joe Winkelmann & I have released a new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper: "Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment" We show stronger labor markets since 2009 explain most of the decline in community college enrollments. wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...

🚨There is a lot of policy movement to expand career & technical Ed but little evidence of what to expect from such expansion. Our WP provides evidence from MA on take up & ➕impacts in the first 5 yrs after HS. #cte

The FTC is hiring Statisticians in the Bureau of Economics! This is a great opportunity for seniors or recent grads interested in antitrust and consumer protection economics, and applied microeconomics research. Come work with me! Happy to answer any questions. www.usajobs.gov/job/845835200

New at @pseocoalition.bsky.social, @julia-turner.bsky.social & I have a new report on grad school debt & earnings over the medium term. For some key professional fields (🩺⚖️🦷💊🐾), we show the varied patterns both within & across areas of study, looking at the first decade of earnings after graduation

For those interested in education policy and the economics of education, I've put together 4 starter packs: Faculty and researchers 1: go.bsky.app/GHJzy4L Faculty and researchers 2: go.bsky.app/TeqwuKM PhD students & postdocs: go.bsky.app/FUjWT5E Journalists and writers: go.bsky.app/3XhYmo3

Excited to share this new Philly Fed working paper with Tomas Monarrez: We study how the Great Recession affected college enrollment, student loan borrowing, repayment, and default. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

There's lots more in the report to dig into, so take a look! This is work with @michelgrosz.bsky.social, Sophie McGuinness, @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social, and Raj Darolia, and you can find the full report and data, along with other OCE releases, here: sites.ed.gov/ous/office-o...

Really exciting to have this work on graduate borrowing out. See @clibassi.bsky.social thread with the excellent summary…and better yet take a look at the underlying data!

My paper with Devesh Raval is now out at Marketing Science! We find that when the FTC redesigned its complaint website: -Complaints increased by 40%, -included more useful and detailed information -increased most for older consumers and those with less tech savvy

Can anyone recommend papers that compare RCT and quasi experimental estimates for the same research question? #econsky

Today, we released our first Quarterly Workforce Indicator Highlights! content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USC...

The American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE) is here 🦋🦋🦋 Follow @asheassa.bsky.social ‼️

Okay, I made an updated version of the guide "Python Packages for Applied Economists" to reorganize a bit, incorporate suggestions, and put it on Github like a grownup: github.com/clibassi/pyt... Comments welcome!

#EconSky #EconTwitter UC Davis Economists starter pack is here. Faculty, Alumni, even Ag Econ. Got everyone I could find so far, but surely missing others. Hit me up and I'll add you. Thank @afoote-econ.bsky.social go.bsky.app/7hAGUoa

Hello #EconSky 👋 excited to share my JMP! ❓What are the impacts of offering student finance as a grant or a loan? In the paper, I... 🎓 Study individual university enrolment, subject choice & career motivations ❗️Explore aggregate outcomes e.g. access to university & the occupational structure 🧵👇

It’s WALES submission/registration time again! One of the best days of the late-winter if you’re a labor-adjacent economist around DC - check it out!

Allowing students to use Pell Grants for short-term occupational training: - increased their use of such training but - did not benefit their employment or earnings. Great to see a high-quality evaluation of a promising policy idea. Good to know! ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20...

He vuelto a actualizar el starter pack de economistas de habla hispana. Ya somos mas de 90. Ideal si acabas de aterrizar o si piensas que Bluesky todavia no ha despegado. Si quieres añadir tu nombre, no tienes mas que decirlo. go.bsky.app/8tkeVED

He creado este starter pack que reune a economistas de habla hispana en Bluesky para conectarnos mejor. Si quieres incluirte, solo tienes que decírmelo go.bsky.app/8tkeVED

Not that econ JMCs need more things to worry about, but there was a very poorly timed hiring freeze in 2017. It came down during flyout season and really threw off the market for people interested in government work. Think about your preferences and alternatives while there’s still time.

I'm thrilled to see this site building a serious community of researchers, writers and policymakers focused on education policy and economics. Below are links to 3 Starter Packs I've made to help you connect with such folks. Please let me know if I've missed you. The volume of requests has been 😮

This is a starter pack for #APPAM2024 @appam.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @davidslusky.bsky.social If you want on it, please leave a comment and I will add you over the course of the day go.bsky.app/9o7Jiar

Does anyone have publicly available data from a populous state (eg CA, TX, NY, FL) with detailed variables about each high school? I’m aware of National data from CCD and PSS and in fact, I want to link the state data to them, so an NCES school identifier is required. Thanks!

I've created a starter pack I'm calling "Education economics and policy", based on folks I follow in this area. Please let me know if I've missed you! go.bsky.app/GHJzy4L

I'd say it was a big success www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

If I have a *very preliminary* project that will definitely have results by March (because it is very descriptive), but it is about a topic that is very new - should I apply for a flash talk for AEFP or a full presentation? We are linking college graduates to their business applications from IRS.

Thanks for the shoutout! Been meaning to spend more time here.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights is looking for a statistician (AKA data analyst) to support the Civil Rights Data Collection and help assess compliance. Remote position, GS-13 ($103k-$167k, depending on location). Application due 5/20 at www.usajobs.gov/job/790083200

Super happy to have this work (coauthored with Wenjia Cao, Emily Cook, @imbernomics.bsky.social, & Mike Lovenheim) forthcoming at JHR! 🥳

Call for papers is out for the FTC’s conference on marketing and public policy! Submit your projects by July 31 www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/bu...

The Biden administration announced an executive action to cancel early the remaining debt of students who took out less than $12,000 in debt more than ten years ago. This will likely end up getting challenged in court after last year's Supreme Court decision.

We have a great, new BLS commissioner! Thanks for your service, Commissioner @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social! 📉📈#️⃣#️⃣

Nice CCRC write up of data our Office of the Chief Economist at ED released on transfer student success across institutions: ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/easyblog/new... You can find the data (and see our other work) here: sites.ed.gov/ous/office-o...

Today our Office of the Chief Economist released some of the most comprehensive data to date measuring colleges’ success helping transfer students. Great work by Kevin Stange and Nathan Sotherland! blog.ed.gov/2023/11/new-...

🚨Volume 7 is out! Handbook of the Economics of Education Edited w/ Rick Hanushek & Steve Machin Great overview chapters on cutting-edge topics in the economics of education by top scholars Have a look! 👉https://www.sciencedirect.com/handbook/handbook-of-the-economics-of-education/vol/7 1/7

The Department of Education just released the proposed regulatory text for student debt forgiveness as a part of the negotiated rulemaking process.

Econ job-seekers, come be my colleague at the FTC! Happy to answer any questions or talk about what the job is like. www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

Just made the move from EconTwitter, so it's intro time! 👋 I'm a PhD candidate at UW-Madison. My research interests are in the economics of education and education policy (mostly higher ed), labor economics, and public economics. Oh, and a shameless plug that i am on the job market this year 😉