DEADLINE THURSDAY: The NBER Race and Stratification Working Group will have its annual meeting on Friday, March 27, 2026. @franciscaantman.bsky.social, Bocar Ba, Robynn Cox and I are organizing the program. Submit your paper by December 11, 2025! @nber.org #Econsky www.nber.org/conferences/...

JOB MARKET CANDIDATE Amazing Harvard student Gabriella Fleischman is on the job market w/ppr: "Economic and Psychological Returns to Social Relationships: Alleviating Constraints to Network Formation in Malawi" gabriella-fleischman.github.io

Calling academics & global health non-profits: Looking for student researchers or volunteers to support your work (e.g., data analysis, case-studies, strategy projects; paid or unpaid)? Recruit motivated graduate and undergraduate students to support your projects: tinyurl.com/present-global-health

NBER Conference on Econ of Firearm Markets, Crime & Gun Violence earlier today www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k3a... - appreciate support from @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social and Arnold

PhD slots in health econ at Hamburg Center for Health Economics, University of Hamburg Germany Just came back from a visit and it's a vibrant city and Center. www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...

Have a paper related to crime or criminal justice policy that you'd like to present in the ViCE seminar? Email it to me at [email protected]. Studies using causal research designs are the best fit. See past schedules here: jenniferdoleac.com/vice-seminar/

Black patients systematically receive lower rates of follow-up care than white patients even when the screening results would suggest they should receive higher rates of care, from @marcellaalsan.bsky.social‬, Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, and Jonathan Zhang https://www.nber.org/papers/w34168

Considering a PhD in Health Policy? Discover our innovative program training the next generation of leaders in decision sciences, health economics and evaluative methods. Join info session Sept. 9 at 10 am to explore the application process and get your questions answered. bit.ly/479erLy

Over 125 economists signed the open letter calling on the President, Congress, and the American public to uphold the principles of Federal Reserve independence and not remove Lisa Cook without due process. There's still time to sign! And please share. #EconSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Open call for applications, Roybal Center for Behavior Change in Health - Clinical Trial Applications. Submit letters of intent by October 15, 2025. More information: https://www.nber.org/calls-papers-and-proposals/roybal-center-behavior-change-health-clinical-trial-applications

Procurement auctions, compared to regulated competition, can improve consumer welfare in health insurance markets by reducing inefficiencies, curbing market power, and raising quality, from José Ignacio Cuesta and Pietro Tebaldi https://www.nber.org/papers/w34141

Estimating the impacts of large-scale unconditional cash transfers on child survival in Kenya, from Michael W. Walker, Nick Shankar, Edward Miguel, Dennis Egger, and Grady Killeen https://www.nber.org/papers/w34152

What bold step will you take next to make your mark on the world? Perhaps an MS in health policy? Join us Sept. 10, at 10 am PT for live info session about the program. Learn about application & ask questions. Learn more & register: healthpolicy.fsi.stanford.edu/content/ms-h...

Forthcoming book review in the JEL: "The Economics of the UK Health and Social Care Labour Market: How Labour Economics Can Inform Policy toward the Frontline Care Workforce by Robert Elliott" by Elaine Kelly. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

If you'll be on the #EconJobMarket this coming year, you may want to join this webinar by @aereorg.bsky.social, titled, "Navigating Uncertain Waters: Advice for the Current Job Market," with Min Gong & @adrienneohler.bsky.social. 29 Sept 2025 @ 11am ET.

Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the terrific handbook on culture and economic behavior :)

JAMA reports on the latest estimates of COVID vaccine effectiveness “COVID-19 vaccinations averted 2.5 million deaths during 2020-2024… but this benefit was mostly limited to a minority of the population of older individuals." #vaccine #covid #medicine marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/08/covi...

Forthcoming in the AER: "Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring, Cognitive Outcomes, and Soft Skills" by Michela Carlana and Eliana la Ferrara. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Forthcoming in the JEL: "No Taxation without Administration: Bringing the State Back into the Public Finance of Developing Countries" by Anders D. Jensen and Jonathan L. Weigel. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Important speech by Tel Aviv University economics professor Ro'ee Levy at the Israel Economic Association meeting, in which he links together insights from economics research, personal experience and information about the devastating situation in Gaza: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Study sheds light on an emerging psychological health crisis that disproportionately affects girls. The study in The Lancet Planetary Health is among the first to quantify how repeated climate stressors impact the psychological well-being and future outlook of adolescents in low-resource settings.

Famine’s impact begins before birth and can echo for generations, warns Ruth Gibson, an SHP postdoc research fellow and maternal and child health expert in conflict zones.

Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements This is a big deal

Forthcoming book review in the JEL: "Unexpected Revolutionaries: How Central Banks Made and Unmade Economic Orthodoxy by Manuela Moschella" by Elena Carletti. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Forthcoming book review in the JEL: "Building a New Economy: Japan's Digital and Green Transformation by D. Hugh Whittaker" by Daiji Kawaguchi. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Prof. Naidu in the NYTimes www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

Forthcoming book review in the JEL: "The Measure of Progress: Counting What Really Matters by Diane Coyle" by Karen Dynan. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Fantastic interview between Prof. Crystal Yang and @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social on our RCT of accreditation of health care in US jails probablecausation.podbean.com/e/episode-11... - thank you to all those who supported the work and for the platform, Jen

The June 2025 issue of the Journal of Economic Literature (63, 2) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/807.

Forthcoming book review in the JEL: "Our Money: Monetary Policy as If Democracy Matters by Leah Downey" by Sarah Bloom Raskin. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

The editorial boards of seven leading health econ journals are taking a stand today against political influence and ideological attacks on peer review and academia. No matter what you study we want to see your scholarship and will NEVER collaborate with suppression. Please repost.

cool to see our IGNITE work highlighted in this. Go @marcellaalsan.bsky.social !

Plenty of complaints about Harvard over the years, but a proud Harvard alum today. wapo.st/4cH9vy3

As an infectious diseases specialist I beg to defer. Simply encounter as a healthy individual an N meningitidis and you might die, doesn’t matter how healthy you are.

STAT News is a trusted and timely source of information – to be named by this outlet as an influential scholar in the field is a tremendous honor.

The zero-sum mindset seems more and more relevant in the current environment. Thank you @harvardmagazine.bsky.social for the video where I explain our research on why zero-sum thinking is so important and where it comes from. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e16o...

“A lot of people perceive scientific research as prestigious. In reality, it’s grueling work fueled almost entirely by devotion. Young scientists are driven by that passion. Though that passion has been fractured, it still lives in America’s young scientists.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

REStat will sponsor 5 early-career researchers with the aim of broadening the set of scholars who are able to participate in the applied microeconomics research meetings at the 2025 NBER Summer Inst. Applications due May 1st: zurl.co/v7el3 @rfisman.bsky.social @marcellaalsan.bsky.social

US science has a lot to lose…:(

We are proud to offer the REStat-NBER summer fellowship again this year. Information here: www.nber.org/calls-papers...

Health Care Bridges — Pathways toward Trust in Gaza and Beyond | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Forthcoming book review in the JEL: "Rethinking Merger Analysis by Louis Kaplow" by Carl Shapiro. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Forthcoming in the JEL: "Declining Wage Inequality in Developing Countries: The Case of Brazil" by Alysson Portella and Sergio Firpo. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Great interview by @instrumenthull.bsky.social by @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social www.probablecausation.com/podcasts/epi...

icymi - abovethelaw.com/2025/03/geor...

Copenhagen Business School is giving me an honorary doctorate, and I cannot overstate how much this means to me. Please join me for the celebration and public lecture on March 21st. Registration in the link below.

"The world must now affirm that human lives matter, no matter where they are." -- Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo in today's FT.

Please share our event widely on social media and mailing lists. We firmly believe educating the public about what is happening is a first-order concern.