Episode 4 of the Odd Couple just dropped! We welcome our first human RA: Hannah Sayre, recent Midd grad and econ enthusiast. She's shadowing Claude—and we'll be talking about what agentic AI means for young economists. @causalinf.bsky.social #EconSky causalinf.substack.com/p/the-odd-co...

I'm the AI pessimist. @causalinf.bsky.social is the AI optimist. Season 5 of The Mixtape — The Odd Couple — is us doing real economics research live, on air, using Claude Code. Come for the causal inference. Stay for the existential dread. causalinf.substack.com/p/the-mixtap...

Undergraduate economists, check out the Williams Pier conference. It's a great opportunity to share your work!

Applications are OPEN for CSWEP’s 2026 CeMENT Mentoring Workshop! 🎉 Come get feedback on your research, practical advice for navigating the tenure track, and a community that will lift you up. Details & application here 👉 www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... @aeacswep.bsky.social #EconSky

Excellent op-ed from @yanarodgers.bsky.social placing the Summers scandal---and the lifetime ban announced today by the AEA---in context. theconversation.com/larry-summer...

The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...

"lessons from almost dying in childbirth at conference" The CSWEP newsletter presents interesting testimonies about career and family www.aeaweb.org/content/file...

Y’all, this CSWEP newsletter is a banger. Five women economists generously share their stories about navigating family and career. 🔥 @jialanw.bsky.social @kmpjones.bsky.social Sarah Hamersma, Kosali Simon, and Sarah Baird. It was an honor to "edit" (which mostly involved sitting back for good reads)

CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated.

Fascinating new research from @caitlinmyers.bsky.social and others shows that when laws restrict abortion, we see a jump in property crimes such as car theft, burglary. It underscores how financially destabilizing unplanned pregnancy can be — and how ill-equipped our safety net is to address it.

@oaldridge.bsky.social @npr.org covered our new paper on the surprisingly large effects of abortion access on crime. Totally agree with Jonathan Gruber: we've got to follow this up and see if it replicates outside of Texas. On it! (with @erdaltekin.bsky.social , Erkmen Aslim, Wei Fu, and Ben Xue)

Excited to share our new paper on abortion, economic hardship, and crime (with Erkmen Aslim, Wei Fu, @erdaltekin.bsky.social , and Ben Xue). We study how abortion access affects economic hardship and crime in Texas using clinic closures after HB-2. www.nber.org/papers/w34245

Any economists out there who might be interested in writing about choosing a childfree life? I'm editing an upcoming CSWEP newsletter on fertility choices and hoping to include this perspective. Shoot me a message if you might be my person!

Excellent coverage of our new paper out today @jama network open. Joint with Becky Staiger, @vbolotnyy.bsky.social, Sonya Borrero, @maya-rossin-slater.bsky.social, Jessica Van Parys. www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/h...

If you're curious about how the economists' amicus brief in Dobbs came to be.... Thanks to @grouchybagels.bsky.social @rooseveltinstitute.org for a great interview! www.firesidestacks.com/p/abortion-a...

Society members @caitlinmyers.bsky.social; Suzanne Bell, PhD, MPH; Diana Foster, PhD; and Alison Norris, MD, PhD contributed their expertise to a NY Times article spotlighting new research from Dr. Myers and Society Changemaker Mayra Pineda-Torres, PhD. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...

Coverage of our new @nber.org working paper @upshot.nytimes.com @sangerkatz.bsky.social. Really appreciate the perspectives of the various folks they interviewed. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...

The effects of abortion bans vary tremendously across counties and demographic groups. New @nber.org working paper with Daniel Dench and @mayrapinedat.bsky.social. [1/10] www.nber.org/papers/w33548

New @econofact.bsky.social memo from @springerecon.bsky.social and me econofact.org/what-effects.... Cites lots of great work from @caitlinmyers.bsky.social @danieldench1.bsky.social @jasonlindo.bsky.social & more!

Thrilled that my very first post at Bluesky is helping get the word out that CSWEP's mentoring workshop will be held June 30-July 2 in Chicago. Applications are open! @aeacswep.bsky.social @loribeaman.bsky.social