I was not prepared to be called out like this so early in the morning.

Alas, it has again been proven that the most efficient way to find the typos in my email is by pressing "send."

Southern Economic Association Meeting are just over three weeks away and it is time to give you a heads up about all the cool CSWEP events happening at the conference. Mark your calendars and join us!

It’s time to free our nurses to do the job for which they are well-trained. #ncga #ncpol John Hood carolinajournal.com/opinion/north-…

CSWEP PhD Student mentoring workshop! A full day of learning and sharing with an incredible group of the next generation of economists. 🙌🏼Huge shoutout to Orgül Öztürk Alicia Plemmons Darwyyn Deyo You are truly incredible! Thank you to everyone who volunteered to mentor!

It's not a conference without a licensing scholars dinner.

This fabulous candle was left in my office by someone with a wonderful sense of humor. Delightful! I'll burn it till there is nothing left!

Happy Frantically-Putting-Together-End-of-the-Year-Reports for all those who celebrate.

I would pay to listen to this chaos.

The Knee Center, The Knee Regulatory Research Center, sure does have the best views of the winter weather in all of Morgantown!

Universal licensing policies have been a growing reform for years now, for reasons such as: 💼 ease of transition for licensed professionals into a state 🦺 improving labor market shortages ✨ reducing barriers to employment 📪 simplifying the licensure process . . . . and more!

With some Census tax datasets currently unavailable, I've uploaded recent years' State Government Tax Collections and State and Local Government Finance tables to a public directory (link below). Please share with anyone who might need copies until access is restored.

Hiring two postdocs under me at West Virginia University. Must be US-based as we are unable to support a Visa for a postdoc contract at this time.

I turn off my phone for five hours to finish a paper and the office adopts a fish. Anyways, meet the Knee Center's new of-fish-al morale boosting office pet (kudos to Drake).

I have moved into the Director position at the The Knee Regulatory Research Center. Last year we educated on over 100 bills, produced data for 300 professions, and removed barriers for tens of thousands of workers and improved healthcare for millions. This year, we are doubling our impact! Let's go!

We are so excited to officially announce our newest Director, Dr. Alicia Plemmons 👏 With her expertise and leadership, the future of the Knee Center looks very bright. Congratulations to Director Plemmons!

Now forthcoming in the European Journal of Political Economy with Alicia Plemmons Gary A. Wagner and Justin Callais: Baumol's Migrants: Productive and Unproductive Entrepreneurship and Between-MSA Migration. Will do a thread monday pcs.mymeetingsavvy.net/download/submi…

People migrate to places with productive entrepreneurship and away from places with unproductive entrepreneurship. Forthcoming European Journal of Political Economy. Awesome work Justin Callais, Vincent Geloso, Alicia Plemmons, and Gary A. Wagner!

These boards are perfect examples of regulatory capture. Many would say they need to do better. I say they should not exist at all. Messenger: Horse owner targets Missouri vet board, "Like a shadow government." stltoday.com/news/local/col… via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Show-Me Institute Alicia Plemmons

This paper is now conditionally accepted at Southern Economic Journal with my grad student Prad Sharma (Pradyot Sharma which you should hire) and Alicia Plemmons Alicia Plemmons I will do a thread upon final acceptance.