The NBER is accepting applications for a 1-year post-doc to support an early-career economist from a historically under-represented group in the economics profession, or someone studying diversity issues within the profession. #EconTwitter nber.org/post-doctoral-…

lol get bodied "mathematics", whoever that is

"An instructor weakness would probably be her chalk handwriting, which was, on rare occasions, illegible": Am I real professor now??

RA Position Alert: Come work with Economists at the West Point's Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis (OEMA) otie.hrmdirect.com/employment/job… A great opportunity for students considering a PhD!

Tomorrow is Projects Day at USMA! If you're around, be sure to swing by some of SOSH's exceptional offerings! #ProjectsDay2022 #ProjectExcellence

Huge shout out to Kevin Schnepel for organizing an exciting (and full day!) of crime sessions at #WEAI2022! Come by the Studio Suite Thurs 6/30 from 8:15 am until 6:15 pm. We'll have a great crowd presenting and discussing new crime research! ⬇️

Chuqing Jin JMP: "Does Competition Improve Information Quality: Evidence From the Security Analyst Market" Website: chuqingjin.github.io

Boston University’s Economics Department is proud to introduce an outstanding cohort of job market candidates for the 2022-2023 season. Follow this thread to learn about students’ JMPs, or go to bu.edu/econ/job-marke… to find out more. #EconTwitter

Chuqing Jin’s (Chuqing Jin) JMP estimates a model of financial analyst competition. She finds that analysts strategically distort their forecasts to outperform rivals, and she considers policy reforms to enhance information quality. Web: chuqingjin.github.io

@BeixiZhou César Garro-Marín’s (César Garro) JMP studies how women’s birthplace affects their labor force participation in Indonesia, exploiting variation in the age internal migrants left their birthplace. Web: cesargarromarin.com

Masyhur Hilmy's (مشهور) JMP studies how local governments respond to the windfall of migrant remittances. He shows the state complements household investments with more public goods. Web: sites.google.com/view/masyhurhi…

Please consider applying for a full-time, pre-doc RA position working with labor, public, and education economists in OEMA and the Economics Program at West Point. otie.hrmdirect.com/employment/job… Econ RA Listings

NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got. My column: enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/75e5e3d… And some utterly damning charts. 1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English.

Very delayed thread about last month's terrific Liberal Arts College Labor and Public (LAC-PaL) Conference held at Smith College Economics with support from Amherst College Econ. We had 37 in-person & 15 virtual attendees, and 2 days of terrific presentations and conversations!

Earthquake? That was just the reverberating impact of the research presented at yesterday's Northeast Labor Symposium for Early Career Economists, hosted by the Industrial Relations Section. If you were there, say 👋 in the replies so we can continue to follow your work!

The 50 most common names at the NBER SI 2024:

Call for papers now open for SEHO 2025. See you in Zaragoza in June!

Changes in women's economic status and marriage outcomes from mid 19th to mid 20th century. Just Accepted new paper by Claudia Olivetti, M. Daniele Paserman (Daniele Paserman), Laura Salisbury, E. Anna Weber (Anna Weber). zurl.co/zLuj

Submit your papers for the spring 2025 NBER Gender in the Economy meeting! The theme is "Women in the Digital World". Submission Deadline: 12/9/24 Meeting: 2/28/25 in Cambridge nber.org/conferences/ge… Jessica Goldberg Tavneet Suri