
Barbara Biasi
@barbarabiasi
Econ Assistant Prof @YaleSOM. I mostly tweet about education and sometimes reply to random threads in Italian. Born&raised in Monopoli (ITA). Mom of 3.
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A 2011 Wisconsin reform weakened teachers' unions, raised test scores, and was a political win for its main proponent, from Barbara Biasi and Wayne Sandholtz nber.org/papers/w33666


If any of the NJ gov candidates are interested in a NBER WP showing that education reform can win votes despite antagonizing teacher unions, they can find the link in the next tweet (cc Barbara Biasi)

...and Wayne Sandholtz and I show that it may actually buy them some votes: nber.org/papers/w33666

Excited to announce the Northeast Political Economy Conference on October 3, 2025 at Brown U, organized by me and Gemma Dipoppa! This event is co-sponsored by the Bravo Center for Economic Research and the Center for PPE. Submit a paper at forms.gle/f97gV9ZZN5cdF7… by June 16.

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20174 The Political Consequences of Controversial Education Reform: Lessons from Wisconsin’s Act 10 Barbara Biasi Yale School of Management, Wayne Sandholtz NovaSBE ow.ly/JY9I50VJyFi #CEPR_LE #CEPR_PoE #CEPR_PE #EconTwitter




Grad students: take a look at the call for papers for "Women in Central Banking", a conference for female PhD students and post-docs organized by the Bank of Italy Banca d'Italia . Details here: bancaditalia.it/media/notizia/…
