
Elira Kuka
@elirakuka
Economist, Assoc Prof @GWUEconomics @IIEPGW, Alumn of @ucdavis @Wellesley @UWCAdriatic
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http://www.elirakuka.com 13-01-2017 22:25:41
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OMG just listened to this episode of The Ezra Klein Show w/Sheila Liming and it is SO GOOD. I can see why it was a “Best Of” selection. Def recommend. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…






Please RT! Kasey Buckles and I are hiring a pre-doc to start this summer as part of University of Notre Dame's poverty initiative. The person will work closely with Kasey and I on our projects. Kasey is working on economic history/demography using the Census Tree jobs.nd.edu/postings/33588

Are you a labor(ish) economist in the great DC area? Save the date for WALES 2024, this year organized and hosted by Seth Gershenson and the American University team 🙏🙏 Paper submissions due in 2 weeks (March 15). Apply + spread the word! I look forward to seeing many of you there!


Our department School of Public Affairs is hosting WALES 2024 this year! (Thanks to Seth Gershenson for organizing!) Please save the date and call for papers!

Important new work on how federal anti-discrimination legislation in the 1960s impacted the gender gap in the U.S. labor market by Bailey (Martha Bailey), Helgerman (Thomas Helgerman), and Stuart (@BryanAStuart) now in the QJE: academic.oup.com/qje/advance-ar…


Also, while the other two times MedStar Health charged me only a $30 urgent care copay, this time MinuteClinic charged me $124, after insurance, for the same thing….. The us healthcare system needs fixing!


Congratulations Hilary Hoynes of UC Berkeley, newly inducted #NASmember! #NAS161 #economics



📢I'll be hiring a full-time research fellow ("pre-doc") for 12 months, starting some time in Aug📢 Projects will focus primarily on education: college choices, gender, ethnic, racial & socio-econ disparities. Aiming for a July job ad. Stay tuned! #econra Econ RA Listings #Econtwitter

Great work by my amazing colleague Alessandra Fenizia!


The effects of social safety nets extend beyond recipients and their families, from David Jinkins, Elira Kuka, and Claudio Labanca nber.org/papers/w33926


Just published in Journal of Public Economics: "Racial inequality in unemployment insurance receipt" By Elira Kuka and Bryan Stuart sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #econtwitter #publiceconomics #publicfinance
