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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…

Maybe CSWEP/AEA can add a couple of questuons about this to their yearly survey of Econ departments? Doesn’t seem hard/burdensome, and having data on is would be useful

Dunno, I may be the only contrarian on this. Offering co-authorship to RAs will only widen inequalities in the field. People that are doing PHDs at top schools will now have more top-5 (or equvalent papers) even before beginning the tenure track.

Very happy that our paper is in such an amazing program. Looking forward to share a draft and 🧵 soon in here! If you are a grad student interested in international macro/international finance it’s a great conference to watch out for.

So excited that this is finally here!! @shenhav_n and I first applied for the data back in 2017, and lots of things have happened since then to both of us (job changes, pandemic, 4 children total). It was great to do all of that with an awesome coauthor!

Texting with a colleague at another uni who is mired in the AEA replication process. Wasting > month getting all in order so that some RA can just push one button and get all the data merges right so that the results are perfect to the 3rd decimal place. 1/5

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…

I hadn’t had strep throat in more than 20 years, and in the last 7 months alone I got it 3 times… #lifewithlittlekids

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!

The war in Ukraine starts to escalate. Evidence: 1. On April 11 Russia destroyed the largest power plant in Kyiv 1/

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

Zelensky to NYTimes. Key points. 1. The U.S. policy of no strikes on Russia Zelensky: I have asked Blinken, I have asked Sullivan, I have asked everyone … let’s us strike Russians when they gather at the border to attack us. 1/

📢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!

Mark your calendars: The 7th annual WALES (Washington Area Labor Economics Symposium) will be on February 14 2025! Come celebrate your love of econ with us. And thanks John Earle and GMU for organizing this year! Info on submission and registration deadlines below.

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