
Jeff Denning
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Economist @nd_econ Economics of Education
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http://www.jeffdenning.com 04-06-2009 14:57:38
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🚨🆕📜In a new NBER working paper out today (tinyurl.com/2vv3vnhf), with Wayne Sandholtz we ask a 🔥question: Can controversial public policies end up being political successes even when they cause lots of backlash? And if the answer is yes, what drives pol success? A thread 👇


.Barbara Biasi and I show that Scott Walker's teacher pay reform worked on 2 levels: it improved student performance, and it won votes. Big implications for current policy debates -- and, I promise, something to cheese people off from every part of the political spectrum. 🧵:

🚨 What happens when you take a bunch of human capital out of a local economy? Is brain drain a real thing & what are the consequences? In a new paper, we shed light on this in the context of highly developed economies: Sweden and Norway. Alexander Willén Katrine Vellesen Løken Petter Lundborg


We’re hiring! 🥳 The Arnold Ventures Criminal Justice team is hiring an Economic Policy & Innovation Fellow. This 2-year position will focus on applying insights about incentives and market forces, to identify innovative strategies that address public safety. Please RT!








After review, this pitch was obstructed by Reese Atwood bat. #HookEm | 📺: ESPN

👋👋👋 #HookEm | leighann (:



Thrilled to have found such a fantastic home QJE for this paper w/ kristy buzard & Laura K Gee! tinyurl.com/5xkefck4


