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Welcome to SFU Economics Victor! Very excited to have you as a colleague starting in 2024!

Congrats to Minoru!! Incoming Assistant Prof at Economía Uniandes!

So excited about this! If you're on the academic job market this year with *causal* work related to crime/criminal justice policy, please apply for these amazing AV-funded SSRC post-doc fellowships. ssrc.org/programs/arnol…

We can't wait to have you at SFU!

Crime scholars (juniors, grad students, everyone), take note of this funding opportunity! AV is going to "prioritize proposals from principal investigators (PIs) who are new to AV or to the field". This is opening doors for lots of impactful evaluations.

The CJ team at Arnold Ventures just posted a list of policies that it would be helpful to rigorously evaluate. If you're a researcher looking for natural experiments & research ideas, this is for you!! craftmediabucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/CJI-Po…

What are the effects of banning individuals from the social safety net? Do the bans change benefit receipt? Are there spillover effects onto the rest of the household? Check out our new CJARS working paper (with James Reeves, Kevin Schnepel, and C. Walker). Summary🧵1/N

#Econtwitter I am again organizing several economics of crime sessions for the WEAI conference in Seattle (6/29-7/3). I will aim for 50% split btw grad student/faculty participation. Please spread the word & e-mail me an abstract [email protected] by January 31 if interested!

The Arnold Ventures Criminal Justice team is hiring! We’re searching for an Analyst to support our new Research team. This position is perfect for a new or recent college grad who is interested in research, CJ policy, or evidence-based policy more generally. You’d be working

Thanks to Arnold Ventures and EVP of Criminal Justice Jennifer Doleac for helping support today's Innovation Day at UC Irvine. Excellent and energetic engagement. Very pleased to see UCI Social Ecology so well-represented.

Just posted: Arnold Ventures has put together guidance for conducting power analyses of various causal research designs (RCTs and non-RCTs). Huge thanks to Stephen Billings, Jonah Gelbach, and Kevin Schnepel for their help with this. craftmediabucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/EE_Pow…

PhD students: external funding can help you too. Imagine not needing to teach or provide RA support to cover your tuition/stipend, during the year or over the summer. Ask your advisor how much it would cost to buy out your TA/RA requirement, & apply for funding thru this RFP:

If you care about crime, criminal justice, racial inequities, economic inequality, data, or evidence-based policymaking in the U.S., keep an eye out for our JOE launch next week. 3 years in the making. We (CJARS team) are incredibly excited to share this with you & the world!

Such a huge step forward 👇

The Criminal Justice team at Arnold Ventures is hiring! Here is the first of a few positions that are open - please keep an eye on our careers page. Manager of CJ Policy Required background: BA + 3 years experience arnoldventures.org/careers/manage…

"Nothing stops a bullet like a job" is an oft-repeated refrain on the left. But is it true? Read Jens Ludwig of UChicago Urban Labs and Kevin Schnepel in this important new Vital City piece: vitalcitynyc.org/articles/does-…

I can't imagine a better addition to the amazing CJ team at AV! Congrats Ashna, Jen and AV 👏

If you are planning to be on the academic job market this fall, and have a paper studying causal effects related to crime/CJ policy in the US, I recommend submitting an LOI by August 1 in order to get a response from us by late 2024.

Yesterday I had a chance to read this recent piece by Jens Ludwig and Kevin Schnepel - top Econ of Crime scholars - on whether employment and/or income reduce crime. "Does nothing stop a bullet like a job? The effects of income on crime" nber.org/papers/w32297

If you're a PhD student who is: (1) on the job market this year or could use an extra PhD year, & (2) studying causal effects of interventions related to crime/CJ in the US, Apply for $ thru this RFP. Submit an LOI by Aug 1 for a decision by Dec. craftmediabucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/Causal…