Way to go Fran Blau and all the rest!

UI payments were instrumental in preventing widening inequality and enabling lower income people to maintain their spending. Way to go @ElizaForsythe and Matías Cortés !!!

Waiting for the remaining men to start trying a lot harder at the US Open. Florian Ederer and Jen Brown Quitters Never Win: The (Adverse) Incentive Effects of Competing with Superstars | Journal of Political Economy journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.108…

Wait a minute. What if it's all a lie to take attention away from the horrible jobs report?

We are hiring a postdoc! Come be my colleague at University of Rochester. Job market candidates (and students looking to delay the market) in LABOR please apply: aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph… #EconTwitter

Great news! But by my calc, NYS has 1.4 million residents in the top priority group (healthcare workers and nursing home staff and residents). How will we choose who gets vaccinated and when is the rest coming?

Naturally 😜

A recent interview highlighting joint work with my COVID team: @ElizaForsythe @fabolange and David wiczer.

Well said! 1. It's a privilege to be mentored like this; even better to contribute to science at the same time. 2. I call BS on anybody who claims they had no idea this program would be evaluated. 3. For people who think polishing up a paper is "wasted" effort, sorry not sorry.

Very interesting article in NYT by Jeanna Smialek (and Ben Casselman) on how the pandemic recession may shift labor demand, with potential for greater automation. For more on this topic, check out my paper with Lisa Kahn: aeaweb.org/articles?id=10….

Teaching on zoom at the end of the last COVID semester is like... youtube.com/watch?v=wB1X4o…

I entered UofC undergrad in 1999 and couldn't agree more about Hugo's enormously positive impact on the institution, despite the backlash he faced. He was also a truly kind person and mentor (+ brilliant economist ). Grateful for my time at UofC and esp learning from Hugo.

Our dear friend and colleague Heikki is still missing. Hoping that someone in #Rochester has info that might help find him. 13wham.com/news/local/mis…

Omg Claudia!!!