Our paper (out of the COVID School Data Hub) is conditionally accepted at AER-Insights. Thanks to my amazing coauthors (Rebecca Jack, Clare Halloran, James Okun). You can read the whole thing here emilyoster.net/wp-content/upl… (1/3)

THREAD: As Roe v Wade trends. The people of Ireland deeply remember Savita Halappanavar. If the people of the United States have not heard this story, please read. If you feel comfortable. In Oct 2012, Savita arrived in an Irish hospital, complaining of lower back pain that…

Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from U.S. School Districts" by Rebecca Jack, Clare Halloran, James Okun, and Emily Oster. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Today, ABORTION IS STILL LEGAL in Nebraska. Abortion funds, clinics, and support networks are here to help you. Do not cancel your appointments, and if you need care, please reach out to a provider immediately.

✨Call for papers✨ Brenden Timpe and I are organizing a Nebraska Labor Summit: a one-day conference on April 14, 2023 at the University of Nebraska. Anna Aizer and Chris Walters are the keynotes! Please submit your papers: tinyurl.com/2em638jf Deadline is December 15.

How is post-COVID test score recovery looking? We've used 2019, 2021 and 2022 state test scores in our new NBER working paper. CSDH nber.org/papers/w31113 (1/4)

Excited to see our new working paper on test score recovery covered by The Economist!

Have student test scores recovered from the Covid pandemic? See The Economist's coverage of a new working paper by UNL's Rebecca Jack and co-authors

In-person schooling is good. pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10… by Rebecca Jack et al.

If you are hiring a PhD economist this year, be sure to check out Nebraska's Ishita Ahmed! Ishita's job market paper uses novel administrative data to study how delaying kindergarten affects test scores and the socioeconomic achievement gap. sites.google.com/view/ishita-ah…

This is such a fun conference and has been a highlight of my time at UNL. Submit a paper and come visit Lincoln!

🥳🥹 Almost nine (!!) years after the first pilot, this paper with Chris Karpowitz, Stephen D. O'Connell & Jessica Preece is accepted JPE! It's been one of my favorite and most impactful projects, so including a short 🧵 below. Full paper here: tinyurl.com/bzhzmvj3

Hello #econtwitter, Nebraska Economics Nebraska Economics is hiring a theorist this year! We are a junior-centric department with a Census RDC on campus. Please consider applying and tell your friends and students! The JOE link: aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…

Next Tuesday, join economists, #educators, clinicians, and policymakers for a hybrid Economic Mobility Project event on the ongoing effects of the #pandemic on American #children. chicagofed.org/events/2024/on…

Thanks be to all of the presenters, policy reflectors, discussants, in-person and online attendees who participated in the ChicagoFed conference on the ongoing impact of the pandemic on American children! We will share a summary of the event with highlights in the coming

The next edition of the Nebraska Labor Summit will be held in Lincoln on March 28, 2025, with keynotes by Jesse Rothstein and Marika Cabral. Submit your work by December 1, #econtwitter! tinyurl.com/NebraskaLaborS…

Hello #econtwitter, Brenden Timpe, Rebecca Jack and I are hiring a 1-year pre-doc to research gender earnings inequality using restricted Census Data. Open to part-time or remote work. Please reach out with any questions! Econ RA Listings Link to apply: tinyurl.com/bdd7h5sn

How quickly do new moms actually go back to work in the US, in the absence of paid maternity leave? Really quickly. New data -- kind of depressing!! -- here! parentdata.org/the-state-of-p…