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Es oficial! this fall I'll be starting my PhD at UC San Diego - Rady School!! Extremely excited about this opportunity, can't wait to join the econ & strat group :)

CONFIRMED: Lisa DeNell Cook to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System By a vote of 51-50. Vice President JD Vance Harris voted YEA.

GPA caps weed out so many talented Black and brown students out of economics. Students + student groups like Underrepresented Minorities in Economics have been advocating for changes in the way students are admitted into economics majors for years. Now there's statistical evidence by economists!!

What a pleasure to give back to an organization that gave so much to me!! Please join us and get to know some of the amazing folks I've been fortunate enough to work with :)

NEW: Over the past few months, I heard from several Mexican workers who are wondering: ‘Have I been trafficked?’ They say they were hired for engineering jobs in Georgia, but instead were asked to do grueling assembly-line labor once here. 🧵 ajc.com/news/georgia-n…

We are exactly one week away from the 2022 Research in Color Conference! We have a fantastic line-up of economists and political scientists ready to discuss some very interesting topics, as well as two economic powerhouses as keynotes! register here 👉 researchincolor.org/conference

RIP Takeoff, the secret weapon of one of the great trios since the Magi. A wild staccato stylist, a technical rapper's rapper from the trap with half-a-million around his neck, spitting deceptively complex & colorful bars, always copied but never w/ the same lingo or charisma.

BREAKING - 36,558 total votes were cast in UC Academic Workers’ Strike Authorization Votes, with 98% voting Yes to authorize a multi-unit strike if necessary. These are far and away the largest and most decisive strike authorization votes ever taken by Academic Workers in the US.

We, the Postdocs, Academic Researchers, Academic Student Employees, & Graduate Student Researchers at UC announce a multi-unit strike starting November 14. United with Student Researchers United-UAW & @uaw2865 we will make University of California stop their unlawful conduct & bargain in good faith.

BREAKING: The NLRB has ruled that if bosses commit unfair labor practices in the run-up to a union election then the election will be canceled and the Board will order the employer to immediately recognize and bargain with the union. Union-busting just got a lot harder.

Our paper on the minimum wage is in The Review of Economic Studies! Local #MinimumWage hikes can decrease employment in competitive markets with low labor market concentration but increase employment in markets with high labor market concentration. The result is consistent with #monopsony.

“Since the economic shutdown of 2020, [workers] have realized the power that they have at the negotiating table." #StandUpUAW ft.com/content/f0c340…

📣 CHARGES DROPPED 📣 After months of resistance, UC San Diego has agreed to drop all student misconduct charges and to pursue no further legal action against the three workers arrested in June for allegedly chalking protest slogans on campus.

Now that's the power of mass, labor action. The UC attempted to retaliate against our coworkers, we immediately began organizing to turn out hundreds, if not thousands, to actions to let them know it wouldn't stand -- and then we won!

There used to be a time (less than 10 years ago, not ages ago) when there was very little economic research on collective bargaining and unions. The tide has turned. A 🧵of fantastic job market papers of this year:

🌟We're excited to introduce @berkeley_elena, who's conducting important research on natural disasters + wealth accumulation through our initiative with Energy Institute at Haas! Learn more about Elena's work:

🚨🚨BREAKING: CalTech grad workers and post docs win big! CalTech Grad workers won 799-246 CalTech post doc workers won 240-50 Welcome to the UAW!! #StandUpUAW

📢Nina Roussille and I are recruiting for a *Full-time Predoc RA* to work with us at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)! Looking for people who are curious & driven to work on big questions in labor economics: imperfect competition, institutions, inequality Deadline: Feb 25 careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/clie…

I'VE SEEN ENOUGH with roughly 50% of all possible votes in, UAW holds an insurmountable lead which would either require a massive tallying error or statistically improbable remaining vote share to flip. Vw workers voted #UnionYes to join UAW.