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I often joke* that everything would be better if we all had therapists. But surely this is especially true for people who are actively struggling, like those cycling through the CJ system. *This is not a joke.

Seth Zimmerman and I are organizing the Cowles Labor and Public Economics Conference at Yale, June 3-4. Submit your papers by March 22: cowles.yale.edu/conferences/fo….

CHEPS & SDSU ECON announce our Spring 2024 Seminar Series! Thanks to @jillianbcarr Siwan Anderson Daniel Dench Emily Leslie Bill Evans Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) Anca Cristea @danaehernandezc Max Kapustin Alex Albright Frederico Finan Diego Ramos-Toro Chinhui Juhn Mireille Jacobson!

#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!

Come work at ND with me! LEO is one of the best things about the department

Thoughts on the value of a double econ/math major vs. econ major + math minor for getting into econ PhD programs? I've had two current undergrads ask me about this in the past two days. Does the double major matter more for admissions at more highly ranked programs? #EconTwitter

If you're interested in a similar phenomenon in higher education you can check out aeaweb.org/articles?id=10… or for a non technical write up educationnext.org/wp-content/upl… Alex Tabarrok

I am planning to host an event at SOLE for attendees who are interested in the economics of crime. If you will be at SOLE and this sounds like you and you haven’t heard from me already can you drop me a line?

I'll be at the following research conferences this summer/fall. If any junior scholars/PhD students (especially) want to meet for coffee, email me to find a time! ・IRP Summer Research Workshop ・NBER Summer Institute - Crime ・APPAM

Emily Leslie Jonathan Roth Amanda Agan Dean Eckles scott cunningham Our guide with the accompany discussion that goes alongside the code that Emily mentions is here: nber.org/papers/w32348

Are you a researcher looking to improve your causal inference skills? I'm excited to announce that the CJ team Arnold Ventures is hosting 3 causal inference workshops this fall! Two are the day before ASC (Nov 12 in San Francisco), and one is the day before APPAM (Nov 20 just

🚨PSA: My awesome colleague and brilliant econometrician Brigham Frandsen is teaching a two-session course on Machine Learning and Causal Inference starting next week. Details below. mixtapesessions.io/session/ml_oct…

Does a slightly higher #ACT score matter? The answer is yes – Kareem Haggag (UCLA Anderson School of Management), Emily Leslie, Devin Pope (NBER) & Nolan Pope (Univ. of Maryland) estimate a "random" extra point increases the probability of going to 4-year college by 0.73%. doi.org/10.3368/jhr.09…

Earlier I tweeted about how awesome Kyu Matsuzawa is and y u should interview him. Well, more evidence came in. He & Emily Arnesen (another grad student at UO) got an r&r at ReStat on their paper about DV and sports gambling. Check them out if you're demand side. #econtwitter

I was delighted to see the BYU News article about our full-day K study (with Riley Wilson & Jocelyn Wikle, both at BYU) was one of 2024's most read! We couldn't beat the story about the new creamery on campus though. 1/3 news.byu.edu/top-10-byu-sto…

Researchers who use credit data--how did you decide which credit bureau to use?

If you're interested in ML and heterogeneous effects, check out this workshop by my colleague and friend, Brigham Frandsen. He's an excellent teacher.

📢New NBER WP with Sara Ayllón, Lars Lefgren, Rich Patterson & Nicolás Urdaneta Andrade! We would love any feedback if you have a chance to take a look. Full paper here: nber.org/papers/w33911