
Dr. Peter Q. Blair
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Economist studying: Education, Labor Markets, Occupational Licensing, Future of Work & STARs // Associate Prof @Harvard and NBER Research Associate
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Congratulations to Jay Bhattacharya as he begins his tenure as the 18th NIH Director! A renowned doctor, researcher, & health economist, Dr. Bhattacharya held a tenured professorship at Stanford Medicine. go.nih.gov/PjXccH1




Join us in congratulating Lauren Falcao Bergquist, who was recently awarded an U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Grant to support her research on agricultural supply chains in Uganda and other lower-income countries: economics.yale.edu/news/250407/la…

🚨 What happens when you take a bunch of human capital out of a local economy? Is brain drain a real thing & what are the consequences? In a new paper, we shed light on this in the context of highly developed economies: Sweden and Norway. Alexander Willén Katrine Vellesen Løken Petter Lundborg


Occupational Licenses serve as job market signals that reduce asymmetric information and the racial wage gap. In the March issue, by Peter Q. Blair (Dr. Peter Q. Blair) and Bobby W. Chung (Bobby W Chung) zurl.co/hUgYj




Check out the latest article by Prof. Kenny Whaley Kenny Whaley and his coauthors, about racial segregation and the consequences in the US. #econtwitter

Honored to be Harvard University commencement. The legend is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the building!


Commence Harvard University never fails to be a joyous occasion. Congratulations to all the graduates and to their families. Well done!!





Getting new books direct from the printer is a special perk of the job. Two books about young people - in the U.S. and in China - and the opportunities their respective nations offer them. The Highest Exam and Inherited Inequality are coming this fall from Harvard University Press.



Congratulations Christina J. Cross! This is a phenomenal accomplishment!