Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 26/06/2025Hello #econtwitter community: if any of you has been teaching any of my papers, would you mind shooting me a DM? I would hugely appreciate that 🙏 and thanks in advance! 42015
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 26/06/2025Oh wow!! Thanks for covering our research (and making it go viral!!) 131
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 04/06/2025Laureandi/laureati in Economia in cerca di esperienze di ricerca con forte impatto su politiche pubbliche: venite a lavorare all’Evaluation Lab del Fondo per la Repubblica Digitale! Dettagli qui: 👇🏼 061
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 23/04/2025I've done my part to combat the trend this week!nytimes.comBirthrates Languish in Record Lows, C.D.C. ReportsDespite a 1 percent increase in 2024, U.S. birthrates remained in a historic slump, a trend that worries demographers and cultural critics. 17961
Reposted by Barbara BiasiNBER @nber.org · 13/04/2025A 2011 Wisconsin reform weakened teachers' unions, raised test scores, and was a political win for its main proponent, from Barbara Biasi and Wayne Aaron Sandholtz www.nber.org/papers/w33666 182
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 09/04/2025It's like Italy in 2011. not good (and guess who was the president) 161
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 07/04/2025The main conclusion we draw from this study is that even controversial reforms can be a political success if they benefit enough people. Our results also underscore the crucial role of institutions—in our case, unions—in shaping responses to policy. Thanks for reading! 050
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 07/04/2025Walker did best in districts with many young teachers (whose pay👆bc of Act 10 on avg) and a lot of families w/kids. But alsoin places with politically active unions pre-Act 10, which likely experienced the largest change in union participation to politics with the reform. 120
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 07/04/2025We then ask: what was it about Act 10 that drove votes to Walker? Was it the personal gains some people experienced, or was it the fact that unions were not around anymore to tell people how to vote? We find that it was both. 120
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 07/04/2025How do we show this? We look at political contributions of the 900K folks who signed the petition to initiate the recall election. Even among this group of staunch Walker opponents, Dem contributions fell and GOP contributions increased *at a higher rate* than among non-signers. 120
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 07/04/2025You may wonder: everyone knew about Act10. Why would exposure to it matter 4 how ppl voted? Great Q. The answer, we argue, is that Act10 got a lot of bad press from the get-go. However, upon exposure people likely saw some benefits from it and changed their mind. 120
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 07/04/2025How? The reform could only be implemented in a district after its pre-Act 10 CBA had expired. By the 2012 election, only some districts had experienced the law. We compare these with not-yet-exposed districts find that they drew support for the gov in terms of votes. 120
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 07/04/2025What about Walker? He actually did quite well despite the protests: won a recall election in 2012 (the first incumbent US governor to do so) and again a general election in 2014. But did he win *despite* Act 10 or *because* of Act 10? We argue he won *because* of Act 10. 120
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 07/04/2025We show that the reform was terrible for unions (revenues📉) and for some teachers, who saw their pay halt or even go down. However, some (younger) teachers benefited and, importantly, test scores went up in its aftermath. So the reform was bad for some and good for others. 130
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 07/04/2025Act 10 drastically changed collective bargaining and pay, part. for public teachers. It made it hard for unions to operate, prevented them from negotiating salary schedules, & gave districts flexibility to set T pay. The reform was met with major protests, which lasted months. 120
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 07/04/2025To answer this question we go to Wisconsin, a political battleground in every recent major election, and look at the political consequences of a very controversial public-sector reform of collective bargaining, Act 10 of 2011, championed by then-governor Scott Walker. 120
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 07/04/2025🚨🆕 In a new NBER working paper out today (tinyurl.com/2vv3vnhf), with @wsandholtz.bsky.social we ask a 🔥question: Can controversial public policies end up being political successes even when they cause lots of backlash? And if the answer is yes, what drives pol success? A thread 👇 33911
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 01/04/2025Watching history happen. The longest filibuster ever was 24h 18m long. 050
Reposted by Barbara BiasiTodd Jones @toddrjones.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Mississippi State Univ. is hiring a tenure-track Econ Assistant Prof w/ August start! Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall). Apply: MSU site & www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768 Please repost—it's an off-cycle search. Thanks! 04842
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 20/03/2025I was glad to contribute to the @aefpweb.bsky.social livehandbook.org with a chapter on Teacher compensation. Check it out!livehandbook.orgEvidence-Based Education Policy Research | Live HandbookExplore evidence-based education policy research at our digital hub. Access data-driven insights to improve learning outcomes and shape effective policies. 0162
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 17/03/2025I feel you, 100%. I keep on thinking about the poem "And Then They Came for Me." 051
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 17/03/2025The news over the weekend and this morning have been terrifying. I'm dismayed at the total lack of action but I also have no idea how to act. I can't believe I'm watching America as I know it collapse in front of my eyes. 613615
Reposted by Barbara BiasiBend the Arc Jewish Action: South Jersey @btasj.bsky.social · 09/03/2025To be absolutely, 100% clear, THIS is something that ends in “then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out” 172064719
Reposted by Barbara BiasiJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Overwhelmingly the biggest saving that Musk has delivered to the American people is that they can now buy Tesla stock much more cheaply. 51980149
Reposted by Barbara BiasiIngo E. Isphording @ingoisphording.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Devastating news at IZA yesterday. More than 25 years of hard work, earned reputation, and valuable institutional knowledge and public good provision wiped out with a single stroke. It’s hard to find the words. 1915029
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 24/02/2025Silly me for thinking "well at least there's Europe"... This is so sad. 2212
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 24/02/2025*Impressive* piece of work showing differences in intergenerational mobility of immigrants across countries. Finding that resonated the most w/me is importance of access to citizenship - which is still unreasonably hard in many countries, esp. my home country of Italy. 1102
Reposted by Barbara BiasiThe Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Recently accepted by #QJE, “What Works and For Whom? Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments Across the U.S.,” by Biasi (@barbarabiasi.com), Lafortune, and Schönholzer (@davidschonholzer.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...doi.orgWhat Works and for Whom? Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments Across the U.S.*Abstract. This paper identifies which investments in school facilities help students and which and are valued by homeowners. Using novel data on school dis 1275
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 20/02/2025Makes sense - I hadn't seen the original tweet so this seemed very puzzling! 020
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 19/02/2025Super happy to see this accepted! academic.oup.com/qje/advance-...academic.oup.comWhat Works and for Whom? Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments Across the U.S.*Abstract. This paper identifies which investments in school facilities help students and which and are valued by homeowners. Using novel data on school dis 614021
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 19/02/2025very cool!!media.tenor.coma woman in a dress is sitting on a couch drinking a cup of coffee and reading a bookALT: a woman in a dress is sitting on a couch drinking a cup of coffee and reading a book 130
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 19/02/2025what is the point of posting a thread like this that basically says "something happened, but I can't tell you what"? 120
Reposted by Barbara BiasiMike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 01/02/2025The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...blog.archive.orgEnd of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs 4803277612102
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 02/02/2025A propos of nothing: this is Germany right now. apnews.com/article/germ...apnews.comThousands in Germany protest the rise of the far right ahead of next month's electionActivists said Saturday they hoped the rally also would draw attention to other far-right parties in Europe and the new administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. 081
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 29/01/2025Useful (although sobering) summary of NAEP scores by @cedr.bsky.social. tl;dr: there is nothing to be happy about and tons of work to do. It's chilling to think of the harm cuts to essential K-12 federal programs may do if this is where we are today. 040
Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 29/01/2025Me after this week: man, I am in terrible need of a good news NCES: here are the 2024 NAEP scores 040
Reposted by Barbara BiasiDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Just a heads up. I can only speak to education but Title IV funds, which include the Pell Grant, are currently excluded from the "freeze." This is still incredibly catastrophic (and illegal? though lol what are laws?). Just don't take this list as the final word, it's an evolving situation. 816040
Reposted by Barbara BiasiAEA Information @aeainformation.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Congratulations to @barbarabiasi.com who was recognized for the AEJ Best Paper Award for Economic Policy at #ASSA2025 for the paper “The Labor Market for Teachers under Different Pay Schemes.” #econsky aeaweb.org/articles?id=... 1625
Reposted by Barbara BiasiMichael Anne Kyle @michaelannica.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Vertical integration 1431047
Reposted by Barbara BiasiJaime Arellano-Bover @jarellanobover.com · 14/12/2024Happening in Bari next week! Raffaele Lagravinese, @barbarabiasi.com and I have organized this workshop hoping to bring together Apulian economists around the world (there are a ton!) and researchers at University of Bari (our kind hosts). Hopefully the first of many to come. 0101