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Barton Willage

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Assoc Professor at the University of Delaware. Health, public, and labor econ. BartonWillage.com

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John Cawley @johncawley.bsky.social · 5h
From our AEA cttee on the job market, here's the first update on the status of the job mkt for PhD economists of the 2026-27 cycle. A thread with graphs follows... #EconJobMarket #EconSky @aeainformation.bsky.social @aeacswep.bsky.social @joelistings.bsky.social 1/9
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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So excited to be launching this request for proposals on state policies to improve k-12 educational outcomes at Arnold Ventures. I'm stoked to be supporting the team in carrying out this RFP. Take a look, share, and send in an LOI www.arnoldventures.org/stories/what...
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Arnold Ventures | What State Policies Improve Student Outcomes in…
With student achievement still below pre-pandemic levels and states poised to remake key education policies, Arnold Ventures is launching a new request…
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Andrew Bacher-Hicks @abacherhicks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
K-12 researchers! Take a look at the new Arnold Ventures RFP supporting causal research on the impacts of K-12 school policies. LOIs are due Nov. 13. Please share widely!
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Peter Nencka 📊 @peternka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We're hiring two folks at Miami Econ this year! One health One "applied micro" Dynamic fun department in small town with big town (Cincinnati) nearby! Tell your friends and apply! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....,
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American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2026 - January 31, 2027
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srgitter @sethgitter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
For those hiring at non-PhD schools, I'll be curious if the market is changing. Having been on many hiring committees I wondered what the market was like for non-PhD schools, so I wrote a paper journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A public-use version of the Open Research Unconditional income Study (ORUS) dataset is now posted! This RCT paid $1000/month to a treatment group for 3 years. Test your favorite hypotheses about the effects of guaranteed income! data.openresearchlab.org
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OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study Public-Use Data – OpenResearch
Public-use data and documentation from OpenResearch’s randomized study of unconditional cash transfers.
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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 10/09/2026
New post on AI in (economics) writing paulgp.substack.com/p/how-do-we-...
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How do we know if writing is AI?
Some initial analyses of AI’s impact on economics writing
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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
www.nber.org/papers/w35680
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Sebastian Tello Trillo @sebastiantt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New episode of #TheHiddenCurriculum is out (and we'll be posting new ones the next few weeks, so tune in!) This week we talk with @andreamoro.bsky.social on how to use all stuff related to git and github! We even walk you through how to do it if you want (video link below)!
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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Society of Labor Economists is piloting a new mentoring program intended to provide small group mentoring, providing advice on how to improve research and navigate the publishing process. We are seeking both mentors and mentees--apply here! www.sole-jole.org/sole-mentoring
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SOLE Mentoring
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Sebastian Tello Trillo @sebastiantt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Hi Friends! We finally have a podcast website! the-hidden-curriculum.com If you ever have wonder if we've covered a topic, Alex Hollingsworth has created a website that will have all the transcripts, and an easy way to search the topics and who we've talked to. Hope y'all enjoy!
the-hidden-curriculum.com
The Hidden Curriculum
My awesome website
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John Cawley @johncawley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I highly recommend NABE’s Econ Career Week for anyone who’ll be on the Econ PhD job market this Fall… #EconJobMarket conta.cc/4yUpx2p
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Entering the Econ Job Market? Hear Directly from Employers During NABE’s Econ Career Week!
Email from National Association for Business Economics NABE Econ Career Week | August 10-13 Greetings! Whether you're preparing to enter the PhD job market this year or planning ahead for a future job
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Marianne Bitler @mpbitler.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
AEA Ballots: Pointing out that Kitt Carpenter, Francisca Antman, and Anusha Chari are all running. www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/le... discusses the goals/experience of the candidates. Also, you have an opportunity to recommend people for recognition by the AEA at the very end of the ballot.
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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
For the Stata reshapers among us... www.statalist.org/forums/forum... @stata.bsky.social
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Todd Jones @toddrjones.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The dramatic decline in the US teen birth rate.
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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
If you'll be on the econ job market this fall with a paper related to crime, the criminal justice system, or people with criminal records, and would like to present it in the ViCE seminar, email me! (My address is on my website.)
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IZA@LISER @iza.org · 21/07/2026
📢 Call for Papers: Inaugural IZA@LISER Conference in Labour Economics #IZAatLISER 🗣️W/ Keynotes from Patricia Cortes & @schoefer.bsky.social 🗓️ 10-11 Dec. 2026 in #Luxembourg 📖 Topics include #Education #Inequality #Migration #GenderEconomics etc. ⌛ Submit by 31/08 👉 www.iza.org/news/inaugur...
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 16/07/2026
The AEA is seeking nominations for journal coeditors and board members, and is deliberately trying to widen its search beyond the existing team's social networks. Nominate yourself or others! Nominations are simple (basically just names). You can submit them here: survey.sogolytics.com/r/QmAiqd
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Natasha Pilkauskas @natashap.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
We are hiring a postdoctoral fellow to help with work on a project to study the Michigan school meals program (universal meals). Come work with me and Kathy Michelmore! @kmichelmore.bsky.social edpolicy.umich.edu/what-we-do/j...
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Join our team
The University of Michigan seeks candidates to become active members of the Education Policy Initiative. Our research group brings together a interdisciplinary set of scholars focused on the generatio...
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Jim Flynn @jimflynn9.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Are you at #WEAI in Denver and interested in how sleep-loss increases fatal car accidents? Come see me present two papers with novel ID addressing this, including my favorite titled paper of all-time: "When the Moon Makes You Drive Like You've Had Too Much Wine" Details below.
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Kevin Rinz @kevinrinz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Great early-career opportunities to work in my group at the Cleveland Fed are now open! Traditional RA job: rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FRS/jo... Another requiring more experience/offering more autonomy: rb.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FRS/jo... Send us good people! Happy to answer questions
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Research Analyst, Regional Analysis I/II
Company Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is part of the nation’s central bank and we’ve provided many opportunities for professional growth during our history. W...
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John Cawley @johncawley.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Members of APPAM (@appam.bsky.social), please consider nominating outstanding early-career scholars for the David N. Kershaw award, which recognizes distinguished contributions to the field of public policy analysis by those under the age of 40. Deadline is this coming week. Details here:
appam.org
David N. Kershaw Award | APPAM
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Aaron Schwartz @aschwartz.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Impressive digitization of historical physician directories to study the effects of liberalizing licensing for foreign medical graduates in the 1960s and 70s. Nice work from Wenni Yang, a UC Davis PhD student.
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Dan Ly @meddly.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I have a setting where I have to directly approve all new additions to my profile
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Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Decisions have been communicated, if you applied and received no decisions, please get in touch. @peibich.bsky.social and I look forward to seeing you all in Paris in June.
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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Oh heyyyy check me out on @npr.org Marketplace's Make Me Smart! I talk about why Trump's Mass Deportation is harming the labor market, harming US-born workers, and why the false narratives about mass deportations persist Make Me Smart www.marketplace.org/shows/shows/...
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Carly Urban @carlyurban.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
We at Montana State Ag Econ & Econ are hiring a 9-month NTT to teach 3-3 in the next academic year. Primary areas are principles of macro, intermediate macro, and intermediate micro. Come hang out in Bozeman! Application now on JOE. www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
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Claudia Persico @claudiapersico.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Is anyone looking for a last minute extra paper on pollution, education, or health (or crime) for a panel at #ASSA2027?
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Age distribution of US university faculty 1977, 1987, 1996. Anyone know what this looks like today or in other countries?
In 1977, two fifths of faculty were under 40. In 1996, that had gone down by approximately half.
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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I'm putting together the summer schedule for the ViCE seminar (link below). Have a working paper related to crime or criminal justice policy that you'd like to present? Send it to me! (Papers measuring causal effects are the best fit.)
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Prof Keith Marzilli Ericson @profericson.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Just posted! We're hiring for a full time lecturer in analytics/econometrics at BU Questrom for this coming fall. Apply ASAP at academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31942
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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
We’ve updated our primer on SNAP work requirements to reflect changes to policy in Trump 2.0. These policy changes will leave needy families hungry with no meaningful effects on work.
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
OK, time for a game! These charts show employment for a selection of detailed industries (4-digit NAICS) vs their prepandemic (2012-2019) trend. Which ones, if any, seem to show the effect of AI? (Chat GPT launch shown for reference.) I'll post a version with industry labels in a bit. #EconSky
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Olivier Simard-Casanova @o.simardcasanova.net · 07/04/2026
TIL I learned that Nespresso Vertuo machines have an Expert Mode
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I found a hidden Nespresso setting, and it's a game-changer
This viral Nespresso hack is solving all my Vertuo woes
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I’ve decided I need to explicitly teach students how to make, label, & title tables & write table notes Therefore, I am asking for donations I need: 🤦‍♀️tables that suck 🏆tables that shine ☑️tables that once sucked & now shine Drop me a screenshot or DM & I will produce a nice resource for all of us
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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, April 9, at 1pm ET. Sofia Amaral will present: "Can Debiasing Law Enforcement Officers Improve Performance? Evidence from an Expressive Arts Intervention in India"
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srgitter @sethgitter.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
If you teach intro to Econ and would be interested in being part of an RCT on AI homework tutor I have a good lead on funding. Participating faculty will get $500 to $1000. DM me or email sgitter@towson.edu Please repost! Repost and I'll buy you a drink at ASSA 2027 or future conference
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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
For the APPAM crowd: I'm still looking for a home for a paper on SNAP work requirements — please feel free to reach out if you're still pulling together a panel where it might be a good fit! (Policy RCT panels would also work)
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Sam Eyler-Driscoll 🍉🌻🍁 @sameyler.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
i'm sorry wtf do you mean by "Appendix U"
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Marianne Bitler @mpbitler.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
It's transgender day of visibility for a few more hours. Be an ally to our colleagues and graduate and UG students and all others in the community.
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Todd Pugatch @toddpugatch.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Anyone have examples of policies on the use of AI for dissertations you can point me to? #econsky #edusky
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Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
We do! The nomination window for the AEA's Distinguished Service Award will re-open in April! Brought to you by @aeacpc.bsky.social www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...
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AEA Distinguished Service Award
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Carly Urban @carlyurban.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Do you have a paper on financial decision-making? Want to present research & hike? Does Bozeman in early August sound good? The Financial Decision-making Conference is Aug 6-7! Submission deadline April 20. The call for papers is here: fdmconference.pages.dev#cfp
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Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🔊 If you have research addressing data issues related to the study of aging, apply to the CHABLIS Institute meetings in Sept. 2026:
redcap.uchicago.edu
CHABLIS Institute 2026
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Christoph Kronenberg @ckronenberg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
No fee, high quality summar school in London in May on the Economics of Health & Human Capital: echo-rhul.github.io/summerschool... #econsky
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Annaliese Paulson @annaliesep.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Asking the internet to help crowdsource - what are your small pieces of advice for a successful campus visit? Things like: 1. have a protein bar 2. drink lots of water, 3. wear comfortable shoes because someone will inevitably suggest a walk instead of meeting in their office
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Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
When this haircut shows up in your arrakis it means spice prices about to go up
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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
NYC friends! I'm around next week and free for some happy hours and dinners. DM me and let's hang!
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