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Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute @oiginstitute.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

At our research conference on 10/8, Sandra E. Black @econsandy.bsky.social will present research on how student loans affect parents’ financial health, savings decisions, and consumption choices. More info here: bit.ly/3SRGASn

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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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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

📢 We are hiring 📢 Please spread the word: We are hiring a 🧑‍🎓 Postdoc (up to 6 years, non-tenure track) at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education! Come join our team as junior faculty: www.ifo.de/en/job-offer... Application deadline: July 22

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Steve Okino @steveokino.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

My spirit animal.

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Martha Bailey @marthajbailey.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I am excited to organize this conference with Yana Gallen. Please submit, repost, and also circulate to your networks.

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Nicolas R. Ziebarth @nicolasziebarth.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Please submit, health economists, and share widely!

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Kate Musen @khmusen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I am so excited to share that I will be joining the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an assistant professor in Fall 2027, after spending the 2026–2027 academic year as a Frank H.T. Rhodes Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cornell Population Center!

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

📢 Call for papers: CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education co-organized w/ Eric Hanushek (Stanford) 🏛️ 11-12 Sept 2026, Munich 🧑‍🏫 Keynote: John List (Chicago) @johnlist.bsky.social 👉 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev... ⏰ Deadline: 11 May 2026 🖼️ Past programs: sites.google.com/view/woessma...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 13/12/2025

Wide childhood measles vaccination ⬆️ Americans personal earnings by about $450 per person per year. Estimate contrasts long-run adult earnings of people who grew up just before vs after measles vax rolled out decades ago. Burning our present & future, for what? www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Kate Musen has a super impressive portfolio of work-be sure to check it out at katemusen.com!

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Kate Musen @khmusen.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I'm on the #EconJobMarket! I study how policies and childhood environments shape outcomes of low-income & vulnerable kids. In my JMP, I study the effects of allowing youth who would have aged out of foster care at 18 to stay until 21—offering support their peers not in foster care get from parents.

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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Hannah's work shows that, when the minimum wage increases, schedule unpredictability goes up too. Perhaps not surprising (but very hard to show)--as the wage goes up, workers pay in other ways. She is on the market and has a number of very cool and important papers! hannahfarkas.github.io

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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Kate Musen has a super impressive portfolio of work-be sure to check it out at katemusen.com!

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Want to help some of the most vulnerable young people in society get on in life? Then extend the age at which young adults leave foster care, says this fascinating new US study by @khmusen.bsky.social The effects - particularly on employment rates - are significant. katemusen.com/uploads/jmp....

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Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Hannah also finds a tradeoff between schedule unpredictability and wages: when the minimum wage is increased, scheduling unpredictability increases too. Suggests another margin that firms are able to cut costs on when minimum wages increase. (parallels with our work on workplace injuries).

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Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

2. Firms pass demand risk onto workers: Hannah shows that on bad-weather days (when fewer people come to buy things from these retail & hospitality businesses), there are more last-minute shift cancellations. In most jobs, the firm bears the risk of demand shocks unless extreme (-> layoffs).

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Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

This is a fascinating paper. It's the first (afaik) to actually document food&drink&retail scheduling unpredictability using actual firm data. It illustrates v clearly why unpredictable scheduling makes these jobs so difficult:

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Robert Metcalfe @rmetcalfe.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Check out Hannah awesome JMP on job schedule unpredictability and how minimum wage policy affects such unpredictability: hannahfarkas.github.io/files/The_Ec...

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Hannah Farkas @hannah-farkas.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Excited to see my JMP cited in the Economist—it highlights the tradeoffs workers could face with a higher minimum wage and suggests more worker protections like Fair Workweek laws could be important alongside minimum wage increases www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 21/11/2025

Hey, #EconSky! The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is here @usbls.bsky.social! bsky.app/profile/usbl...

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Hannah Farkas @hannah-farkas.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I’m on the #EconJobMarket! I study labor, extreme weather adaptation, and inequality. My JMP addresses an under-studied aspect of the labor market: schedule unpredictability among hourly workers in the service sector. 🧵👇

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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

SoLE deadline extended until Monday morning! *If the U.S. government shutdown is affecting your ability to access data/materials to finish your paper, please submit a long abstract with the understanding that you will post an updated paper when you are able and note that in the abstract!

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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Society of Labor Economists (SoLE) Annual Conference will be May 1-2, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Submission portal is now open! Deadline for submissions is October 31--don't forget to submit! It will be a great conference! (organized by me and @jrothst.bsky.social) mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...

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Laura K Gee @laurakgee.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

What’s spooky about Oct 31? 👻🎃 It is the deadline for SOLE! I’m on the scientific committee so pls send lots of great submissions for me to look through!!!!

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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

So excited to be working with @jrothst.bsky.social and the amazing program committee to make this year's SoLE annual meeting the best ever-don't forget to submit your paper so you can join us there! www.sole-jole.org/2026-program...

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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Just a reminder to submit your papers to SoLE!!! It will be a great conference, with not-to-be-missed keynotes by Janet Currie, Kerwin Charles, and Jeff Smith! Avoid FOMO and submit! 🥳

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Jose Fernandez @uoflecon.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

The @newyorkfed.bsky.social will hold a webinar on Demystifying A Career Path in Economics Econ is such a flexible degree that students are often overcome by the Paradox of Choice. Learn more here. Wednesday, September 24 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Learn more and register: cvent.me/kYye3K

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John Cawley @johncawley.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

If you'll be on the #EconJobMarket this coming year, you may want to join this webinar by @aereorg.bsky.social, titled, "Navigating Uncertain Waters: Advice for the Current Job Market," with Min Gong & @adrienneohler.bsky.social. 29 Sept 2025 @ 11am ET.

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Jacob Bastian @jacobbastian.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Submit that new research project of yours and I will see you in Denver. Will be a great conference!

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Brittany Street @brittanystreet.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Among my favorite conferences! Note the October 31 submission deadline 👇🏽

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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

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Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

A monthly employment report isn't a privilege. It's the law. uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?e... h/t @claudia-sahm.bsky.social

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Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I don’t think I have ever publicly criticized any Presidential nominee before. But E.J. Antoni is completely unqualified to be BLS Commissioner. He is an extreme partisan and does not have any relevant expertise. He would be a break from decades of nonpartisan technocrats.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I’m glad Marisa mentioned this. In certain circles there is - correctly! - laser focus on this catastrophe but it can be hard to get the story through to people, in no small part because it’s so upsetting and bleak and enraging that some deep part of people shuts down and rejects it.

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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

This is horrific. And it is happening under our watch (and, even worse, with our assistance).

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Arin Dube @arindube.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

A timely and trenchant piece by Suresh Naidu. When future generations sift through the wreckage of our era, they’ll find it strewn with the institutional and personal failures of leaders both great and small. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

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Opinion | Columbia’s Administrators Are Fooling Themselves

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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Walking on campus, I was just thinking how hard it is to be a grad student. It was by far the hardest thing I have done professionally, and there were many days (and nights!) when I was certain I would never come up with a job market paper (or, any paper, really). Grad students, hang in there!🤗

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

My coauthor @jasonbcook.bsky.social & I recently showed that making parents of younger children comply with SNAP Work Requirements does nothing but take food away from the neediest families. These parents don't work any more because they face barriers to work. econofact.org/efficacy-of-...

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Efficacy of Safety Net Work Requirements for Parents | Econofact

Do work requirements increase work? Do they take benefits away from the neediest households? Evidence of the impact of SNAP work requirements on families.

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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Such a great new issue of @aeacswep.bsky.social CSWEP newsletter--strongly recommend all young researchers check it out! (In general, I find the CSWEP newsletter to have great advice!)

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

RFK Jr says "Only very sick kids should die from measles.” Umm, NO. No one should die from measles. If everyone got vaccinated, it could have been eradicated. But thanks to your misinformation, here we are. #medsky

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AMIE @econmentoring.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Join us April 28 & 29 for the 4th Workshop in Applied Micro for PhD students! Make sure to REGISTER for Day 1 and Day 2 sessions and Keynote Lectures: sites.google.com/view/amie-4t... cc @cmichaudleclerc.bsky.social @anamelo.bsky.social @priyamukherjee.bsky.social Nishith Prakash

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Workshop Description The Association for Mentoring and Inclusion in Economics (AMIE) is pleased to announce that the 4th Workshop in Applied Microeconomics, for PhD students. Workshop Dates: 28th ...

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Ana Paula Melo @anamelo.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

The AMIE Workshop is kicking off now! Join us for a fantastic day of papers and a keynote by Professor Sandra Black. 🔗 sites.google.com/view/amie-4t...

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Workshop Description The Association for Mentoring and Inclusion in Economics (AMIE) is pleased to announce that the 4th Workshop in Applied Microeconomics, for PhD students. Workshop Dates: 28th ...

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AMIE @econmentoring.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Registration for AMIE's 4th Workshop in Applied Microeconomics is now open! 📆 Date: 28th & 29th April 📍 Location: Zoom (Registration link available on website linked below!) Please find the schedule & registration links here: sites.google.com/view/amie-4t... We look forward to your participation!

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Workshop Description The Association for Mentoring and Inclusion in Economics (AMIE) is pleased to announce that the 4th Workshop in Applied Microeconomics, for PhD students. Workshop Dates: 28th ...

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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I am going to be giving a keynote lecture (online) on April 28 at 12:30 (EDT--New York) with my advice for young economists. Register here for the keynote and get more information about the conference, which looks like a great lineup! sites.google.com/view/amie-4t... @econmentoring.bsky.social

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Workshop Description The Association for Mentoring and Inclusion in Economics (AMIE) is pleased to announce that the 4th Workshop in Applied Microeconomics, for PhD students. Workshop Dates: 28th ...

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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

"The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government. "

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Tarikua Erda @tarikuaerda.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

JM update: So excited to head to NYU Stern for a postdoc before starting as an AP of Finance at Stern @ NYU-Abu Dhabi in Fall 2026! Thrilled to join this vibrant research community + be closer to Addis, where I grew up and became fascinated by the entrepreneurship, env't & labor issues I now study!

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Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute @oiginstitute.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

It’s that time – time to submit your paper to our annual Institute Research Conference! Join colleagues for broad scholarly discussion around research on enhancing economic opportunity and inclusive growth. Learn about the event + submission criteria here: bit.ly/3wiLpn8

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Call for papers, submit by April 11, 2025

2025 Institute Research Conference
November 13-14, 2025, Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Institute Research Conference showcases a range of frontier-style research related to the Institute's mission of supporting the Fed's dual mandate through research into sources of economic opportunity and inclusive growth.

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