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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Apply by 6-Feb: NBER Innovation Research Boot Camp, July 11-17 With support from Open Philanthropy: - classes: Pierre Azoulay, Kevin Bryan, Ina Ganguli, Ben Jones, Chad Jones, Kyle Myers, and me - panel: Matt Clancy, Dylan Matthews, Caleb Watney - keynotes: Glenn Hubbard & Ronnie Chatterji

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

On Tuesday 1/21 at AEI, hear about infrastructure permitting from: - Michael Strain - James Coleman, Thomas Hochman, Brian Potter, and Alec Stapp on policy options, and - Joe Kile, Eric Lewis, Zach Liscow, and me on the economic effects of changes in permitting www.aei.org/events/how-w...

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Re-posting this call for applications targeting PhD students and early career researchers (PhDs 2014 or later) doing research on the fiscal and economic effects of three productivity policies: R&D, permitting, and immigration. Applications due at midnight on Thurs January 16.

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Can we improve how we identify and develop mathematical talent among youth? This PhD fellowship program is accepting applications for a second cohort! Deadline to apply is midnight on Monday, January 5, 2025. Details available here: www.nber.org/career-resou...

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Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Support Identifying and Developing Mathematical Talent among Youth

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

I’m excited to share a funded year-long PhD student fellowship, combining non-partisan economic policy research & public service at: - Congressional Budget Office - Congressional Research Service - Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Deadline is Thursday 30 January 2025

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Attention: PhD students and early-career researchers interested in the fiscal and economic effects of productivity policies -- particularly R&D, immigration, and infrastructure permitting. Consider applying to this Sloan Foundation NBER fellowship: www.nber.org/graduate-fel...

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

How do changes in immigration policy affect the federal budget? At least for STEM advanced degree green cards (e.g. Section 80303, H.R. 4521), different approaches can result in sharply divergent estimates. From Doug Elmendorf and I w/ the Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM)

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 17/01/2024

I’m excited to announce a funded year-long PhD student fellowship, combining non-partisan economic policy research & public service at: - Congressional Budget Office - Congressional Research Service - Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

Re-posting this as a reminder: the deadline to apply for this one-week PhD summer school on the economics of innovation is midnight EST February 1. Travel, lodging, and meal costs for participants generously covered by Open Philanthropy.

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Matt Clancy @mattsclancy.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

Reminder: deadline to apply for this (free) online PhD short course on the economics of innovation is January 9. Six days to go!

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Matt Clancy @mattsclancy.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

🎺 Dozens of 2023 innovation job market papers! 🎺

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 05/12/2023

Applications open! NBER Innovation Research Boot Camp in Cambridge, MA July 12-18. Classes with Pierre Azoulay, Kevin Bryan, Ina Ganguli, Ben Jones, Chad Jones, Kyle Myers, John Van Reenen, and me/Caleb Watney, as well as keynotes by Bill Kerr and David Wessel.

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Matt Clancy @mattsclancy.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

Next week I'm going to send out a post of PhD job market papers related to innovation. If you're going on the job market this year and want to be included, send me an email! Details here. open.substack.com/pub/mattscla...

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Two Announcements for PhD students

Free online short course + Share your job market paper

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

Announcing a short course! ifp.org/economics-of... Pierre Azoulay Matt Clancy Janet Freilich Ina Ganguli Ben Jones Chad Jones Kyle Myers John Van Reenen + me

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Economics of Ideas, Science and Innovation Online PhD Short Course - Institute for Progress

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

This MedPAC Research Director position seems like a fantastic opportunity for health economists looking to invest in growing the base of rigorous research to inform Medicare payment policy. www.medpac.gov/what-we-do/c...

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Update to this thread: Thanks to generous support from multiple donors, fellowships will be (competitively) available to support PhD students interested in participating in CBO’s dissertation fellows program or similar programs at other Congressional support agencies.

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

I'm very grateful to our authors and our core editorial team (Erik Hurst, Nina Pavcnik, and Tim Taylor) for all of the work that went into this Fall 2023 issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives. All papers are available open-access here: www.aeaweb.org/issues/742

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

If you are a PhD student who is passionate about applying economic policy research to make the world a better place, please consider applying to this CBO dissertation fellows program for academic year 2024-25: phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg03/ats/ca...

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

If you are an academic with research leave or earned sabbatical credit for academic year 2024-25, and are passionate about applying economic policy research to make the world a better place, please consider applying to the CBO’s visiting scholar program: www.cbo.gov/about/career...

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Paul Niehaus + Pierre Azoulay are incredibly inspiring mentors, researchers, and individuals -- I couldn't recommend this J-PAL/MIT Sloan post-doc in the economics of innovation / metascience more highly as an invaluable opportunity to work with and learn from them. aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

I am drafting a new course syllabus and realized: this incredibly thoughtful piece by the always-wise Doug Elmendorf is going to be required reading in every economic policy course I teach for the rest of my career. progress.institute/how-to-trans...

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How to Translate Research Findings into Policy

Recommendations for successfully communicating with policymakers.

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

If the Nature comment below resonates with you, and you are interested in applying economic policy research to encourage scientific progress, innovation, and economic growth, please consider applying for this job posting: searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/708.... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Want to speed up scientific progress? First understand how science policy works

Researchers and policymakers often exist in different worlds and speak different languages. Here are three ways to bridge the divide. Researchers and policymakers often exist in different worlds and s...

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 05/05/2023

New spring 2023 Journal of Economic Perspectives issue: housing/urban economics, universal health insurance, mental health, + a bonus teaching-oriented piece on event study models from Doug Miller: aeaweb.org/issues/721

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