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John Fallon

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BU Econ PhD candidate. Labor, Education. www.john-fallon-econ.com

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Great 🧵 on our (yes, dream) team's latest research from my coauthor @julia-turner.bsky.social... who fails to mention that she will be on the market this fall with a killer JMP about the roll-out of these community college bachelor's degrees in Washington. 👀
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Daniel Zhao @danielzhao.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
@sassermodestino.bsky.social had a nice research summary of the benefits of summer youth employment programs. Source: econofact.org/do-summer-yo...
screenshot of research summary conclusion:
"Early work exposure has become increasingly rare among teenagers. Summer youth employment programs make it easier for youth to find jobs and, unlike year-round undertakings, they happen when youth are likely to be idle rather than competing with academic studies or extracurricular activities. The evidence to date indicates that summer youth employment programs have the potential to reduce delinquent behavior, enhance academic aspirations and performance, and improve social and emotional development. Compared to more targeted behavioral programs, SYEPs provide job experience that may also lead to a future career or post-secondary education. Moreover, these programs help families at or near the poverty line by providing income to teens — of whom half report paying one or more household bills. Finally, these programs supply low-cost workers to community-based programs such as summer camps that provide inexpensive daycare for working parents. While evidence of the long-term effects in education or employment is mixed, the positive impacts associated with the reduction in crime indicate that the benefits of summer jobs programs exceed the costs. Looking ahead, SYEPs can lay a strong foundation upon which additional interventions can be layered to achieve more sustained and meaningful outcomes — perhaps by providing greater linkages between summer and year-round employment programs, full-time work, community college enrollment or apprenticeships."
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John Fallon @john-fallon-econ.com · 25/05/2026
Can't believe I missed "THIS IS SPARTA!!!"
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John Fallon @john-fallon-econ.com · 25/05/2026
Sounds positively Spartan
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John Fallon @john-fallon-econ.com · 16/05/2026
But doing a stacked event study like you all do in your 2019 paper should solve this, right?
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 14/05/2026
Q: Does my thesis adviser pick the snake? A: No. Your adviser just tells the guy who picks the snakes how good your thesis was.
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FAQ: The “Snake Fight” Portion of Your Thesis Defense
March 13 2022 4/24/23 5/8/24 5/13/26 CALENDAR 2027
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @giac_bat @RF_Berlin who works on topics related to migration and conflict
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James Feigenbaum @jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Excited to share an updated paper from a longstanding agenda with Andy Hall, @dthompson.bsky.social, and Jesse Yoder: "Fortunate Sons: Elite Political Selection in American History" We link Members of Congress (+ their families) to the complete count census, covering congresses from 1850-the 2000s
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is Silvia Castro @LMU_Muenchen who works on topics related to gender, organizational economics + development
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John Fallon @john-fallon-econ.com · 10/04/2026
I feel like this is Frank Turner's forte! He has a bunch of songs like this youtu.be/tB4Avdlz3lk?...
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Frank Turner - Get Better (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Frank Turner
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Lindsey Kaler @lindseykaler.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
New working paper alert! Our team developed a web crawler to study the accessibility of information related to special education on school district websites in four states (MA, RI, IN, and FL). Read the full WP here: edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1447 And check out Cam's thread below for more detail!
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John Fallon @john-fallon-econ.com · 31/03/2026
Is this in place of the applied micro conference?
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 30/03/2026
🚨New working paper alert! 🚨 The US spends huge $ on special education services for students with disabilities. Is that spending effective? Today we released a working paper suggesting it is. "Special Education Substantially Improves Learning: Evidence from Three States" Let me explain...
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @JuanFelipeRiano @Georgetown who works (quite prolifically!) on topics related to development, political economy and economic history
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 21/03/2026
Come see cutting edge evidence on pollution and learning outcomes, starting in just a few hours. My presentation might be the first academic talk that'll make you think "What a smoke show!"
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Mingyan Ma @mingyanma.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
What do beginning teachers struggle with, what shapes their challenges, and does it relate to retention? Today at 10am #AEFP2026 I present dissertation work applying LLMs to teacher-written narratives. Stop by if you care about teacher turnover or ed data science! @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social
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Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
📢New WP: Minimum Wages and Workplace Injuries Using California state and local minimum wage increases 2000-2019, we find minimum wage hikes increase workplace injury rates for low-wage workers. A plausible mechanism is work intensification 🧵 w/ @rjisungpark.bsky.social & Michael Davies
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 19/03/2026
Happening today! An entire @aefpweb.bsky.social panel on "Climate Change and Education" #AEFP2026 Don't miss @emilykpenner.bsky.social @andrewpenner.bsky.social & many others at session 3.10 in St. Gallen 3. Grace will be presenting our WP: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1238
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Stanislav Avdeev @stnavdeev.com · 19/03/2026
Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics “University as a Melting Pot: Long-term Effects of Internationalization” Debates on international students often focus on capacity, funding, or competition. My paper shows the main effects on natives are not academic or economic, but social.
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 18/03/2026
This is quite the paper, showing elite colleges (in Chile) help low social status individuals move up in society but on balance tighten the links between social and human capital. Amazing work by @andresbafer.bsky.social, Chris Neilson, and Seth Zimmerman. (I'm jealous of Chilean data quality.)
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Wheelock Educational Policy Center @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
In just a few days, WEPC will be at this year’s Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Conference in Chicago! Stay tuned for info on the 15+ panels and presentations from our faculty and staff, and check out a full program below. bit.ly/WEPC-AEFP2026 #AEFP2026 @buwheelock.bsky.social
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 17/03/2026
Our @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social group is doing ~20 presentations at @aefpweb.bsky.social 2026! I'll chair a higher ed panel, present on pollution & learning, and watch PhDs present papers on post-COVID K-12 enrollment and diversifying calculus. Details: wheelockpolicycenter.org/wp-content/u...
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @mirandainez @tamuecon, a brand-new PhD who works on topics related to development and behavioral economics
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 16/03/2026
"Being assigned a higher average grade inflating teacher reduces future test scores, the likelihood of graduating, college enrollment, and earnings. In contrast, passing grade inflation increases high school graduation, with limited long-run effects." www.nber.org/papers/w34952
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Easy A’s, Less Pay: The Long-Term Effects of Grade Inflation
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Josh B. McGee @jbmcgee.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Early Evidence Suggests LEARNS Salary Increases Improved Teacher Retention. The blog post linked below summarizes the results from our new working paper. It’s a quick, nontechnical read. Check it out 👇
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Andrew Bacher-Hicks @abacherhicks.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🚨Ed policy researchers, look at the newest special call! 📲 We’re eager to fund RCTs and quasi-experimental studies that produce actionable evidence on how K–12 cell phone policies affect student learning, behavior, and well-being. 🗓️ 3-page LOIs due May 1. Learn more: bit.ly/47n9e1L
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @SubarnaBee @uniGoettingen who works on topics related to education, gender, and political economy
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John Fallon @john-fallon-econ.com · 04/03/2026
It is weird switching from "how do you keep a market from unraveling" to thinking about "how to make sure one unravels"
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John Fallon @john-fallon-econ.com · 04/03/2026
Ever thought to yourself "I love pushing people in front of trains, if only there was an easy way to do it for a living?" ... Well, now it just takes one click!
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is Gunes Asik @METU_ODTU who works on topics including gender and labor, particularly in Turkey
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
#CALDER2026 really interesting work on school principals
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 02/03/2026
Very much enjoying this new paper showing that: 1) Massachusetts high schools differ dramatically in their impacts on students' earnings 2) More effective high schools are those that tend to raise test scores the most www.nber.org/papers/w34913
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Jerry Montonen @montonenjerry.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
🚀 I’m excited to share that I’m on the #EconSky job market this year! In my #EconJMP, I study how teachers in Finnish upper secondary schools impact students’ socio-emotional skills – and the labor market returns of these effects! (🧵, 1/N)
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Josh B. McGee @jbmcgee.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Check out our new paper investigating teacher retention effects of a statewide minimum salary increase. 🚨Spoiler alert 🚨: paying teachers more increased retention👇
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 25/02/2026
How Early Morning Classes Change Academic Trajectories: Evidence From a Natural Experiment onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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How Early Morning Classes Change Academic Trajectories: Evidence From a Natural Experiment
Using a natural experiment which randomized class times to students, this study reveals that enrolling in early morning classes lowers students’ course grades and the likelihood of future STEM course....
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Lindsey Kaler @lindseykaler.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Excited to share a new manuscript and policy brief, published in TESE!! This is one of my dissertation papers, co-authored with @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, in which we study turnover patterns among paraeducators in WA state. When do paras leave the workforce and what are risk factors for exiting?
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @ashaniamar who works on topics related to institutions, political economy, and development
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chloe gibbs @chloergibbs.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
🚨🚨 It's new research week for me on the socials! 🚨🚨 First up, just released today as an NBER working paper: "More Hours, More Work: Head Start Expansions Boost Maternal Employment" with fantastic coauthors Esra Kose and Maria Rosales-Rueda www.nber.org/papers/w34831
More Hours, More Work: Head Start Expansions Boost Maternal Employment

by Chloe Gibbs, Esra Kose, and Maria Rosales-Rueda

Abstract: Women’s employment remains highly sensitive to childcare constraints, making childcare availability a critical lever for supporting mothers’ labor force attachment. We study the effects of expanded full-day programming in Head Start, using the 2016 federal funding initiative that targeted grantees with low full-day enrollment. Linking administrative program data, geo-coded center locations, and household data on employment, we estimate a difference-in-differences design by comparing mothers of young children in treated and untreated areas. The policy increased full-day enrollment by 19 percent and raised single mothers’ employment (1.9%), hours (2.5%), and earnings (6.5%). Results show that extending program duration meaningfully improves maternal labor market outcomes.
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Ann Owens @annowens.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
VERSION 2.0 of the Segregation Tracking Project is here! New data on racial and economic segregation between neighborhoods and schools over the last 30+ years for every school district, metro area, state, county, congressional district (new!), and more! edopportunity.org/segregation/
edopportunity.org
The Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford | The Segregation Tracking Project
Use our visualizations to explore educational opportunity in your school & community.
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 16/02/2026
"these high-performing teachers’ prior value added is only moderately predictive of effectiveness in low-achieving schools....dropped by 0.12 student SDs....driven by lower match quality, negative indirect school effects, and the loss of student-specific human capital" www.nber.org/papers/w34845
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Is Teacher Effectiveness Fully Portable? Evidence from the Random Assignment of Transfer Incentives
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Daniel Sparks @jdsparks.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
me and @cmulhern.bsky.social's paper on school counselors is out in econ of ed review We find more funding for counselors in California in the 2000s increased grad rates, college enrollment & school climate in short: counselors improve student outcomes and we should invest more in them!
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Expanding school counseling: The impacts of California funding changes
Counselors are a common school resource for students navigating complicated and consequential education choices, but most students have limited access…
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Aaron Ainsworth @ajainsworth.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I’m really glad to see that our paper is now out at Ed Researcher! We examine turnover among the half of school employees who are not teachers to understand how their turnover compares. Using Oregon data (2007-23) for all public school employees, there are 3 new patterns that we document: A 🧵
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Revolving School Doors? A Longitudinal Examination of Teacher, Administrator, and Staff Contributions to School Churn - Emily K. Penner, Yujia Liu, Aaron J. Ainsworth, 2026
Non-teaching staff comprise over half of all school employees, and their turnover may be consequential for school operation, culture, and student success, yet w...
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Ryan Briggs @ryancbriggs.net · 11/02/2026
I have a new paper. We look at ~all stats articles in political science post-2010 & show that 94% have abstracts that claim to reject a null. Only 2% present only null results. This is hard to explain unless the research process has a filter that only lets rejections through.
It must be very hard to publish null results
Publication practices in the social sciences act as a filter that favors statistically significant results over null findings. While the problem of selection on significance (SoS) is well-known in theory, it has been difficult to measure its scope empirically, and it has been challenging to determine how selection varies across contexts. In this article, we use large language models to extract granular and validated data on about 100,000 articles published in over 150 political science journals from 2010 to 2024. We show that fewer than 2% of articles that rely on statistical methods report null-only findings in their abstracts, while over 90% of papers highlight significant results. To put these findings in perspective, we develop and calibrate a simple model of publication bias. Across a range of plausible assumptions, we find that statistically significant results are estimated to be one to two orders of magnitude more likely to enter the published record than null results. Leveraging metadata extracted from individual articles, we show that the pattern of strong SoS holds across subfields, journals, methods, and time periods. However, a few factors such as pre-registration and randomized experiments correlate with greater acceptance of null results. We conclude by discussing implications for the field and the potential of our new dataset for investigating other questions about political science.
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Carmen Villa @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🚨📰New WP 🚨📰 How does social housing design affect neighborhoods decades later? We study London gangs to show that postwar urban planning—specifically high-rise public housing construction—had lasting effects on gang formation @cep-lse.bsky.social
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Florian Hollenbach @fhollenbach.org · 03/02/2026
🧵 New version of our paper (@bcegerod.bsky.social) is finally online: "How Many is Enough? Sample Size in Staggered Difference-in-Differences Designs" We show that even well-identified DiD studies are often underpowered; sample sizes needed are surprisingly large Paper: osf.io/preprints/os... 1/6
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @karansinghal93 @uni_lu @liserinlux who works on topics related to gender, labor + social protection
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JOE Listings @joelistings.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
New JOE Listings were posted today (02-01-2026).
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Sevin Kaytan @kaytansevin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
📣Hi #EconSky! I am on the job market! 📣 My JMP builds a 20-year panel showing an after-school care reform increased university grad. rates. 🎓 The key: moving children from home 🏠 to care centers 🧑‍🧒‍🧒, where peer interactions shaped preferences and beliefs — not skills🧮. For more: sevinkaytan.com
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John Fallon @john-fallon-econ.com · 12/01/2026
Could you use the IRB at one institution and then test at other IRBs?
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Abigail Dow @abigaildow.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I was delighted to have the opportunity to present my Job Market Paper, 'The Price of Parenthood: Childcare Costs and Fertility' at the ASSA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia #ASSA2026 in a great session on fertility. Draft available on my website: abigaildow.com
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