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David Slichter @davidslichter.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Had a great time at the FLX Econ of Ed conference this year. Special shoutout to @mariabzhu.bsky.social for organizing, and specifically for having name tags where you can actually read people's names!

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The JHR @j-humanresources.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

What if #StandardizedTests are the biased ones — not teachers? @mariabzhu.bsky.social finds teachers actually rate Black students higher than white peers with equal scores, once you correct for test measurement error. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Teacher Perceptions, Test Scores, and Racial Disparities in the Classroom: Evidence from the US
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This study provides new insights on the expression of bias through disparate treatment of students by race. Specifically, I examine racial discrepancies in teachers’ evaluations of student achievement, conditional on standardized test achievement. After correcting for measurement error in standardized test scores, results indicate that teachers evaluate Black students as higher achieving than White students with the same standardized test performance. This finding contrasts with previous research on Black-White teacher assessment gaps outside of the US. These results are consistent with multiple potential mechanisms, such as teachers holding lower expectations for Black students or bias embedded in standardized tests.

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Julian Reif @julianreif.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I've released a new version of strgroup, a Stata command that does fuzzy string matching. No new functionality, but the underlying C code has been optimized: it now uses much less memory and runs about 5 times faster github.com/reifjulian/s...

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GitHub - reifjulian/strgroup: Match strings based on their Levenshtein edit distance.

Match strings based on their Levenshtein edit distance. - reifjulian/strgroup

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Clear evidence that employers rate workers with foreign-sounding accents as having lower verbal and math skills. This gap persists even when employers are provided with explicit performance signals.

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Brian Heseung Kim @brhkim.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

🚨Calling all education+social science researchers! 🚨 For the second time ever, Common App is hosting an open Call for Research Proposals to solicit innovative and rigorous research projects using our expansive (& still mostly untapped) data warehouse! www.commonapp.org/files/DAR/Co...

A screenshot of the title page of the Common App Call for Research Proposals, AY 2025-2026. The Executive Summary and main requirements for the Letter of Intent are visible. Exact text can be found at the link in the main post.

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Hema Shah @hema-shah-econ.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Heading to Tampa this weekend for the Southern Economic Association annual meeting! You can find me presenting my JMP on Saturday and new work with @mariehull.bsky.social and @mariabzhu.bsky.social on Monday!

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Hema Shah @hema-shah-econ.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I'm on the job market! My JMP studies the role of high school teachers in preparing students for college success I find significant positive effects of high school teachers on 🔹College admissions test scores 🔹College enrollment 🔹College performance 🧵(1/10)

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 12/11/2025

Here's my thread of this year's new scholars in Economics of Education and Education Policy. These PhD students and postdocs are on the job market, so take a look (and spread the word to others who might benefit from exposure). And now onto the scholars... 👇

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 02/11/2025

Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball! This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers. paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...

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Economics Literature Search

Full-text search across 15,000+ papers from top economics journals and NBER working papers. Track how empirical methods have evolved over time.

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 12/11/2025

Joe Winkelmann & I have released a new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper: "Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment" We show stronger labor markets since 2009 explain most of the decline in community college enrollments. wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...

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Rick Hornbeck @rickhornbeck.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!

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Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata

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Julian Reif @julianreif.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Our group at Illinois Gies College of Business is hiring! We are especially interested in public or environmental economists. Our group includes myself, @tderyugina.bsky.social, David Molitor, Nolan Miller, Jeff Brown, Riley League, and Mackenzie Alston. www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

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American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

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Melissa Gentry @melissadgentry.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I am excited to announce I am on the #EconJobMarket this year! 🎉 My research explores economic barriers for people with disabilities at the intersection of labor, public, and health economics. My #EconJMP examines how reliable transportation transforms outcomes for this population. 🧵1/6

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The abstract is as follows: People with disabilities face substantial barriers to economic and social participation. I explore the extent to which these barriers are overcome by the availability of reliable and flexible transportation, which may serve as ``reliability insurance'' in case other modes of transit fail. Leveraging the roll-out of Uber, I use a stacked difference-in-differences approach to show that the availability of reliable and flexible transportation leads to improvements in social and economic participation through increased marriage rates and labor force participation, and reduced reliance on public assistance. The reduction in public assistance outweighs expected rideshare costs, lending support to the recent push towards public-private partnerships in the transportation space.

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Laura K Gee @laurakgee.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Another great @nber.org summer institute has come and gone. Highlights were a great dinner with the crowd from Children/Families

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Todd Jones @toddrjones.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I've added 43 new tips to my book, bringing the total to 140. You can download "Quick Stata Tips" and the accompanying .do file for free at toddrjones.com/quickstatati....

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 14/04/2025

A couple of us are putting together an APPAM panel on post-pandemic school enrollment/access patterns, broadly conceived. Let me know if you or someone you know has a paper that might fit this theme.

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Peter Hull @instrumenthull.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Our practical guide to shift-share IV is now out in the JEP! www.aeaweb.org/issues/793 (Ungated version: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/el9yn...)

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Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 39 No. 1 Winter 2025

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 02/02/2025

Hiring 2-year postdoc @upjohninstitute.bsky.social. Great for someone with FSRDC experience & interest in early childhood care & education labor markets. Work with me @gabriellepepin.bsky.social @jborowsky.bsky.social + others. #econ_ra #econsky #policysky www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

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Pedro Sant’Anna @pedrosantanna.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I've decided to collect my DiD materials in a single place. psantanna.com/did-resources There, you will find - 14 lectures of my comprehensive DiD course - Shorter lectures/talks I have given on DiD - My DiD R/Stata/Python packages - Some DiD checklists - DiD materials from my friends Enjoy!

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Pedro H. C. Sant’Anna

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Evan Peck @peck.phd · 20/11/2024

Trying something new: A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?" It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social 🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...

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Kevin Rinz @kevinrinz.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

There are way more people around here these days, so this might be a good time to reintroduce @briefingbook.bsky.social. We want to give you the kind of analysis we did as economic policy staffers at the White House. Here's our first post from last September. www.briefingbook.info/p/welcome-to...

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Welcome to Briefing Book

The kind of analysis policymakers get, right in your inbox

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Nick Gebbia @nickgebbia.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

#econJM candidates, as you're cramming in those 11/15 apps, don't forget Hoover Fellow apps are due Monday 11/18! --> Up to 10 years. 100% own research time - no teaching, no splitting time on other projects. Great pay. Great location. Friendly colleagues. #econsky

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I’ve made a Women in Econ starter pack (s/o @vinisingh.bsky.social for sparking the idea!). Share, follow, and comment below if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/LqBPkQZ

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 16/09/2024

🚨Job alert!🚨 Our group (@buwheelock.bsky.social @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social) is hiring an Assistant Professor of Education Policy. Description below, along with a link to apply. I'm chairing the search, so reach out and spread the word. Come work with us! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28451

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Boston University, Wheelock College of Education and Human Development

Full service online faculty recruitment and application management system for academic institutions worldwide. We offer unique solutions tailored for academic communities.

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Maria Zhu @mariabzhu.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

Very excited that my paper, "New evidence on the underrepresentation of Asian Americans in leadership positions," is coming out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 07/09/2024

Added it to this Econ Institutions Starter Pack! go.bsky.app/4deCZJ2

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Maria Zhu @mariabzhu.bsky.social · 01/11/2023

I am starting a new project with Mackenzie Alston on the academic job market. Hoping to informally chat with 5 econ PhDs and 5 PhDs from psych, sociology, or polisci who graduated last year. If you're available for a 15-minute Zoom convo in Nov., please DM or email mjalston@illinois.edu!

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Kevin Rinz @kevinrinz.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

I’ve been trying to make this happen in one form or another for almost 7 years, and it’s finally out. Data on income inequality and mobility within detailed demographic groups, nationally and at the state level, designed with researchers and the public in mind. www.minneapolisfed.org/institute/in...

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Income Distributions and Dynamics in America | Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute

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Laura K Gee @laurakgee.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

Great paper alert! 📈📉#econsky “Studies with null results are perceived to be less publishable, of lower quality, less important, and less precisely estimated than studies with significant results” FYI the special issue of JEBO I’m coediting is very open to null results if still moving lit forward

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

In many of my papers, the key result is shown via a table, but I make a simple bar graph to use in talks, at least to broader audiences. I wish we all made and posted these; I'm much more likely to show someone's result in a keynote or for teaching if there is a good figure.

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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

Sounds like folks are worried about losing data access during a possible government shutdown, so I quickly whipped up this Education Data Portal with all the major datasets on schools, districts, and colleges: educationdata.urban.org/documentation/

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Matt Notowidigdo @profnoto.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

I wrote a book with Tal Gross! "Better Health Economics: An Introduction for Everyone" If you want to hear me discuss some of the material from the book, come to the ASSA continuing education session Jan 7-9 (I’ll be including some of the material from my book in my Health Economics lectures)

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Stephan Hollander @stephanhollander.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

🤩 feature in the BlueSky app: show #EconSky 📈📉 feed. No need to miss out on anything. Pics show how to set this in the app

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 21/09/2023

Wow just read the best freaking post by @economeager.bsky.social This is literally the most important advice. This should be framed and posted in every department. The hammer hits people into the anvil too often. rachaelmeager.substack.com/p/finish-you...

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