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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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Marshall Steinbaum @econmarshall.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

🚨🚨Revised paper 🚨🚨 The Balance of Power in Franchising w/@ulrichatz.org, Blake Eliason, @mikelipsitz.bsky.social, @pnorlander.bsky.social, & @stpinto.bsky.social. We built the 1st comprehensive panel dataset of franchise contract terms: 46,000 documents, 4,500 chains, 20+ provisions, 2009-2024. /1

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Mike Lipsitz @mikelipsitz.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

By the way: the ban is retroactive and has penalties built in for violators. It goes into effect June 2027, when WA will join CA, OK, MN, and ND as states that prohibit more or less all noncompetes.

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Mike Lipsitz @mikelipsitz.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Noncompetes are a bit less in the news than a year or two ago. But WA just quietly banned ALL employee noncompetes. Previously, they had been banned for relatively low paid workers only governor.wa.gov/news/2026/go...

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Governor Ferguson signs bills establishing rules for penny shortage, banning noncompetes, expanding fatal crash reviews | Governor Bob Ferguson

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NBER @nber.org · 16/03/2026

When firms take political stances, workers sort accordingly. Firm announcements post Dobbs reshaped who applies and quits, and how politics increasingly organize the labor market, from Pawel Adrjan, Svenja Gudell, Emily Nix, Allison Shrivastava, Jason Sockin and Evan Starr www.nber.org/papers/w34948

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Mike Lipsitz @mikelipsitz.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

They used to say "you either die a consumer goods company or live long enough to enter consumer finance." The 2026 version is: "you either die a user experience company, or live long enough to become a data broker." Exhibit A:

Screenshot of X post by NewsForce: Pokemon Go players trained 30 billion image AI map.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/02/2026

Many workers have missed shifts without jobs being destroyed making it challenging to measure labor impacts with conventional sources. We use real-time daily data from Homebase to measure impacts. Thanks to UChicago and Homebase for making the data available. #EconSky #NumbersDay

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 03/11/2025

How does employer access to prisoners’ labor through work release impact the well-being of those workers & of free workers? New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL #EconSky papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Coercion and Monopsony in Modern American Manufacturing: Evidence from Alabama Prison Labor
Susan Helper Suresh Naidu Akseli Palomaki Adam Reich
Aaron Sojourner

We study coercion and monopsony in contemporary U.S. manufacturing labor markets. We combine administrative data from the Alabama Department of Corrections work release program with a unique survey of workers in the Alabama auto supply chain
where workers report their work-release status. We first present descriptive patterns of work-release labor, finding that the use of incarcerated (i.e., work-release) labor is concentrated in the auto supply industry, especially in the Montgomery area, where
Hyundai’s assembly plant is located. In the survey, the share of plant-level workers who are incarcerated is negatively correlated with non-incarcerated wages. The survey also enables estimation of hypothetical quit elasticities separately among incarcerated
and non-incarcerated workers. Incarcerated workers are estimated to have quit elasticities less than half that of non-incarcerated workers. Because Alabama law requires employers to pay the same wage to incarcerated and non-incarcerated workers in the same jobs, the additional monopsony power introduced by employer access to incarcerated workers creates an incentive and ability for employers to reduce plant-level wages to, and employment of, non-incarcerated workers. We build a quantitative model of firm-specific labor supply that, for incarcerated workers, distinguishes the roles of coercion (the risk of physical harm in prison from not working), wage garnishment that blunts the consumption effect of higher wages, and monopsony (limited mobility across employers). Using it, we estimate effects on free and incarcerated workers’ welfare from i) reforming prison conditions to eliminate violence, ii) eliminating prison labor wage
garnishment, iii) imposing a $15 minimum wage, &iv) abolishing prison labor. Free worker welfare goes up in all scenarios...

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

ICYMI given today's focus on the budget: the UK government has today also published a working paper on options for reform of non-compete agreements. Responses to the specific options set out therein (statutory limits, size cutoffs and an outright ban), can be submitted until 18 February. 1/2

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Working paper on options for reform of non-compete clauses in employment contracts

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Ben Glasner @benglasner.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Come work with me, and more importantly with all the much smarter and cooler people than I am, at the @innovateeconomy.bsky.social: Full-time, entry-level research role for someone who wants to work directly with data, policy ideas, all while building strong quantitative and writing skills.

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Economic Innovation Group hiring Research Assistant in Washington, DC | LinkedIn

Posted 6:08:41 PM. Research Assistant The Economic Innovation Group (EIG) is a bipartisan public policy organization…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Mike Lipsitz @mikelipsitz.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I've been interested in this question for a while now. It's really one that could go either way: does the increase in competition or the greater ability to tacitly collude dominate? Great to see strong evidence. I'm sure this is a topic we'll learn a lot more about in coming years

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Understanding how Black Americans got to where they are today, requires understanding Black history. The Green Book Project is a place to share the rich historical journey of Black Americans finding dignity during the Jim Crow era: greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky

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Andy Garin @andygarin.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Come work with us at CMU Heinz! We have a great applied microeconomics group and we’re looking for an economist to join us. Please reach out if you have any questions! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

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

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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 25/09/2025

AI Acquihires: Competition Risks, Talent Battles and Economic Spillovers Webinar - 8 October @ 17:00 CEST 🗣️Jonathan Kanter @lugaricano.bsky.social @imarinescu.bsky.social @igorletina.bsky.social Hans Zenger Moderator: @florianederer.bsky.social Register: cepr.org/events/ai-ac... #EconSky

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Peter Hull @instrumenthull.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

My coauthors and I are hiring a project coordinator for new research on an innovative jail-based rehabilitation paper (IGNITE), building on our recent QJE Apply at careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/project...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 27/09/2025

Who wants to work with Kate Bahn at the Institute for Women's Policy Research? #econ_ra iwpr.applytojob.com/apply/ACdbXf...

The Research Associate is a position on IWPR’s Research Team conducting research, including quantitative and qualitative empirical analysis, on issues related to IWPR’s core topics of Equitable Work and Wages, Caregiving and Families, Education and Career Advancement, and Reproductive Justice and Health Equity. The goal of our research is better inform partners and policymakers on ways to advance the economic security and well-being of women, their families, and communities.

For this position, candidates must have demonstrated working experience with statistical programs such as STATA, R or SPSS, major national public health and/or economic databases, and be able to interpret data, analyze results, acquire data from primary or secondary sources, and filter and clean data. This role is expected to be able to produce high quality research products for public audiences with independent initiative and minimal oversight.

Duties and Responsibilities

Research:
Conduct and draft literature reviews and collaborate on research proposals that identify novel and impactful research activities on issues related to IWPR core research areas: Equitable Work and Wages, Caregiving and Families, Education and Career Advancement, and Reproductive Justice and Health Equity.
Perform advanced, complex quantitative data analysis of large datasets and trends, utilizing network science and/or other statistical methods, including creating data visuals.
Perform advanced qualitative data analysis, including developing and fielding online surveys; and conducting interviews and focus groups.
Write high quality blog posts, briefs, fact sheets, reports and presentations based on the data work and analysis and accessible to broad audiences including policymakers, advocates, and the media.
Use and integrate racial equity and intersectional frameworks and analysis in research study designs, written reports, and briefs.
Assist with proposal and grant report drafting.

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Mike Lipsitz @mikelipsitz.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Today is my last day working for the FTC. I'm very excited to start a new job next week in the @upenn.edu economics department! The Bureau of Economics was a fantastic place to work with great colleagues, and being able to put my noncompete research into practice was the opportunity of a lifetime.

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Michel Grosz @michelgrosz.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

The FTC is hiring Statisticians in the Bureau of Economics! This is a great opportunity for seniors or recent grads interested in antitrust and consumer protection economics, and applied microeconomics research. Come work with me! Happy to answer any questions. www.usajobs.gov/job/845835200

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STATISTICIAN

The Bureau of Economics seeks candidates for the position of Statistician. Statisticians work directly with BE staff economists to (1) provide economic analysis in support of antitrust and consumer pr...

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Alex Hertel-Fernandez @awhf.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

📣 Columbia’s Center for Political Economy searching for post docs for next academic year working on labor, firms and markets, and climate change! Applications due 11/3, and I’m happy to talk to folks interested in working with the Labor Lab team! apply.interfolio.com/173083 📣

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Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

📢Nina Roussille and I are hiring a full-time predoctoral researcher to work with us at MIT on labor economics research projects. IMPORTANT: this vacancy is open right now, so we are particularly interested in people who could start soon. Link to apply: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...

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Predoctoral Researcher

MIT - Predoctoral Researcher - Cambridge MA 02139

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Joel Kariel @joelkariel.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Doing research on productivity, business dynamism and/or market power? Please submit to our fourth CMA-Durham workshop! Deadline 25 Sept. Also apply if your work links to: industrial policy, technology diffusion, start-ups, supply chains. cma-partnership.webspace.durham.ac.uk/2025/08/29/2...

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2025 CMA Durham Workshop - CMA Durham Partnership

20-21 November, 2025 Productivity, Business Dynamism and Market Power The Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) Microeconomics Unit, the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School...

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Mike Lipsitz @mikelipsitz.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I went to this fantastic conference last year and had a blast. I highly encourage everyone to submit their work!

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Bruce Bradbury @brucebradbury.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Two new post doc positions studying wealth and poverty at the Stone Center at CUNY (New York). A fantastic opportunity! cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/... cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

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Jobs | City University of New York

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Join the CMA's econometrics team and work with my super-smart colleagues @alcrawfs.bsky.social and @ivan-olszak.bsky.social on demand estimation, merger simulations and event studies in CMA merger cases and market studies. Ideal for recent quant MSc graduates or PhD students.

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

My department @miamiecon.bsky.social is hiring an instructor/VAP to teach introductory macroeconomics this upcoming year. Could be a good opportunity for new PhDs or advanced grad students who are interested in teaching-focused positions. Apply ASAP if interested! #econsky

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American Economic Association: JOE Listings - February 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 20/05/2025

Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data @epi.org from me & Adam Reich of Columbia Labor Lab. In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before. www.epi.org/blog/america...

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Join the CMA Microeconomics Unit as a UKRI Policy Fellow for 18 months! Awards buy out teaching/admin time to allow you to focus on a CMA-relevant research project, while embedded part-time in the Unit. The call for fellowships is here: www.ukri.org/opportunity/... 1/

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UKRI policy fellowships 2025

Spend 18 months as a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) core policy fellow, Natural Hazards and Resilience policy fellow or What Works Innovation fellow to inform policy to address pressing national an...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 18/04/2025

Love labor and employment research? New opportunity to join the team @upjohninstitute.bsky.social in Kalamazoo as a research analyst. Bachelors required, more experience & education desirable. #econ_ra www.upjohn.org/sites/defaul...

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I learned a new term today: rollup. When an outside investor consecutively acquires many of the small firms in a local market and consolidates them. When this occurs with anesthesia practices, prices increase by 18%. I'm paraphrasing an NBER summary of this paper: www.nber.org/papers/w33217

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Andy Garin @andygarin.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

🚨New Predoc Posting Alert!🚨 @koenig-felix.bsky.social and I are looking to hire a full-time predoctoral fellow to work with us on projects about the economics of labor markets and the future work at @carnegiemellon.bsky.social Please share and/or apply! apply.interfolio.com/164383 #econ_ra

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Looking to do a fully funded, policy-relevant PhD in economics? The ESRC has funded another joint CMA PhD studentship, this time with Lorenza Rossi and Stefano Fasani at Lancaster University, on the interaction of market power, price setting and macro dynamics. Please share widely and apply!

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ESRC CASE PhD Studentship - Lancaster University

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NBER @nber.org · 22/01/2025

The opening of ethnic Catholic churches created immigrant enclave neighborhoods in the early 20th century. Residents experienced falling earnings but strengthened communal ties, from Ran Abramitzky, @leah_boustan, and @osea82 www.nber.org/papers/w33362

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Washington Center for Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Here are highlights from @kevinrinz.bsky.social on DECEMBER’s #JobsReport. 📈 A 🧵: First, this month we saw some encouraging stabilization in prime-age employment after declines in the previous 2 months. Participation ticked down again for this group but remains high by recent historical standards.

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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

The H-1B labor market is 40% more concentrated than the broader US labor market. This employer concentration decreases wages by 12.2% (median salary loss $10.5k) and is primarily borne by first-time H-1B applicants whose visa status is tied to specific employer. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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The Review of Economic Studies (REStud) @reveconstudies.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Recently accepted to #REStud, ``Worker Mobility in Production Networks,'' from Cardoza, Grigoli, Pierri and @cianruane.bsky.social : www.restud.com/worker-mobil...

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Economic Innovation Group @innovateeconomy.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

New Agglomerations post from @saraheckhardt.bsky.social The year in business dynamism — 2024 marks another year of elevated entrepreneurial activity in a post-pandemic economy, with business applications and establishment births and deaths remaining high. Read more here: tinyurl.com/2tdt8yak

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The Year in Business Dynamism

There was no way to know, during the peak pandemic days of 2020, whether the observed spike in entrepreneurial activity that year was a real trend.

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 19/12/2024

As an econ researcher / ph.d. student, what would you value a blog post most about? (*like* which of the following topics you would value most):

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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Mergers are followed by large and persistent increases in lobbying activity, both by individual firms and by industry trade associations, suggesting that firms with market power will also attempt to gain political power. www.nber.org/papers/w33255

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Michel Grosz @michelgrosz.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

My paper with Devesh Raval is now out at Marketing Science! We find that when the FTC redesigned its complaint website: -Complaints increased by 40%, -included more useful and detailed information -increased most for older consumers and those with less tech savvy

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Might as well use this as a reminder to encourage your undergrads to apply to our 1-year econ MA program! We offer funding & our grads (like @joalkhafajiking.bsky.social) go on to do great things 🥳

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Jakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

With all the new joiners, my original IO/org econ starter pack hit its size limit. I have therefore split into into two (with some overlap). This starter pack is broadly for IO, competition and innovation: go.bsky.app/Rchu8QX 1/2 #EconSky

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Erik Brynjolfsson @erikbryn.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Here's a great starter pack for folks interested in the economics of innovation, competition and IO go.bsky.app/Rchu8QX

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Just re-upping this #econsky: I currently have more mentors than mentees/students (can probably match another 10-11 students from LMICs who would like feedback on a research paper from a senior scholar.) Fill out the form here if interested! forms.gle/ekvvoEKBLYQM...

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Mentors and mentees sign up

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 20/11/2024

6. Random features you didn't know about. If your post includes a link, you can wait for the preview to show up, and remove the url, and the link stays there! This also saves characters from the character limit.

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Kevin Rinz @kevinrinz.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

A few months ago I was talking to a reporter and did what has so far turned out to be a bad Beveridge curve take. Thinking it over has been clarifying, and hopefully these Beveridge curve-related takes hold up better. kevinrinz.substack.com/p/revisiting...

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Revisiting a bad Beveridge curve take

And offering some hopefully better ones with medium confidence

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