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Morgan C. Williams, Jr.

@mwilljr.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Economics at @barnard-college.bsky.social of @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. Interested in crime & criminal justice through the prism of racial inequality. Website: morganwilliamsjr.com

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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I’m not sure what one could possibly learn from what amounts to a messy interrupted time series lacking a clear counterfactual. Wouldn’t be surprised if you found something similar among other (“comparable”) cities that didn’t experience this sort of deployment.
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Check out our latest @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social piece on the role of states in regulating the proliferation of guns throughout the U.S. www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/sta...
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Vital City | State Gun Laws Matter
In our federalist nation, regulation in 50 capitals makes a huge difference.
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
www.nytimes.com/2004/01/26/n...
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Mayor's Fate Is Intertwined With Head of Teachers' Union (Published 2004)
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
WSJ editorial page is wild these past few days
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
To be fair though John, many government workers, often through their unions, articulate similar messages to political candidates all the time (e.g., teachers).
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
This administration has all but abandoned a decades-long embracement of community oriented policing throughout the U.S. without any evidence or strategic planning to show for it. A serious public safety agenda should be grounded in evidence-based policy.
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
As I told the NYT, the recent deployment of the National Guard to select Democratic cities has been criticized for many incredibly valid reasons—including the fact that they are not a substitute for municipal police.
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
So much winning…. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/b...
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Global Stocks Drop, Extending Rout Caused by Trump’s Tariffs
A brutal day for markets around the world added to the pain of last week’s market turmoil, with the S&P 500 index nearing a bear market.
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
A little metrics humor for the dark times we’re facing at the moment.
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Note that while “bias” will get your proposal flagged, “unbiased estimator” still appears to be on the table.
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𝙼𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙺𝚊𝚗𝚐 @mkang.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Added more gun researchers to this starter pack who joined BlueSky. Please share and lmk if you’d like to be added! @daniel-semenza.bsky.social @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @sonalirajan.bsky.social @thetrace.org @giffords.org @everytown.bsky.social go.bsky.app/G9zEmHs
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 07/10/2024
Former BLS commissioner Erica Groshen on how the policy change to Schedule F that Trump & #Project2025 advocate would destroy the credibility of the federal statistical system. Her comment on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/posts/erica-... ...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.
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Well-known Virginia Tech professor dies at 81
Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Nonetheless, I decided to leave in search of more freedom in terms of both style and content. And that’s all I’m going to say for now. My “so long and thanks for all the fish” column will appear next week. As for future plans, watch this space 2/
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
And it’s official. I’m immensely grateful to the world’s greatest news organization for giving me a platform all these years, and greatly appreciate the moving sendoff 1/ www.nytco.com/press/paul-k...
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Paul Krugman retires as Times columnist | The New York Times Company
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Take the win!
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Sandile Hlatshwayo @femmeeconomics.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Welcome, @marthaolney.bsky.social!! Yes - @riacton.bsky.social has put together two women+ in econ starter packs.
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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
How do firms respond when faced with climate shocks? Tarikua Erda's research examines how firms adjust physical capital investment and entry/exit decisions, providing key evidence to a long-standing puzzle. (Among other interesting projects: www.tarikuaerda.com)
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Tarikua Erda @tarikuaerda.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I’m on the #EconJobMarket! I study labor, climate, entrepreneurship & innovation www.tarikuaerda.com/jmp My #EconJMP examines how how manufacturing firms respond to flooding. Do flooded firms build back better? Or do they suffer unrecoverable losses that weaken aggregate productivity? 🧵 1/n
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
“I can take you away from all of this.” - R Studio 😂
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
ggplot alone will change your life.
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
We deserve this. #Knicks
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David Cutler @davidmcutler.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Ed Glaeser and I wrote about the future of cities for the IMF. Fun topic to think about. www.imf.org/en/Publicati...
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The Mysteries of Cities and Economic Growth
It’s impossible to think about economic growth without also thinking about cities’ vital role in connecting the world
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Jesse Anttila-Hughes @jessexjesse.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Welcome! go.bsky.app/RyKSzcb
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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Hey #blacksky ‼️ So good to have left the bad place. Someone please share a starter pack!
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I had an IV joke, but it’s getting pretty LATE.
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Society would be so much better off if more people realized that we do not value their opinions. The costs of opinion dissemination are far too low as anyone can spread misinformation at a moment’s notice. Expertise should mean something. It’s perfectly fine to “shut up and dribble” sometimes.
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Peter Hull @instrumenthull.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Regression is a tool for making comparisons If you don't know / can't easily explain what comparisons you're trying to make, then you don't understand the regression you're running
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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
The Race and Stratification Working Group at NBER will have its annual meeting on Friday, April 4, 2025! Dania Francis, Vicki Bogan, Ellora Derenoncourt and I are organizing the program. Submit your paper before the December 19, 2024 deadline! conference.nber.org/confsubmit/b...
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Submission: Race and Stratification Working Group, Page 1 of 2 - MyNBERNBER: National Bureau of Economic Research
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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 30/11/2024
Economists love using linear regression to estimate treatment effects — it turns out that there are perils to this method, but also amazing perks Come with me in this 🧵 if you want to learn about our now-published paper "Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions!" 1/ (Twitter rerun!)
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Scott Kominers @skominers.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Thanksgiving this year falls on the 28th, and 28 is a perfect number – meaning that it is equal to the sum of its proper divisors (28 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14). So... I hope you have a truly perfect #Thanksgiving!!
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Not a Bears fan, but it’s criminal that they didn’t call a TO.
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
The problem is that some sheds are poorly maintained, attract rodents, and take up parking. I enjoy outdoor dining, but some of those sheds were (are) eyesores.
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David A. Jaeger (econ) @davidajaeger.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Scotland and Northern England Conference in Applied Microeconomics at the Crief Hydro Hotel in Perthshire on 6-8 May 2025! Our keynote speaker is @ludogazze.bsky.social More info & submission link at applied-microecon.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/sane-worksho...
Crieff Hydro Hotel
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
You are clearly the favorite cousin that gets it started for everyone lol
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I guess you could say… Volcker RULES!
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Peter Hull @instrumenthull.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions -- out today in the AER! www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/x4bc1...
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Christmas bangers have been going for at least a week strong in the Williams household. What would you play at Thanksgiving otherwise??? September music?
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Ziad Obermeyer (not sure if he’s on Bluesky) has nice work in this area (e.g., see here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...).
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An algorithmic approach to reducing unexplained pain disparities in underserved populations - Nature Medicine
An algorithmic, machine-learning approach to measuring severe pain from osteoarthritis applied to X-ray images of knees suggests that reported disparities in knee pain in underserved populations can b...
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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
This seems wrong to me — at a minimum, using AI will let below-average doctors achieve average-ish levels of performance which would be a huge win even if there are no other benefits. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Everyone should give @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social a follow! A great urban policy journal with contributions from an impressive array of scholars and practitioners—including yours truly!
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Vital City @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
We built a starter pack (a work in progress) of some people who know a lot about New York City policy — and assorted others of interest. go.bsky.app/FCDEhhc
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Not in America, Justin. Not in America.
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The thing about these dances for us is that younger people always have a way of giving you a backhanded compliment as you’re doing them. “Oh wow she does it pretty good for her age.” 😂😂😂
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Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
We've created a starter pack for all of the economics journals on Bluesky. Please nominate other journals to join the list. go.bsky.app/4kR21vX
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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
We still have a relatively poor understanding of the relationship between evidence and policy. Program evaluation in particular is often motivated by a desire to make policy better. But how effective is program evaluation itself?Michelle Rao's JMP tackles this question. www.michellerao.com/research
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
People who throw around the term “junior” like an insult, or in an effort to establish some sense of superiority either lack self-esteem, respect from the profession, or both. Either way, it’s pretty corny.
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I guess squaring up on them is one way to do it 😂
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Morgan C. Williams, Jr. @mwilljr.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Looking forward to reading!
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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 31/10/2024
2. Researchers *do* make many specification choices in the current environment. For example, functional form of the outcome (log vs. level?), set of controls (how many FE?), and the set of UNITS to include. We need to have a more balanced look at this trade-off.
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