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Should add that I am also always happy to chat more generally about life at non-PhD-granting, undergrad-focused departments, particularly those that value teaching & research ~equally. They’re not for everyone, but for me, they’ve been an excellent fit!

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🚨 JOB ALERT! @bowdoincollege.bsky.social econ is hiring! Fields of interest include international finance, corporate finance, and IO, with the ability to teach a financial econ course. Come join a thriving, research active liberal arts college on the coast of Maine! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

Aerial shot of Bowdoin's campus quad with a red brick towered building at the top, overlaid with a black banner reading "Bowdoin."

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Great to see this work by by friend & coauthor @julia-turner.bsky.social out in print! Julia is on the job market with an ambitious research agenda, substantial grant funding, and excellent teaching & mentoring experience. Any department that gets the chance to hire her will be SO LUCKY! 🤩

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 01/10/2026

For those interested, here are the inflation-adjusted costs (tuition+fees) of 4-year public, 4-year private, and 2-year colleges over the last few decades. From: research.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/Tr...

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I’ve only been here a few months, but happy to try to answer Qs and share why I made the move. Or reach out to department chair @dfstone.bsky.social!

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Some highlights: 📚 2/2 teaching load 👩‍🎓 wonderful, engaged students 💰 generous startup & ongoing research support + a full year pre-tenure sabbatical 🚊 easy access to Portland, Boston, and beyond from an Amtrak station steps from campus 🦞 all the Maine goodies & adventures you could want!

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Matt Barnum @mattbarnum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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New- We've all heard about the spiraling, skyrocketing, and soaring rates of college tuition. In reality, undergrad net tuition education has been stagnant or even declining for roughly two decades. So why do very few people know this? www.chalkbeat.org/2026/10/01/w...

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John Cawley @johncawley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

From our AEA cttee on the job market, here's the first update on the status of the job mkt for PhD economists of the 2026-27 cycle. A thread with graphs follows... #EconJobMarket #EconSky @aeainformation.bsky.social @aeacswep.bsky.social @joelistings.bsky.social 1/9

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

To people on the academic job market right now: so much of this is luck. Don't forget that, and never stop doing what you think is best.

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Jeffrey Wooldridge @jmwooldridge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In case anyone is interested, here is a new working paper on non-binary treatments with staggered interventions. Essentially, I show under what assumptions it is valid to estimate cohort x time dose-response functions. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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A Heterogeneous Slopes Approach to Difference-in-Differences with Non-Binary Treatments

I extend the approach of Wooldridge (2023, 2025) to allow for heterogeneous gains to treatment in the context of staggered interventions for non-binary treatmen

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Take my old job! It’s a great department and if I could’ve packed up our applied micro hallway and moved it to New England with me, I would’ve.

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An Uber driver to CVG once told me “you know, Cincinnati, it really exceeds your expectations” and it was the most Midwest compliment ever

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Also, Cincinnati is a surprisingly cool city!

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Peter Nencka 📊 @peternka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Take my old job! It’s a great department and if I could’ve packed up our applied micro hallway and moved it to New England with me, I would’ve.

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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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James Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The combined undergraduate and graduate student populations of all Ivy League schools is about 140,000 students. The CUNY system alone is 250,000.

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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You don’t gut the country's capacity to measure what's happening in its schools because you care about improving them. Guardian article below.

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thrilled to be organizing this conference with Kalena Cortes, @loismiller.bsky.social, @camilantmorales.bsky.social, & @julia-turner.bsky.social, thanks to generous support from Ascendium! Send us any & all work on CCs! Descriptive, mixed methods, & interdisciplinary research encouraged. 🥳

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Alas, I fear my bar for odd people (& bad politicians) was permanently lowered by living in Ohio…

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Y’all are missing out (both pics taken earlier tonight, 20 minutes from Bowdoin’s campus!)

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I think @jenjennings.bsky.social is onto something… bsky.app/profile/jenj...

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😅 hey, that means you could start an RCT on students now and see if it helps them graduate before the conference! (in all seriousness, we just wanted to get it on folks’ radars early, especially since there is an edited volume associated with it)

Lois Miller @loismiller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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If you work on community colleges (or adjacent), consider submitting a proposal for a book chapter to present at our conference! Extended abstracts due Dec 10. Excited to be organizing with @riacton.bsky.social @camilantmorales.bsky.social @julia-turner.bsky.social and Kalena Cortes ✨

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Julia Turner @julia-turner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just in case you need something to look forward to in 2028 🥳 Super excited to organize this convening with Kalena Cortes, @riacton.bsky.social, @loismiller.bsky.social, and @camilantmorales.bsky.social Please send us your research proposals and come hang out!

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Papers selected for the conference will also be invited to be part of an @uchicagopress.bsky.social edited volume. Please reach out with any Qs!

Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Great to see coverage of this important new paper by my good friend & fellow @msuecon.bsky.social grad @cody-orr.bsky.social & coauthors! Link to paper: www2.census.gov/library/work...

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Great to see coverage of this important new paper by my good friend & fellow @msuecon.bsky.social grad @cody-orr.bsky.social & coauthors! Link to paper: www2.census.gov/library/work...

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Miami (Ohio) will be hiring a tenure track position in public law/judicial politics. We need someone who can teach con law and participate in the Miami community as a teacher-scholar. More info: miamioh.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/miamio...

Job Description Summary
The Political Science Department at Miami University invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor in Public Law and/or Judicial Politics. This is a full-time, tenure-track position that will begin at the start of the academic year in August 2027.

Job Description

The successful candidate will teach courses in American constitutional law, civil rights and liberties, and a capstone or elective course in the candidate’s area of expertise for the undergraduate major; advise students; conduct relevant research leading to a record of published scholarship; and provide institutional and professional service, as part of Miami University’s teacher-scholar model.

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What a great public good! 👏

Caroline Krafft @ckrafftc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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We are excited to share that the Minnesota Center for Diversity in Economics has compiled a new resource sheet featuring diverse and inclusive Open Educational Resources for high school economics classes. This resource sheet is now available for anyone to use: z.umn.edu/HS_econ_div #TeachEcon

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MCDE Diverse and Inclusive Economics Education Resources for High School Teachers

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Over the five years following a sexual assault, victims’ employment falls by 6 percentage points and annual earnings decline... These effects persist for at least a decade and correspond to a 15% decline in employment, 17% earnings loss, and 28% rise in anti-depressant use"

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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The big higher education angle to #MNF tonight is that both head coaches and one coordinator went to Miami (OH).

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srgitter @sethgitter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Still early, but it kinda looks like we’re having a K-shaped econ job market? Top 50 PhD-granting departments: TT postings up 47% from this time last year (but still down 25% from recent median, excluding COVID) Everywhere else: TT postings down 19% from last year & 35% from recent median

Chart of cumulative JOE job postings from economics departments ranked 1–50, August to January. Through Sep 18: 63 postings, up 47% from last season (43) but below the 2019–2025 median (84). Source: econjobs.netlify.app

Chart of cumulative JOE job postings from US departments ranked 50–139 or unranked, August to January. Through Sep 18: 48 postings, down 19% from last season (59) and below the 2019–2025 median (74). Source: econjobs.netlify.app

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For those hiring at non-PhD schools, I'll be curious if the market is changing. Having been on many hiring committees I wondered what the market was like for non-PhD schools, so I wrote a paper journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Yes, me too! Even more so this year than last year (which your data would seem to support!)

Of course, could just be that top departments are moving/posting earlier. Time will tell!

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