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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 12h

My kid has a "rhythm test" at school tomorrow. I always thought it was something you either had or not, and I'm clearly no help

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Will Smith and Kevin James from Hitch Scene

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Why do we design suburbs in a way that I completely lose my sense of direction when its cloudy for a while? (My intended 12km run turned into a 23 km run when I thought I turned north, but it was actually south...) At least it's pretty out there

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cleforum.bsky.social @cleforum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Call for Papers for the 3rd Annual CLEF conference! clef.uqam.ca/conference/ Current grad students and recent Ph.D.s from Canadian universities are also eligible for the Best Paper Prize, details here: clef.uqam.ca/prize/

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Nice summary of this paper by @kevinmilligan.bsky.social (w/ Baker and Gruber) "Even after their children left preschool, mothers who had access to Quebec’s universal childcare program worked and earned more than mothers who did not." www.nber.org/digest/20261...

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Subsidized Childcare and Mothers’ Labor Outcomes in Quebec

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Compositional Study for tâpwêwin (Truth) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2025

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm getting the impression the October marathon in Toronto is a big thing for running groups. Or maybe the ads and emails I get just make it seem cult like?

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What Is This Whats Happening

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

His quiet moments throughout this speech are incredibly loud.

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Somehow it took me this long to notice that while 🇨🇦 CEA is the Canadian Economics Association, the 🇺🇸AEA is the American Economic Association. Why is their *s* missing?

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Got my sabbatical book of the month! (I read slowly @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social , it might take me a while, but I'm happy to finally get started.)

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The most important thing I have to do today

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm going in. I am not comfortable with this.

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Bank of Canada @bankofcanada.ca · 24/09/2026

📣Last chance!    The deadline to apply for our Master’s Scholarship Award for Women in Economics and Finance is September 27. Submit your application now: bit.ly/46HtlqQ #jobs #studentjobs #cndecon #WomenInEcon 

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 20/09/2026

"When you fail, be obstinate... never give up." Get some valuable career advice from our 2023 Nobel Prize laureates Katalin Karikó, Claudia Goldin and Anne L'Huillier.

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's things like this that almost convince me to start historical studies of intra-household allocation of resources - how many people make sure their spouse is covered in widowhood? (The CDN data is terrible, so I won't subject myself to this, but the curse of widowhood is real.)

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Been getting into practical details of retirement planning and managing risks. Turns out a surviving dependent gets cut off from my health/dental pretty quickly. If that happens in 20 years, really no options available. So we have to make decisions on whether to keep/drop his own benefits now...

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Danny DeVito: GAMBLIN' Problem

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I clearly missed this - is the western part of Ontario (Kenora-Ignace) changing their clocks this fall? They'll be an hour behind Toronto and Manitoba?

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Dancing Clock Women

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In the office. Found an old to-do list. Item #3 indicates a name and "Int'l" I have no idea what this refers to.

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Betty White: Uh Oh!

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Canadian Women Economists Committee @cdnwomenecon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

CWEC/CFÉC is pleased to present the first round of our Brownbag Seminar series. Job market candidates will be given priority for this round of seminars. Early-career researchers will be given priority in the next round. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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CWEC/CFÉC Brownbag Registration

The Canadian Women Economist Committee (CWEC/CFÉC) is hosting an online brownbag series. It will be held on the last Monday of each month: October 26th (10am PT / 11am MT / 12pm CDT/ 1pmEDT / 2pmAT / ...

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

IMO: Feeling comfortable with sexual assault is not 'controversial' @theglobeandmail.com , it's disgusting. Edmonton, please do better.

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

On the Go train to Toronto this morning. I can't believe there are people who do this every day. There is no way you can convince me this is a productive use of time. (The train is clearly better than driving, but this does not look like a happy group)

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Kramer's Crowded Commute on the Subway

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Bank of Canada @bankofcanada.ca · 15/09/2026

Are you currently a university student or recent grad? We’re recruiting for our next cohort of research assistants. Apply by September 30: bit.ly/4xuvrW6 #studentjobs #cdnecon #students

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I am incapable of saying "mega" in a normal speaking voice, like saying "substantial". This will require some practice

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cleforum.bsky.social @cleforum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Join us today for the first Canadian Labour Economics Forum webinar of the academic year! The speaker is Noah Spencer, from WLU, and he will present his paper titled "Neighbourhood effects and education policy in Indigenous communities." Details below 👇

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Webinar Series – Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF)

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

👇 new paper @cleforum.bsky.social Casting roles, casting votes: Lessons from Sesame Street on media representation, racial biases, and voting by Claire Duquennois and Jiangnan Zeng "Sesame Street increased political engagement and reduced prejudice decades later" clef.uqam.ca/wp-content/u...

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

At the age of 50, I decided to train for my first marathon. I've learned a lot about myself. #1 I prefer running trails to roads. #2 I like training for a half marathon.

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The students are moving in, roaming halls, reading signs. "PhD, is that psychology?" "This is economics, not psychology, why would they have PhD?" "I don't know what that stands for, who knows." I love that I'm on sabbatical.

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Dumbledore's Frustration

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🇨🇦 August jobs data! Updates: employment rates of parents stay on trend with the usual seasonality for moms with school aged kids. Longer term - it looks like the rates for moms with young kids is on a slow decline.

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

KW: Many accidents, floods, and trees down out there. Just stay put if you can?

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

On my list of worst (domestic) policies of the year. No one really knows what the policy is, but if kids have parents who don't remember to call the school, their grade drops. Worse, the kids who don't have good home support will do even worse than before.

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

➕ to my reading list: Why is fertility so low in high-income countries? JEL Kearney & Levine “shifting priorities.” not "a direct response to prices or constraints, but rather a deeper transformation in how successive cohorts are choosing to orient their lives" pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...

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AEA Web - Journal of Economic Literature - 64(3):907 - Abstract

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"in markets that are not perfectly competitive, the provision of an alternative public option can increase societal welfare, and this is true even if the public option is less efficient than the private sector and even if it runs at a loss." Food for thought 👇

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I have NO regrets about leaving Musk’s site. But I wish I could extend my reach here, with Alberta’s referendum hard upon us. Don’t be shy. Please follow. Please recommend me to your friends. I post about Canadian politics, Alberta, Edmonton, and an absurd array of other topics! #cdnpoli

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I am loving this. These are the types of things that make me smile.

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

From today's StatCan Daily: Overall, employment is holding steady. I'd like to reconcile reduced employment in manufacturing (machinery and metal) with increased job vacancies in manufacturing, but I can't find a breakdown for mfct vacancies. Anyone? www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...

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The Daily — Payroll employment, earnings and hours, and job vacancies, June 2026

The number of employees receiving pay and benefits from their employer—measured as 'payroll employment' in the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours—was little changed (+4,800; +0.0%) in June, foll...

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Imagine asking your average podcaster to write down their thoughts in a coherent and concise manner. Only a few people can do this well, and I appreciate them.

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The news today is... a lot. So, here's what I'm thinking about: Marathon organizers should stop ranking people's results within gender and age categories, and instead use 1) height (short, average, tall) 2) perimenopausal and not perimenopausal. I think I'd do quite well in my category.

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The Golden Girls: Rue McClanahan (Blanche) Feeling Hot

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Motivational quote on the wall: "if we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant" Prompting me to search for the right words: If we had no summer, the fall would _________

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OneFootball Heads - BYE SUMMER

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Biking home and thought that really is a cool garden. So much better than the boring lawn being mowed down the street

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Dear Ontario, You have an important task. It's rather simple.

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Got up early to talk on CBC radio about how I don't have any answers to questions about jobs in the federal public service. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

ICYMI: If you're relying on a guy who has been banned for life from his professional association to give you an opinion on other people deemed successful in that profession, you fail.

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Sophia Petrillo: No Shake My Head

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Portion of men and women working full time, part time because it's preferred, or part time for other reasons, since 2015. Just checking my own priors - this has not changed much, which is not what I expected. (Women are working FT more, that's expected. But ...)

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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The Institute for Research on Public Policy, one of Canada’s most trusted and influential think tanks, is looking for a research director to lead its work on economic policy. irpp.org/2026/08/rese...

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Research Director, Economic Policy - IRPP

The IRPP, one of Canada’s most trusted and influential think tanks, is looking for a research director to lead its work on economic policy.

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