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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

While about ADHD and not ASD: “‘the rise of ADHD is a consequence of what might otherwisebe considered a good thing: that the world we live in increasingly values intellectual consideration and rationality ... Modernity didn’t create ADHD It revealed it.’” - Malcolm Gladwell, 1999

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Hi #EconSky! I was on the market this past cycle, specifically focused on the DC-Maryland-Virginia area because my fiancé is at the Fed Board (we get married this May). I had a few government offers, all of which ended up being affected by the current civil service cuts.

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Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science @skytteprize.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Herbert P. Kitschelt is the winner of the 2025 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. 🏆 He is awarded the prize for " having increased knowledge of the functioning of democratic party systems with exquisite theoretical acuity and impressive empirical breadth and depth."

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Congratulations to my soon to be father in law for winning the “Nobel” prize in Political Science! 👏 👏 👏

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Senator Chris Van Hollen is on his way to El Salvador to discuss bringing Kilmar Abrgeo Garcia back home.

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Also important in response to these takes: slower growth from a recession does not necessarily mean lower prices if the economy is stagflationary. (Ahem, tariffs)

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

The actions of our country’s leaders makes a lot more sense when you accept that they are not rational actors.

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

First time I’ve watched an international sports game the US was playing in and rooted against the US. Go Canada, they deserved this win! 🇨🇦

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WIRED @wired.com · 04/02/2025

EXCLUSIVE: The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more.

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A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls So...

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Lauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

New and important: we built a federal expenditure tracker. All expenditure line items that are available on the Daily Treasury Statement. USAID was zeroed out on 1/28 and has been at zero ever since. www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin... #EconSky

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

RIP all of us applied economists, econometricians, and IO folks working on anything to do with barriers to entry

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

(NYT) - More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis has found .. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...

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Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday

Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery

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Chris Harvey @chrisharvey.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Pics I just took from the garage of our local Target. The evac warnings haven’t reached us yet but they’re getting closer than I’d like.

A wide higher-angle shot at night, showing a range of dark hills dotted with lights from houses. At the very bottom of frame the 405 freeway can be seen. Towering over the hills is a dark orange cloud of smoke with fringes of fire at the top of the hills.

A telephoto higher-angle shot at night, showing a range of dark hills dotted with lights from houses. Towering over the hills is a dark orange cloud of smoke with fringes of fire at the top of the hills.

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Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Microeconomics is the study of two agents interacting, while macroeconomics is the study of one agent interacting.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Since media continues obsession with CEO killer, I'll renew suggestion..focus instead on HEALTH POLICY Some additional suggested topics (others below): -potential cuts to Medicaid in next Congress -science on vaccines -health costs -consolidation,effects on prices -declining life expectancy

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I’ll take “things that didn’t happen for $500 please”

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Where else but Bluesky would the top two trends I see on my feed be: 1. Overleaf is down! 2. There’s a coup attempt in South Korea!

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Our contributions to the thanksgiving table this year

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Will be exciting to root for SMU in the ACC Championship Game!

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Really interesting paper. A thought on a potential factor (beyond the obvious less resources + connections). A perception gap: Lower income groups may perceive the benefit as less, or the costs + barrier of entry as higher, to even try applying. From my experience: (1/5)

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Lots of great health economists to go follow!

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Gina C. Pieters, PhD @ginapieters.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

To all the new #EconSky people whi may be dealing with the Econ Job Market: *There is an #EconJMP feed *I have a PhD Job Market Starter Pack go.bsky.app/4icnwxi. If you are a candidate or an institution posting *many* openings, reach out and I will add you.

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Kawamata Ryo @kawamataryo.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Hi Bluesky community 🦋. I just pushed the official website for Sky Follower Bridge 🚀 sky-follower-bridge-docs.vercel.app I hope this tool helps with the transition from X to Bluesky.

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Sky Follower Bridge

Instantly find and follow the same users from your 𝕏 followers on Bluesky

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Hi all! I am Travis Whitacre, an Applied Microeconomist and Postdoctoral Associate at Yale School of Public Health. I am on the Economic Job Market this year. Learn more about me, as well as a link to my JMP: traviswhitacre.github.io Some highlights of the paper: #EconJMP #EconSky

Title: Hidden in Plain Sight: The Prevalence and Impact of Undiagnosed ADHD

Abstract: While diagnostic errors are prevalent throughout health and mental health fields, little is known about their long-term consequences. In this paper, I assess the long-term education and labor market effects of missed Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnoses. Doing so is challenging for two reasons. First, a person's true ADHD status is unobserved; only their diagnosed status is known. Second, even if diagnostic errors exist, they are likely akin to non-classical misclassification errors and therefore endogenous. To overcome these empirical challenges, I use a partial observability model to estimate an individual's true ADHD status and their probability of underdiagnosis. Then, I estimate their effect on educational attainment and adult labor market outcomes. I find that ADHD is underdiagnosed -- with large differences by race, gender, and socioeconomic backgrounds -- and underdiagnosis reduces educational attainment and worsens labor market outcomes. I also find evidence of vicious intergenerational cycles in which inequity in mental health care drives and is driven by socioeconomic inequities.

JEL: I14, I15, I24, I25, J13

Keywords: ADHD, Underdiagnosis, Child Development, Mental Health, Measurement Error, Partial Observability, Inequity

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

I’d be curious about research into a connection of algorithmic social media application and political polarization in western countries. Do papers on this already exist?

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Hi #EconSky, I’m a current postdoc and Applied Microeconomist at Yale. My research is focused on topics pertaining to child development, the measurement of undiagnosed mental health status, and health and socioeconomic inequality. Excited to read great research that is shared here!

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 14/04/2024

She said yes! A truly wonderful day in Shenandoah this weekend!

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 15/03/2024

Textbook price discrimination? Opened up the Uber app this morning and it was charging $81 to get to the airport. We then checked Lyft, which was charging $34. We opened the Uber app back up and it said “Special Discount Applied!” and gave a new price of $31 🙄

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

The amount of times R has force aborted my sessions today is making me give up hope and become a full Stata apologist like @dlmillimet.bsky.social

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 01/02/2024

I was trying out the app Perplexity, recommended by the NYT with a claim it was a worthy complement to google. I searched “gender differences in incarceration rates for people with ADHD”. It provides a succinct claim, but the source? It made it up.

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

I am excited to announce that I will be joining Yale School of Public Health this April as a Post-Doctoral Associate. I am grateful for all of the support I’ve gotten from @smueconomics.bsky.social and my partner during this search process. #EconSky

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Travis Whitacre @traviswhitacre.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

First post on Blue Sky to congratulate World Series champions, Texas Rangers!

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