We just release a new analysis the highlights the potential of opt-in surveys -- those that allow people to volunteer to participate -- to provide misleading results, especially for young adults and Hispanics pewrsr.ch/49BMhqF

The rapidly changing attitudes towards college among white parents (and also from Pew, Republicans...only 31% of whom think colleges are a positive force in the US) is nothing short of stunning, and something we as a field need to grapple with much more.

📣 Thrilled to see our paper accepted & available The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat): "Human Capital and Climate Change" We find a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors & policy preferences (linking Compulsory Schooling Law ed ⬆️ to European Social Survey outcomes) direct.mit.edu/rest/article-a…

College-educated candidates receive a 5 point boost in preferability across candidate choice experiments. College-educated voters most strongly prefer educated candidates across affluent democracies journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.108…

I’m in Portland, Oregon for the Society of Labor Economists #SOLE2024 meeting. If you see me at the conference, don’t hesitate to say hello!

2️⃣ Journal of Politics @[email protected]: using a discretionary spending program in the Los Angeles Unified, I show that electoral considerations can affect how locally-elected school board members allocate resources. rb.gy/vugh66

Happy to see this important paper in print! direct.mit.edu/rest/article-a…

Democrats won more votes when Appalachia's poorest counties were declared "economically distressed." In the May issue, by Daniel Firoozi (@danielfiroozi) zurl.co/YvN9

Information about inequality can sway opinions in lab and survey experiments, but does it matter in a field setting? My new paper in REStat shows that labeling poor counties “distressed” instead of “at-risk” durably ⬆️ Dem votes. Effects are tied to media coverage of the labels.

ICYMI: New College Scorecard earnings data out today. New data include: 1) An update to institutional-level earnings; and, 2) Earnings outcomes at the program-level up to five years after graduation. I’m thrilled to see ED continue to update these data on a regular basis.

This paper had everyone at NBER talking this week. Amazing natural experiment, important results! "The Impact of Denying a Wanted Abortion on Women and Children" by Juliana Londoño-Vélez & Estefanía Saravia conference.nber.org/conf_papers/f2…

Forthcoming in the AER: "Political Correctness, Social Image, and Information Transmission" by Luca Braghieri. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…