NEW: Sure Start, England’s first large programme to provide holistic support to families with children under five, greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results.

Read Nick Ridpath Sarah Cattan Pedro Carneiro’s report, funded by Nuffield Foundation: ifs.org.uk/publications/s…

Looks like a fascinating read!

I’m very grateful to the AEA Journals board for this prize. This article was my job market paper, so it is extra special to me. A special thank you goes to C. Kirabo Jackson, who was the best editor possible for this paper and made its final version so much better.

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What an incredible honor! The work continues. Apply here to join our team studying regional patterns and drivers of racial wealth inequality: tinyurl.com/y68st2p8

Something big is happening in the county jail of Flint MI

An innovative rehab program is sharply reducing in-jail misconduct and post-release recidivism

I'm tremendously excited to share this new paper, with Marcella Alsan, Crystal Yang, & Arkey Barnett

dropbox.com/scl/fi/n21oplk…

⁦Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)⁩ professor and ⁦NBER⁩ President Jim Poterba with many of his 88 PhD advisees! He is a legend for combining intellectual brilliance with genuine kindness. We were all so fortunate to have him as our adviser.

We are on Pebble Beach right now talking directly to top officials in the Biden Administration. Our journalists are talking with Assistant Secretary Alejandra Y. Castillo, C. Kirabo Jackson, Tom Perez, Johanny Adames, & Luisana Pérez Fernández

Teamwork is dreamwork! Esp w such an awesome team. In fact, what the heck…take the rest of the day off. (Unless I need something…)

It's important to have some epistemic humility when interpreting trends in a test that not everybody takes and where participation rates have been changing over time.

People noted and appreciated the Bill Spriggs dedication yesterday, but this is also a great and fitting first chapter to the first Jared Bernstein/@econjared ERP whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…

Presidential budget proposals are almost never adopted as written. But if they were, we would be seeing $8 billion for priorities like tutoring and promoting attendance that will be harder to pay for after pandemic aid expires. chalkbeat.org/2024/03/11/bid…

Muchos se muestran escépticos de que el gasto de capital sea importante para los estudiantes. El resumen de artículos muestra que sí aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…
Este estudio de Barbara Biasi y otros proporciona evidencia de los beneficios para los niños de bajos ingresos.

Forthcoming in REStud:

'Is the Social Safety Net a Long-Term Investment? Large-Scale Evidence From the Food Stamps Program' by Martha Bailey, Hilary Hoynes, Maya Rossin-Slater, & reed walker

doi.org/10.1093/restud…

Important paper by an allstar team of scholars

I'm excited to share the initiative my team at Urban Institute has been developing for 2+ years.

The Student Upward Mobility Initiative will catalyze a new generation of R&D on PK-12 skills/competencies that drive economic mobility.

1st RFP opens today!
studentupwardmobility.urban.org

1st NBER Economics of Firearm Markets, Crime, and Gun Violence Conference tomorrow

Schedule: nber.org/conferences/ec…

YouTube: youtube.com/nbervideos

Morgan C Williams Jr Judd Kessler Maya Rossin-Slater

BIG NEWS for SNAP researchers!

Economic Research Service has updated the SNAP policy database through December 2020

Thanks to them for continuing to provide this great resource!

ers.usda.gov/data-products/…

Council of Economic Advisers member C. Kirabo Jackson hosts SABEW #Goldschmidt fellows at the White House