What policies do people demand from government in a world increasingly impacted by climate change? My new paper accepted The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) explores the ways voters respond to climate-change related wildfires in California

New publication alert! My paper w/Lara Shore-Sheppard & Tara E W now available online @JPAM. Punchline: A more generous safety net reduces psychological distress among single mothers. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pa… 1/

Publication alert: Smith College Economics Prof @vis_taraz & coauthors (incl former Smith Prof Maggie Liu) have an article in the new issue of AEJ-Policy: "Climate Change and Labor Reallocation: Evidence from Six Decades of the Indian Census" aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

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Work requirements come from the idea that people work less if they receive government support. But do these programs actually reduce work? In a new WP, Dr. Chloe N. East she/her @chloeneast.bsky.social and I show that for most SNAP (food stamp) recipients this is in fact NOT what happens. tinyurl.com/worksnap

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Violence against Women at Work,” by Adams-Prassl (Abi Adams), Huttunen (Kristiina Huttunen), Nix (Emily Nix), and Zhang (Ning Zhang): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Claudia Goldin “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes.” #NobelPrize

Beyond excited to give a talk today at ⁦Smith College⁩!!

Many thanks to Jon Denton-Schneider of Clark University for visiting Smith College Economics last Friday, and presenting his work "Rags to Rags: The Effects of the New Poor Law across Three Generations," joint with Jennifer Mayo.

A terrific group of Smith College Economics students presented their research at #EEA2024 last week - from L to R: Sydney Jacobs, Izzy Zheng, Parunjodhi Munisamy, Betty Pu, and Chris Zhang:

Thanks to Amanda Agan for visiting Smith College Economics today and presenting her really interesting paper "Removing the Mark: Labor Market Impacts of Criminal Record Remediation."

Just Accepted new paper, “Stimulus on the Home Front: The State-Level Effects of WWII Spending” by Gillian Brunet. zurl.co/SFjw

We are very excited to kick-off the BEDI Conference 2024! May 31- Jun 2 We have an amazing set of speakers lined up. Check out the conference program below. bediconference.org

Delayed thread about last week's 4th annual Liberal Arts Colleges Public and Labor (LAC-PaL) workshop, hosted by Eric Ohrn and his terrific Grinnell College colleagues @econandie, Logan Lee, Meredith M. Paker, & Tammy McGavock. 1/n

Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Dynamics of Abusive Relationships,” by Adams (Abi Adams), Huttunen (Kristiina Huttunen), Nix (Emily Nix), and Zhang (Ning Zhang): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…

Andrea La Nauze, Liam Falconer and I study PurpleAir - Air Quality Monitors network in new research. Wildfire pollution increases air monitoring especially in wealthy areas. This suggests a role for public policy to improve monitoring in areas with strong environmental justice concerns.

New work by Smith College Economics Prof Lucie Schmidt:

Just published in Journal of Public Economics: "How do parole boards respond to large, societal shocks? Evidence from the 9/11 terrorist attacks" By Brendon McConnell (Anna) , Kegon Tan (Economics | University at Buffalo), & Mariyana Zapryanova (Smith College Economics) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We're hiring! Looking for an Assistant Professor in International Trade/Trade Policy. We are committed to excellence in teaching/research and offer a 2/2 teaching load. 1/n aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…

Just published in Journal of Public Economics: "Race-blind admissions, school segregation, and student outcomes" By Jason Cook (Marriner S. Eccles Institute) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…