been going to the same bar recently for first dates because the bartender there and I get along (similar music interests, he's funny, and also has a cat). I think I am just going on dates to hang out with this dude.

i genuinely love this movie so much

I too drop 15 new results in 'The Tortured Job Market Paper: The Appendix'

The shame of responding to an email three weeks later 😞

I think this is the worst tweet I've ever read

I can't help directly with this, but if you're finishing your PhD and staring down 3 summer months with no income until your new job starts, consider applying for external funding to support ongoing projects. AV funds causal research across various topics, including CJ. And we

'Thank you for your comments and suggestions. We have considerably revised the manuscript incorporating the feedback of all the reviewers.'

In a coffee shop sipping on an espresso and Lorde is playing in the background...I am the main character actually

🚨New paper in The JHR on the political economy of teacher strikes!

Matthew A. Kraft & I find that teacher strikes publicly signal the need for change in education. Strikes cause big increases in education ads in campaigns & in school spending.
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There is a funny little tension I sometimes run up against when working with policy advocacy folks. The short version is something like this:

This is an incredible public good and could be really useful for piloting surveys and experiments.

Wearing a $400 t-shirt today so the students know that I know how the economy works

Does anyone in #education research know any examples of intervention (causal) studies in which moderation / subgroup effects were a really important part of the findings? e.g., that it works under X but not Z conditions and contexts?

Looking for research ideas? Our team recently added a few more policies/programs to this list:

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the comparative advantage of academic research is pursuing crazy shit. I can see no other way to justify tenure. Policy relevance is one way to justify a paper, but is definitely not a necessary condition IMO. capturing your interest/imagination should be sufficient.

If you're up bright and early tomorrow at #PAA2024 , I'll be presenting some preliminary estimates on the effect the mortgage interest deduction has had on the White-Black wealth gap in recent decades. Come check it out!

professors on their teaching days

Going to ask my students to explain this figure with the IS-LM model

What are the best development-economics style papers about Native American reservations?

You ever get so bored you look through your medical records app?