this is both why running is awesome and why you shouldn't take it seriously

So proud of our 2nd year Vanderbilt Economics PhD students! Today they each presented new solo work to help us close out the spring semester. Can’t wait to see what the next few years holds!

If you care about crime, criminal justice, racial inequities, economic inequality, data, or evidence-based policymaking in the U.S., keep an eye out for our JOE launch next week. 3 years in the making. We (CJARS team) are incredibly excited to share this with you & the world!

May 3rd is the deadline to submit papers to the Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime, which will be in Zurich at the ETH on Oct 4-5!

Why stop there? Why not ban anyone receiving Medicare or social security too? This shouldn’t be a controversial stance at all

🌍We are happy to host the 15th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime at ETH Zurich this Oct 4-5! 📢Featuring keynotes by Randi Hjalmarsson & Sharad Goel 🚀Submit your paper by May 3: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

31 titles and not a single top hit? Yeah, that’s my CV

I love when people post videos of someone living an extremely average and cushy life and everyone loses their mind

god I sure hope not

Our annual meeting, on Sep 5-6, 2024, will be hosted by JKU Economics Department, the local organizer is Matthias Fahn. Before our meeting, on Sep 4-5, the bi-annual 'Lectures on the Economics of Organizations and Human Resources', (LEOH) will be given by Namrata Kala (@MITSloan).

Pretty glad no one has ever jumped to conclusions about my personal beliefs based on my papers. That sounds terrible

A recent paper by David Macdonald demonstrates this clearly, using data from AZ.

A truth-in-sentencing policy in AZ reduced engagement in prison programming and dramatically increased the probability of reoffending. The effects were largest (most detrimental) for violent

academics on a friday afternoon

What’s worse, you ask? Nonparallel trends 🥹

ASHEcon, HERO, and iHEA are collectively soliciting papers for a block of sessions at the 2025 Allied Social Science Association annual meeting from January 3–5, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Come be part of this mini-conference.

Submit here: ashecon.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=…

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

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