💥 Call for papers 💥 to the multi-disciplinary workshop "Fathers and Families", September 27-28, 2023, Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) Stockholm University. Please submit your paper and encourage others to do the same! Deadline July 7. Questions? Contact LinaAldén and Anne Boschini

Write-up of great work by Kristin F. Butcher (she/her), Patrick McEwan, & Akila Weerapana on the role that women's colleges in general and @WellesleyEcon in particular play in affecting the decision to major in economics: 1/2 cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

It is job market season and time to brag about my 2 post-docs! Andrew Simon is a brilliant economist working in public finance and labor. His work bringing field experiments to evergreen questions in these areas is his super power. Awesome all around! andrewrsimon.com

My JEP article with Emily Oster on COVID and school closures is here! We discuss the importance of high quality data during times of crisis and document what we know so far about the impacts of pandemic school closures on students.

If you are hiring a PhD economist this year, be sure to check out Nebraska's Ishita Ahmed! Ishita's job market paper uses novel administrative data to study how delaying kindergarten affects test scores and the socioeconomic achievement gap. sites.google.com/view/ishita-ah…

Ishita Ahmed JMP: "The Impact of School Entry Age on Student Achievement: Evidence from Nebraska" Website: sites.google.com/view/ishita-ah…

Hi #econtwitter, the Nebraska Labor Summit will take place May 10, 2024 at the University of Nebraska, with keynotes by David Card and Alessandra Voena. This one-day, junior-centric research conference is a blast! Please submit by this Friday December 15. tinyurl.com/NebraskaLaborS…

.Tara E W & I are excited to announce a new Virtual Economics of Poverty and Policy Seminar (VEPPS) Spring 2024 speakers include @mpbitler Dr. Chloe N. East she/her @chloeneast.bsky.social Sheridan Fuller professional age forecaster & Hilary Hoynes Sign up for more info at forms.gle/Mp3ZGL8e89TG3o…

Thrilled to be on the Scientific Committee for this conference! Applied micro PhD students, especially from under-represented groups, please apply! #EconTwitter

New from Martha Bailey Hilary Hoynes Maya Rossin-Slater reed walker "The social safety net as a long-term investment" New research finds that a key part of the US social safety net has long-term benefits, helping the program pay for itself. Read here: microeconomicinsights.org/the-social-saf…

Important new work on how federal anti-discrimination legislation in the 1960s impacted the gender gap in the U.S. labor market by Bailey (Martha Bailey), Helgerman (Thomas Helgerman), and Stuart (@BryanAStuart) now in the QJE: academic.oup.com/qje/advance-ar…

Research by three economics faculty members were cited in the 2024 Economic Report of the President: Daniel Tannenbaum's research on eviction and Yifan Gong and Yuxi Yao's research on the housing market >> ow.ly/plTj50R51JW

Attn bright scholars of #EconTwitter. Did you complete your PhD in the past 8 years? Do you have some new work-in-progress? Well then, it is time to submit to the Early Career Researcher's Day at FRB-Minneapolis #OIGI! Deadline April 30. (minneapolisfed.org/institute/conf…) details in 🧵

Congrats to Rebecca Jack on her PhD Student Research Award 🎉🎉🎉 Nebraska Economics University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Hello #econtwitter, Nebraska Economics Nebraska Economics is hiring a theorist this year! We are a junior-centric department with a Census RDC on campus. Please consider applying and tell your friends and students! The JOE link: aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…

Please join us Tues., Oct. 1, 2024, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm CT, at the ChicagoFed for a conference where economists, educators, clinicians, and policymakers will present & discuss research on the pandemic’s effects on American children & what can be done to address them. Topics

Newly published work in the Journal of Labor Economics from Nebraska's Danny Tannenbaum: What can jobs ads tell us about how jobs and wages differ across US cities? journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

Hello #econtwitter, Brenden Timpe, Rebecca Jack and I are hiring a 1-year pre-doc to research gender earnings inequality using restricted Census Data. Open to part-time or remote work. Please reach out with any questions! Econ RA Listings Link to apply: tinyurl.com/bdd7h5sn