Is there a gender gap in how rejection from an economic publication is perceived?
Olga Shurchkov and Gauri Kartini Shastry find female assistant professors receiving rejection letters perceive a lower likelihood of future publication!
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Wiley Economics

Crowdsourcing answers to 2 questions:
1. What do you think are some of the most interesting/provocative findings in the effect of incentives on health behaviors literature?
2. In the incentives/health behaviors literature, what do you see as questions to be answered?
Thanks!

A new working paper just came out. 😉

College Course Shutouts |Kevin J. Mumford, Richard W. Patterson Anthony Yim
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🚨New working paper!🚨with states cutting higher-education budgets, students frequently don’t get into the courses they want. We find that shutouts have large long-run negative effects, particularly for female students.

Please RT: Our 100 new Malengo Inc. students need mentors! You will support them in university applications and preparing for life abroad. Time commitment 2–5h/month. You can do this remotely, and German skills are NOT required. You'll be paid. Details: malengo.org/volunteer-with…

Grateful for the opportunity and looking forward to interacting with the vibrant research community Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute and Minneapolis Fed!

We are thrilled to announce the 8th cohort of Institute Visiting Scholars! These scholars will pursue research while in residence Minneapolis Fed that helps create a more complete perspective on how the economy performs for all. Welcome! bit.ly/3WaDUi7

I am planning to host an event at SOLE for attendees who are interested in the economics of crime. If you will be at SOLE and this sounds like you and you haven’t heard from me already can you drop me a line?

Grad students interested in listening to Asim Ijaz Khwaja about his motivational lecture centered around his struggles, please register for this annual #AMIE event. Space is limited. Harvard Kennedy School Harvard CID NU Economics Econ RA Listings India J-PAL South Asia Y-RISE NBER CESifo

#econtwitter Organizing sessions for the
ASSA Meeting
for the Association for the Study of Generosity in Econ. Do you (or someone you know) work on generosity, charitable giving, public goods provision? We want a diverse set of speakers, form here: forms.gle/pLgVvBQMVqG39c…

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 🧵

I'm reall happy to be visiting Haas School of Business this semester (thanks Ricardo Perez-Truglia for the invite)!

Let me know if you're in the Bay Area and would like to meet. I'll be around until the end of May.

Thanks to those who’ve been in touch. Retweeting to get another round!!!

Who wants to help me get to 1000 followers before I get tenure?!?!!

Pumped to be co-organizing one of my favorite conferences this year :)

Empirical microeconomists studying labor, health, public, development, IO -- please submit! And please share with your networks.

The vast majority of evidence from low- & middle-income countries suggests that childcare is good for mothers AND good for kids.

New blog by Pamela Jakiela Amina Mendez Acosta & me

English blogs.iadb.org/desarrollo-inf…

Español blogs.iadb.org/desarrollo-inf…

Based on our paper cgdev.org/publication/im…

My first blog with Inter-American Development Bank!

New working paper: Pamela Jakiela & I examine 'The Role of Fathers in Promoting Early Childhood Development in Low- & Middle-Income Countries'

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Had such a blast recording this -- thanks for the invitation, Katy Milkman! (and it's a true testament to your podcast-hosting superpowers that you were able to make the sound of my own voice even halfway bearable to me!)