📢Please spread the word. Great mentorship workshop for PhD students. CSWEP will sponsor another in person event this year day before the Southern Economics Association Meeting in Washington DC. Apply to be mentor, mentee, encourage your students and share with your networks.📢

.Juliana Londoño-Vélez is coming to present this at the Berkeley GSPP Seminar and...damn. (I don't think the paper is publicly posted but the abstract is)

Agree to the max! I think this is my favorite conference of all time. Hope to see all of you out here in Portland next year!!

I and twenty-two other Nobel economists signed a letter endorsing Kamala Harris for President. We believe Harris's policies will result in a stronger economic performance, with economic growth that is more robust, more sustainable, and more equitable. cnn.com/2024/10/23/pol…

I know it goes without saying at this point, but I’m always caught off guard by displays of just how much this country hates women.

A thought on why inflation didn't feel like a "big deal" to rich people: We were buying fancy stuff, so when prices went up, we had the ability to adjust down in quality to maintain our overall spending level. Poor people can't do that. They're already buying the cheap eggs.

You can hear me on NPR Up First and Morning Edition today talking about why mass deportations don’t lead to more jobs for US born workers *and* will likely increase prices on things like groceries. one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId…

Sigh. Can your student be an influencer that all the Lewis & Clark College students follow? It seems that, despite my best efforts, we still get the “intro to capitalism” reputation instead of “intro to economics”

The roll-out of two new malaria vaccines is expected to save 180,000 children’s lives by 2030. But an additional 800,000 child deaths could be averted.💉 Ryan Duncombe, Karam Elabd & Justin Sandefur explore how to achieve an ambitious vaccine roll-out: bit.ly/3ZymQmk

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Hi #econtwitter Has anyone applied to IRB to conduct a follow-up study by contacting former participants in an older (closed IRB) study? Even better if it was in developing country. I'd love to hear from you!

My op-ed in the Los Angeles Times on the insufficient and ineffective baby bonus idea for Mother’s Day (come on, we need some actual help) #EconTwitter latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Infant on lap? Don’t fly Allegiant Air ! If you don’t have the infant’s birth certificate at the check in desk, they make you buy a whole new seat for your baby.