1/ Are stimulus checks effective in stimulating the economy during recessions? In my JMP, I find the answer is NO. Why? Heightened unemployment risk lowers the marginal propensity to consume (MPC). 🧵👇 #EconTwitter #Econjobmarket

Mauricio and UMN Economics grad Gerardo Braulio Britos Hernandez model trade across Brazilian states using micro data on temps, crop yields, food prices, wages, food consumption, roads. He is a member of Manuel Amador’s and my UMN workshop group, also working with Doireann Fitzgerald Minneapolis Fed.

Yatheesan Selvakumar (Yad Selvakumar) is a macroeconomist with interests in time-series econometrics and finance. He proposes a novel framework to estimate dynamic heterogeneous-agent equilibrium models using large cross-sections of micro data. More at yjselvakumar.com.

1/ 🚨 Want to include individual-level micro data to estimate your het-agent macro model? In my #JMP, Tommy and I propose a tractable econometric framework to do so! #EconTwitter #EconJobMarket

Giacomo Cattelan (Giacomo Cattelan) is a macroeconomist studying how financial sector balance sheet conditions and uncertainty shocks drive macroeconomic dynamics. Learn more at sites.google.com/view/giacomo-c….

Cesar Zambrano is a macroeconomist whose Job Market Paper uses survey data on job offers to evaluate job search theories, focusing on the role of job search in promoting wage growth and wage inequality. Learn more at sites.google.com/view/cesar-z

Our featured job market candidate today is Kazimier Smith, an applied microeconomist using IO techniques to study the economics of online platforms.