Paulina Oliva and I seek to hire a talented pre-doc to join us at our happy @usc_econ department to work with us on some exciting environmental economics projects. dornsife.usc.edu/paulina-oliva/…

Validated objective tests are the ultimate egalitarian tool, since they favor poor smart kids over upper-class twits, whereas unstructured interviews and "holistic" admissions favor cultural elites. New evidence from a study that looks at the effects of actual caste (in India).

"The pandemic resulted in approximately 1.4 million excess deaths among individuals aged 25 and older between 2020 and 2023. These premature deaths mostly reduced future retirement benefits, which increased the Social Security fund by $219 billion." nber.org/papers/w33465#…

Researchers put together an incredible workplace wellness program that provided thousands of workers with paid time off to receive biometric health screening, health risk assessments, smoking cessation help, stress management, exercise, etc. What did this do for their health?🧵

Behavioral change is very hard for people to sustain. Selection bias is very real. This outstanding study from 2018 by Damon Jones David Molitor Julian Reif illustrates why randomization is so important when those two effects are prominent. Couple more thoughts & paper link follow.

What if we already have a vaccine for dementia? Great explainer of my group’s new Nature paper (nature.com/articles/s4158…) on shingles vax by Chris Worsham Anupam Jena: tinyurl.com/2spnvvsy and summary by Eric Topol: bit.ly/4lkCJXs. Video here: tinyurl.com/yc37nxua

The April 2023 decision to stop reporting medical debts below $500 on consumer credit reports had no effect on credit access or financial health, from Victor Duarte, Julia Fonseca, Divij Kohli, and Julian Reif nber.org/papers/w33644

#QJE May 2025, #8, “The Earnings and Labor Supply of U.S. Physicians,” by Gottlieb (Josh Gottlieb), Polyakova (Maria Polyakova), Rinz (Kevin Rinz), Shiplett, and Udalova (Victoria Udalova): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…

We are back! EEE Summer School @ Berkeley! 🔗 Info + application: auffhammer.com/summer-school📅 Deadline: May 14 | Program: Aug 18–22 We especially encourage early stage Ph.D. students with possible interest in EEE topics! Must be enrolled in North American Econ"ish" Ph.D. program.

Last month, I stepped down as an editor after 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA). I have gathered a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary negative referee reports.

The idea that the cost of healthcare could easily be reduced by cutting unnecessary admin is too good to be true: nber.org/papers/w33863

Examining the impact of reducing the administrative fragmentation of billing and payment by studying a Medicare reform that consolidated billing processes across service types, from Riley League and Maggie Shi nber.org/papers/w33863

JOB OPPORTUNITIES: Now hiring several new PERC roles: 💧 Senior Researcher (Water) 🌲 Senior Researcher (Public & Private Lands) 🦌 Senior Researcher (Wildlife) 🏞️ Senior Researcher (Generalist - Conservation & Policy) 🦬 Conservation Associate perc.org/careers/#Open-…

Is US air pollution regulation too lenient? 🏭💸 We find marginal benefits of pollution control exceed marginal costs by >10×. New evidence from dozens of US pollution offset markets. 📄forthcoming at AER , w/ Reed Walker 1/🧵

Excited to announce a new funding opportunity for research on "what works" in climate adaptation. We are specifically looking for strong causal designs that tell us what interventions work (or don't) to reduce impacts of a changing climate. Link in next post. Plz share!

We are in the unusual position to hire a promising young economist for a pre-doc position this month. It’s off-cycle, but we’re anxious to work with you if you’d like to apply! I’ve got some fun projects coming up I think. Spread the word!

Stanford Doerr School is hiring at assistant prof level in Global Environmental Policy. Search is broadly scoped and aimed at anyone in quantitative social sciences or related fields, including econ, polisci, env policy, or data science as applied to env policy. Plz share, RT!

Dan Sacks and I are looking for a postdoc to work on Medicaid evaluation projects at UW-IRP: hr.wisc.edu/postdoc-and-re…. Email your resume and cover letter to Tim Connor at [email protected]. For any questions, please contact Dan