Justin C. Wiltshire (@jcwetcoast) 's Twitter Profile
Justin C. Wiltshire

@jcwetcoast

Assistant Professor of Economics @UVicEconomics. Researching: labour markets; housing markets; market power; immigration; public econ

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My grandfather survived Auschwitz, worked his ass off to get a PhD in physics despite 5 years of slave labor w no schooling, and came to the US to build the camera for the Apollo missions. But I guess you don't want ppl like that in our country anymore you ungrateful jackass

John B. Holbein (@johnholbein1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Can you guess what happens when young men are kicked off Medicaid? ... ... ... They are more likely to commit a crime. Why? In part, because they lose mental health services. "Expanding Medicaid...is a cost-effective policy for reducing crime"

Can you guess what happens when young men are kicked off Medicaid?  

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They are more likely to commit a crime.  

Why?  

In part, because they lose mental health services.  

"Expanding Medicaid...is a cost-effective policy for reducing crime"
Justin C. Wiltshire (@jcwetcoast) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What I've learned from the few clips I've seen of today's US military #parade is that US troops don't know how to march in step. It makes you wonder: what else...

Jo (@jojofromjerz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received both her undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard University. She graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Harvard Law School, graduating cum laude. While

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received both her undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard University. She graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Harvard Law School, graduating cum laude. While
Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When the American empire finally collapses, historians won’t be stunned by the greed of the elite; They’ll be stunned by the loyalty of the poor. The working class didn’t just vote against their own interests. They worshipped the billionaires robbing them. They slashed their

Arin Dube (@arindube) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Firing the Commissioner of Labor Statistics when the BLS revises jobs numbers down (as it routinely does) threatens to destroy trust in core American institutions, and all government statistics. I can't stress how damaging this is.

Firing the Commissioner of Labor Statistics when the BLS revises jobs numbers down (as it routinely does) threatens to destroy trust in core American institutions, and all government statistics.

I can't stress how damaging this is.
John B. Holbein (@johnholbein1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: new study just dropped that shows compelling evidence that cell phone bans cause student grades to modestly increase. Grade increases are largest among low performing students.

BREAKING: new study just dropped that shows compelling evidence that cell phone bans cause student grades to modestly increase. 

Grade increases are largest among low performing students.
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I don’t think I have ever publicly criticized any Presidential nominee before. But E.J. Antoni is completely unqualified to be BLS Commissioner. He is an extreme partisan and does not have any relevant expertise. He would be a break from decades of nonpartisan technocrats.

Khoa Vu (@khoavuumn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Bare minimum for holding a conversation: Goodman Bacon, Callaway & Sant'Anna, Abraham & Sun, Borusyak Jaravel & Spiess, Wooldridge, de Chaisemartin & D'Haultfœuille, Rambachan & Roth, Callaway Goodman Bacon & Sant'Anna, Cengiz et al.