💡Our new short article discussing the effects of violence against journalists, published today in VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social:

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🆕 How violence against journalists reshapes the profession – and what gets reported Today on VoxDev, José A. Jurado (Arizona State University) & Juan S. Morales (Wilfrid Laurier University) show how violence against journalists reduces media activity in Mexico: https://ow.ly/MP4A50Z62P8

CSWEP strongly condemns Larry Summers’ behavior as revealed in the email correspondence with the late Jeffrey Epstein. While abuse of power in the economics profession is not new, rarely has the intent behind such abuse been so clearly stated.

The @cleforum.bsky.social webinar series looks fantastic again this year. First up is Jason Hicks from @uvic.ca on October 3. The full list can be found on CLEF's website: clef.uwaterloo.ca/webinar/ Email clef@uwaterloo.ca w/ “CLEF webinar” in the subject line to receive reminders and invites.

Check out our latest working paper!

LCERPA@lcerpa.bsky.social · last yr.

In their latest working paper, Anto Mancino, Ceci Diaz Campo, and Salvador Navarro develop and estimate a dynamic factor model to analyze the distributional consequences of incarceration on mental health among justice-involved youth, uncovering large disparities based on baseline skills

Check out our WP “What We RANDomly Did Not Learn:Wave Zero of the US Opioid Epidemic” (w/Cecilia Diaz-Campo). We look back 20 years before the modern opioid crisis to uncover overlooked facts about the widespread use of prescribed opioids. We also examine how insurance generosity shaped consumption.

LCERPA@lcerpa.bsky.social · last yr.

In her latest WP, @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social prof @antomancino.bsky.social with co-author Cecilia Diaz-Campo use data to document patterns of opioid use in the US, focusing on wave zero of the epidemic, and establish a link between health insurance plan generosity and opioid abuse.

A moment for a bit of pride: @bdhuey.bsky.social (UofT) and I (@wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social @lcerpa.bsky.social ) were awarded the CWEC Sylvia Ostry Award, for having "furthered the status of women in the economics profession." This meant a lot to me, thank you! www.economics.ca/cwec-awards

Congrats to @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social prof and @lcerpa.bsky.social member Nik Cook on winning the Polanyi Prize! This achievement establishes Nik as one of Ontario's very best young economists and highlights the high impact of his work in both environmental economics and research transparency.

Ontario's Universities@ontuniv.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to the 2024 Polanyi Prize winners, Caitlin Maikawa, Rachel Baker, Nikolai Cook, Farshad Moradi Kashkooli & Hossein Davarinejad, who are leading novel #research in chemistry, medicine, physics & economic science. ontariosuniversities.ca/university-i... #ONpse

🎉Exciting news! My paper "Rehabilitating futures: Assessing the effects of correctional employment-focused programs" has been accepted for publication in European Economic Review! Check it out here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Rehabilitating futures: Assessing the effects of correctional employment-focused programs on recidivism and employment

In this paper, I explore the effects of participating in employment-focused programs during incarceration, encompassing job skills and vocational trai…

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