Do PGS capture genetic endowments? Using a latent genetic measure, combining SNPs with ADHD symptoms, parents compensate for kids’ ADHD risk. PGS estimates flip the story, from Francesco Agostinelli and Zach Weingarten www.nber.org/papers/w34427

I'll be presenting my job market paper at SOLE/World Labor Conference in Toronto next week (session 101 — "School Quality") If you'll be there and want to connect over lunch/dinner/drinks, feel free to reach out!

👇 See the program of our 📢 3rd CESifo/ifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🚀 Starting on Monday! Keynotes: Alexander Willén & @alexeble.bsky.social What a tough choice from 160 submissions www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev... @caterinapavese.bsky.social @cesifo.org @ifoeducation.bsky.social

I’ll be presenting (a quick version of) my JMP “High School Admissions Policies in Equilibrium” at #AEFP in Session 6.06 We quantify the equity & efficiency trade-offs of abolishing screened admissions & develop an optimal design to minimize this trade-off Looking forward to seeing everyone in DC!

If you’re in the mood for new music, my friend and I do a year-end write-up (with accompanying playlist) each year: zach-weingarten.medium.com/50-favorite-...

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100 education economists are now currently browsing the Texas restricted data access website

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2y ago

Students whose families make less than $100,000 annually will get free tuition and waived fees at any of the academic universities in the University of Texas System

Banking this for the market next year

🚨 New WP 🚨 Joint with Brooks Bowden & Viviana Rodriguez, we analyze the impacts of a policy that explicitly lowered grading standards in high school for all students. Full version here: www.edworkingpapers.org/sites/defaul... Thread below

Anyone have an NBER invite code?

The “Popular with Friends” tab is mostly a @khoavuumn.bsky.social highlight reel so I’d say this app is working as intended so far

hm submission ID 5 I may have jumped the gun on this AEFP submission