NEW WORKING PAPER Minimum Wages and Vertical Restraints in Franchising joint with Swayam Sarangi, @stpinto.bsky.social, and Blake Eliason. marshallsteinbaum.org/wp-content/u... #EconSky /1
Justin C. Wiltshire
@jcwetcoast.bsky.social
Asst Professor of Economics @ University of Victoria. Labo(u)r, public, urban, applied micro. Let's go for a hike and talk research
Yes to a lot of this, but let's remember that there's a lot of value to be had in also prioritizing those who have moved to Canada and learned a skilled trade. Many such workers have higher earning potential than is typical for an average post-secondary graduate, and fill more acute skills shortages
Mikal Skuterud@mikalskuterud.bsky.social · 8mo agoI've written something with four of Canada's leading economists. We think it's important. The federal government has subverted Canada's world-renowned skills based immigration system. It's time to bring it back. Take some time to read and distribute. 👉 cdhowe.org/publication/...
I was disappointed with several elements of The @economist.com recent articles on minimum wages. To their credit, they've published my response. Here are some links to the research I reference and to some other research which had to be cut from the published letter 1/N
#DACA increased high school graduation by 12% for #UndocumentedYouth—and even boosted U.S.-born students’ rates by 4% in LA schools. Briana Ballis found that policy ripple effects are real. #FeaturedArticle doi.org/10.3368/jhr....
Heading south for this conference and just got grilled on minimum wage effects by the US border guard in Calgary who wanted to know the implications of McDonald's workers in the Seattle area starting at over $20/hour. This is going to be a good trip!
UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE)@ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · last yr.Session 1: Minimum wage effects: Where are we now (chaired by @elopezlira.bsky.social), with Ellora Derenoncourt, @jcwetcoast.bsky.social, and @dsosinskiy.bsky.social
BREAKING: In a serious blow to US pandemic flu preparedness, HHS has cancelled a contract with Moderna to test and license prototype vaccines for #H5N1 #birdflu and other potential pandemic viruses. In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics
HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.
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I heard that as part of a settlement offer, Harvard will give Kristi Noem classes on habeas corpus.
I can't wait for this fantastic conference! What a privilege to join these other authors!
UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE)@ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · last yr.Virtual registration is still open for the "Minimum Wages & Monopsony Power" conference! Featuring an all-star lineup of labor economists, this one-day event also honors career of Dr. Michael Reich. 📅 June 6, 2025 | 8am - 5pm 🔗 Register today: irle.berkeley.edu/events/minim...
Going to be a great conference!
UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor & Employment (IRLE)@ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social · last yr.Register now for the Minimum Wages & Monopsony Power Conference at UC Berkeley on June 6. Join leading scholars for this one-day conference, which also honors Michael Reich’s influential career. Space is limited. Register: irle.berkeley.edu/minimum-wage... #EconSky #MinimumWage #LaborEconomics
Great comments from @econmarshall.bsky.social and the @utah.edu econ crowd during my presentation on Monotony Power and the US Social Safety Net. Also, what incredible surroundings for a campus!
Marshall Steinbaum@econmarshall.bsky.social · last yr.Highly gratifying slide h/t @jcwetcoast.bsky.social
RANDOM TARIFF ENCOUNTER TABLE (D8) 1 - 25% 2 - 34% 3 - 10% (but you must buy our chickens) 4 - 49% lovely people but they've been ripping us off 5 - 20% and 2d4 ogres 6 - 31%, roll again on treasure table C 7 - 25% (28% for elves) 8 - Roll again combine both results
Hello, Bluesky #EconSky! We're the Southern Africa Labour & Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at UCT, dedicated to challenging inequalities through policy-relevant academic research. We are one of the leading Labour & Development #Economics units on the continent. Explore our work: saldru.uct.ac.za
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012. Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place. A thread.
It's always fun when people talk about your old JMP
Bridget 🦋 🐸🌸📎🕊️💙 🇺🇦🇨🇦🌞📚🎶🌍🍀@bawalker.bsky.social · 2y agoThis is reality for so many once vital small communities
Hard to see for recent job market candidates. Postings are also down on other platforms, too, per @johncawley.bsky.social
John Cawley@johncawley.bsky.social · 2y agoThe # of full-time academic jobs outside the US that are listed on JOE is also down - down 11.4% from this point last year, down 21.9% from 2022, and down 20.0% from 2021. 5/8
www.axios.com/2024/12/08/s... 😯😯 This is huge! The Middle East is literally being remade as we 'speak'. And yet American media seems largely focused on a single fatal shooting (an appalling crime, yet entirely normal in America but for the victim's social status)
Assad regime collapses as Syrian rebels seize control of Damascus
Reuters reported that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has left Damascus.
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You can hear me on @npr.org Up First and Morning Edition today talking about why mass deportations don’t lead to more jobs for US born workers *and* will likely increase prices on things like groceries. one.npr.org/i/1217308659...
🔊 Listen Now: Trump's Defense Pick, United Healthcare CEO Killed, Mass Deportations And Jobs
Up First From NPR on NPR One | 13:02
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The really shocking thing I learned is that United Healthcare's insurance division employs 140K people. HHS, which administers Medicare (65M enrollees), CDC, FDA, Obamacare exchange and the federal part of Medicaid (88M), CHIPs, WIC, TANF, only employs 80K.
Hey, look who I just found on here! My favorite economist, @betseystevenson.bsky.social, just discovered BlueSky. Let's make her feel welcome.
Hey #EconSky📉📈 our new working paper with Michael Reich @IRLE is out! Sectoral Wage-Setting in California We provide the first causal evidence of the (highest in the US) $20 minimum wage for large fast-food chains in California, implemented on April 1, 2024. irle.berkeley.edu/publications... 1/7
Sectoral Wage-Setting in California – Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
Abstract On April 1, 2024, California implemented its first sectoral wage policy, setting a $20 floor on hourly pay for workers in the larger fast food restaura
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Very excited to have @mpbitler.bsky.social delivering our 2024 Lansdowne Lecture on “Entitlements, Block Grants, Work Requirements, and the Safety Net: Evidence from the US in Times of Economic Crisis”. Open to the public! Join us in DTB A110 at UVic this Thursday at 7pm.
Can't wait for our excellent session at #ASSA. Hope to see many there from #EconSky. Our slides are available at www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
A🧵on Ihsaan Bassier's #JMP. Ihsaan is a post-doc at LSE working on labor & development, and on the market this year. He's doing amazing research on labor market institutions, monopsony, inequality. His JMP is very timely: collective bargaining's spillover on non-union sector. 1/
Ihsaan Bassier
Ihsaan Bassier
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#Econsky Research in Labor Economics will have a special issue on Migration, Human Capital and the Labor Market, with keynote papers from Giovanni Peri & Mette Foged, Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Barry Chiswick, Madeline Zavodny & Pia Orrenius. Submit by October 30 here: legacy.iza.org/rle_applicat...
IZA - Research in Labor Economics - Paper Submission
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My mom is asking the questions that we should all be asking ourselves
