The balance of public opinion is against abortion being legal in only one state, Arkansas. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Catherine Eckel
@eckelc.bsky.social
I'm a behavioral/experimental economist at Texas A&M.
Nobel Prizes by country and year. The dominance of Germany is striking every time. Before 1933, that is. And the utter dominance of America (and the UK) after 1945.
Grateful that some Republican leaders are pushing back against efforts to defund American universities: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Funding for R&D isn’t a gift to academia
Investing in scientific research and development is vital to U.S. security.
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Are you ready to put away your wallet tomorrow? I’m all in!
“Are federal workers lazy? Let’s look at the data.” Excellent analysis by @andrewvandam.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Column | Are federal workers lazy? Let’s look at the data.
As Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service targets federal workers, we investigate how hard those folks have been working for their government paychecks.
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I concur. Thanks to all who organized and attended/.
Dr. Angelino Viceisza@aviceisza.bsky.social · 2y agoI had a great time this weekend celebrating the life of Gary Charness. It was good to see many long-time colleagues in experimental economics, including @eckelc.bsky.social, @johnlist.bsky.social, and @lisev.bsky.social. A special thanks to #CharlesNoussair and #MartinDufwenberg for organizing!
three things editors can do: (i dont think theres much hope for changing what referees do.) /3
Ben Golub@bengolub.bsky.social · 2y agoIn economics, editors, referees, and authors often behave as if a published paper should reflect some kind of authoritative consensus. As a result, valuable debate happens in secret, and the resulting paper is an opaque compromise with anonymous co-authors called referees. 1/
Breaking the Cycle of Violence: How Female Leaders Curb Armed Conflict. Guest post by Francisco Eslava blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva... via the World Bank
Breaking the Cycle of Violence: How Female Leaders Curb Armed Conflict. Guest post by Francisco Eslava
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Update: this list has now 100 (!) women political economists to follow! 🤩 Thanks so much for the (self-)recommendations, I'm thrilled to connect and reconnect with you all here & so looking forward to learning more about your work! Still 50 spots open! 🙋 go.bsky.app/QFrdfh3
This map shows where the world's carbon emissions come from - population centers, flight paths, shipping lanes and high production areas. www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/mapped-ca...
I've posted several times about the working paper, but the publication on "AER: Insights" is a good occasion to do it again: immigrants to the US have been less likely to be incarcerated for over 50 years **even without controlling for demographic characteristics.** www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Cool new paper! "Strength in Numbers? Gender Composition, Leadership, and Women’s Influence in Teams" by @profkarpo.bsky.social, Stephen D. O’Connell, Jessica Preece, Olga Stoddard #Econsky polisky
Texas A&M University Economics were well represented at the Southern Economic Association meetings in Washington DC. This is a great meeting for seeing folks who aren't necessarily on the fancy circuit, lots of wonderful scholars from many different schools.
Really excellent lecture by Kasey Buckles! The best thing I saw at SEA this year.
Lisa A. Gennetian@lisagennetian.bsky.social · 2y agoCongrats to Dr. Kasey Buckles on a fantastic lecture “How our families shape us” at #2024SEA …and the wealth of data to be available w/ the curation of family linkages across censuses.
Ok folks, here is the job ad for our Empirical IO Assistant Professor position and how to apply: usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange... We'll be moving fast so please encourage all of your students to apply quickly. 📈📉
Assistant Professor of Economics at USC
Assistant Professor of Economics at USC
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Robert Metcalfe@rmetcalfe.bsky.social · 3y agoJob market update: we have just been given the green light to hire a junior slot in Empirical IO at USC. We will release the job ad very shortly. Please encourage your students whose primary or secondary field is empirical IO to apply. We will also consider people a few years out from the market.
OK, chart time. Big picture: Job growth remains solid. The "acceleration" in November was entirely due to the return of striking workers, but even accounting for that, gains are steady, albeit down from earlier this year. #NumbersDay
Ben Casselman@bencasselman.bsky.social · 3y agoU.S. employers added 199,000 jobs in November, a figure that partly reflects the return of striking autoworkers. The unemployment rate FELL to 3.7%. #NumbersDay Data: www.bls.gov/news.release... Full coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2023/12...
For professional reasons I must change how I interact with social media I am getting solicitations to apply for deanships Gotta up the swearing and over-sharing
Here it is! Our new standing RFP for causal research proposals on crime/CJ! This replaces our previous practice of invite-only submissions for most research. Please share with your networks, including PhD students. craftmediabucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/Caus...
🔥🔥🔥Are you pissed about Armin Falk heading IZA? If yes, consider reading/sharing/signing this letter. To be clear I didn’t organize this letter, and I’m so pleased that instead of me it was more senior economists (some male) who stepped up to help with this effort. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Hi Everyone! New job ⚠️ alert for UVA| Batten. We are looking for a *Full* or Associate Professor with specialty in Health Economics. Deadline: December 9, 2023 More information at apply.interfolio.com/135055 Feel free to email me questions and help me spread widely!
**ADOPT A PAPER Round 4** Adopt a Paper is a streamlined mentoring program aimed at giving junior faculty in Econ access to high quality feedback on a paper from a top scholar. More than 300 papers "adopted" in rounds 1-3. adoptapaper.org More info below & in thread
The FINRA Foundation has a new call for proposals for dissertation fellowships related to financial education, financial capability, financial well-being! $40k! Great mentorship! Great people!! Dissertating PhD students: APPLY!!!
Dissertation Completion Fellowship Program | Finra Foundation
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@aeacswep.bsky.social will host Mentoring Breakfasts for Junior Economists at #ASSA2024 on Fri, Jan 5, from 8-10 am CST. Pre-registration is required. For more information, click the link: www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co....
American Economic Association
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