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@hceconomics.bsky.social

Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group at the @UChicago Center for the Economics of Human Development. We generate & share research on how people achieve their fullest potential. https://hceconomics.uchicago.edu https://cehd.uchicago.

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Human Capital HCEO - CEHD@hceconomics.bsky.social · yesterday

The new Illinois Department of Early Childhood opened July 1, consolidating early childhood care resources under one roof. Our executive director, Alison Baulos, tells WBEZ’s In the Loop podcast that this improves equity and access to quality care for families. www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-...

A look back at the Illinois Department of Early Childhood’s first month

How will the new Illinois Department of Early Childhood simplify accessing early childhood services in the state.

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Human Capital HCEO - CEHD@hceconomics.bsky.social · last wk.

New in @nber.org from HCEO director @heckmanequation.bsky.social and colleagues: www.nber.org/papers/w35526

Relating Cognitive Skills and Personality Traits to Economic Preferences: Decision-Making under Cognitive Shocks and Guessing

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Human Capital HCEO - CEHD@hceconomics.bsky.social · 2w ago

On Friday, @heckmanequation.bsky.social shared research at the Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory exploring how personality traits influence economic preferences and behaviors, like risk aversion and decision-making. #IMPA #SAET impa.br/notices/nobe...

Heckman Links Psychology and Economics in Plenary Session - IMPA - Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics

The study presented here examines how personality traits can influence decisions involving risk

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Human Capital HCEO - CEHD@hceconomics.bsky.social · 4w ago

HCEO member Claudia Goldin: Declines in fertility "involve greater female autonomy and a mismatch between the desires of men and women. Men generally benefit more from maintaining traditions; women often benefit more from eschewing them." www.nber.org/papers/w35425

The Rise of Female Autonomy and the Decline of Fertility: The Role of Mismatch

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Human Capital HCEO - CEHD@hceconomics.bsky.social · 4w ago

New data analysis from HCEO member @aaronsojourner.org and colleagues reveals patterns and variation in commutes to child care for families and workers — with implications for designing policies to boost #ECE care. @upjohninstitute.bsky.social

Aaron Sojourner@aaronsojourner.org · 4w ago

Early care & education services are spatially differentiated. Using cell-phone mobility data, we measure worker & consumer commutes in a novel way, at the provider level. Great working with @gabriellepepin.bsky.social, @jborowsky.bsky.social & Liz Davis. research.upjohn.org/cgi/viewcont...

Close to Home? Five Key Facts about Child Care Customer and Worker Commutes Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 26-432 Gabrielle Pepin W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Jonathan Borowsky University of Minnesota Elizabeth E. Davis University of Minnesota Aaron Sojourner W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research June 2026 ABSTRACT Parents often cite location and convenience as important factors in choosing a child care provider. We use data on individual mobility from GPS in cell phones to study commutes to each licensed early childhood care and education (ECE) provider in 14 states separately for center customers, center workers, and customers of home-based child care providers. We document five key facts about ECE customer and worker commutes. One, center customers and workers commute farther than home-based customers to ECE providers. Two, substantial shares of customers and workers commute 10+ miles to their ECE provider. Three, commute distances to ECE providers vary substantially across geographic regions. Four, commute distances, especially for center workers, increase with provider neighborhood socioeconomic status. Five, commute distances vary by the racial and ethnic composition of the provider location, even after controlling for measures of socioeconomic status. Results suggest variation in ECE market size by provider type, geographic location, and workforce characteristics, which has implications for policies intended to increase supply within the sector. Higher-income customers may lift child care prices and wages across a broader region than where they shop, impacting access in less privileged regions. Interventions targeting child care wages may have geographical spillovers outside of child care markets defined by consumer behavior. Key Words: child care, commutes, early childhood care and education workforce, market size This work was supported by a grant from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth.
Climent Quintana-Domeque@climent.bsky.social · 4w ago

Economics for Policy & Decision-Making: a practical, live online programme from @exeter.ac.uk designed to help professionals make confident, evidence-informed decisions using core economic thinking. Dates: 4, 11, 18, 25 Nov; 2, 9 Dec 2026, 10am-12pm. business-school.exeter.ac.uk/executive-ed...

Economics for Policy and Decision-Making | University of Exeter Business School | University of Exeter

Gain the economic logic to build your confidence, clarity and diligence in decision-making in a complex professional environment.

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Arnout van de Rijt@arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social · last mo.

"teacher-induced learning inequalities are mainly driven by unequal exposure to highly qualified teachers, rather than unequal returns to qualifications." Just out in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...

Teacher Sorting and Inequalities in Student Achievement: Unequal Exposures and Differential Returns to Teacher Qualifications

Article: Teacher Sorting and Inequalities in Student Achievement: Unequal Exposures and Differential Returns to Teacher Qualifications | Sociological Science | Posted June 30, 2026

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Sociological Science@sociologicalsci.bsky.social · last mo.

NEW: Said Hassan, "Teacher Sorting and Inequalities in Student Achievement: Unequal Exposures and Differential Returns to Teacher Qualifications" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...

Gabriella Conti@gabriconti.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I am honoured to have been elected to the Council of @resmedia.bsky.social for 2026–2031 Grateful to colleagues who supported my nomination & look fwd to working w/ fellow Council members for the progress of our profession🌟 res.org.uk/res-2026-27-... @sriucl.bsky.social @ucleconomics.bsky.social

RES 2026/27 Presidents and Council members confirmed - Royal Economic Society

RES has appointed Prof. Tony Venables (Oxford) as RES President, and Prof. Dame Diane Coyle (Cambridge) as RES President-Elect for the year 2026 - 2027

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Peter Bergman@peterbergman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New NBER working paper. We meta-analyze 82 RCTs of low-cost parent programs in 20+ countries. We use data on unwritten RCTs from funder records, RCT registries, author queries, etc. to estimate a model that adjusts for publication bias and characterizes the effect distribution for unwritten studies.

NBER working paper. Paper title: Characterizing the File Drawer: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis of Parent-Interventions Around the World Abstract: We conduct a meta-analysis of 82 randomized controlled trials across more than 20 countries to estimate the effects of low-cost, remote parental engagement interventions delivered through text messages, phone calls, and apps. We estimate a joint likelihood function that incorporates both written studies and unwritten studies identified through trial registries, funder records, research labs, evidence clearinghouses, and other sources. By also recording sample sizes for unwritten studies, the model estimates the distribution of standard errors, identifies write-up probabilities conditional on significance, and characterizes the file drawer by estimating effect distributions for written \textit{and} unwritten studies. Bias-corrected effects are 0.05 SD for test scores, 0.07 SD for grades, 0.05 SD for attendance, and 0.03 SD for enrollment. In the best-identified domain, test scores, statistically insignificant results are still written up at high rates. We also find that larger studies tend to estimate smaller latent effects, which could indicate that true effects are correlated with study precision, violating a common meta-analysis assumption. In smaller-sample domains, our approach helps identify selection probabilities by anchoring the absolute write-up rates. Finally, we estimate the value of additional RCTs to inform adoption decisions. Any single study estimate is unlikely to dissuade adoption because parent interventions have high marginal value of public funds. Instead, future research is most valuable when it can explain heterogeneity across settings.
Human Capital HCEO - CEHD@hceconomics.bsky.social · 2mo ago

HCEO member Leonardo Bursztyn and colleagues explore how products that create externalities impacting non-users create pressure for them to adopt the product—even if they prefer that it not exist. www.nber.org/papers/w35279

Non-User Externalities

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