Great 🧵 on our (yes, dream) team's latest research from my coauthor @julia-turner.bsky.social... who fails to mention that she will be on the market this fall with a killer JMP about the roll-out of these community college bachelor's degrees in Washington. 👀

Julia Turner@julia-turner.bsky.social · 4w ago

🚨 New NBER WP out from this dream team of coauthors! @riacton.bsky.social, @loismiller.bsky.social, @camilantmorales.bsky.social, Kalena Cortes, and I are excited to share results from our pilot resume audit study of community college bachelor’s degrees (CCBs). www.nber.org/papers/w35404

@sassermodestino.bsky.social had a nice research summary of the benefits of summer youth employment programs. Source: econofact.org/do-summer-yo...

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 4w ago

We received a record number of applications this year for our Summer Youth Employment Program! Congrats to the 100,000 New Yorkers in our newest cohort, who were definitely not caught sleeping.

Sounds positively Spartan

rax ‘levon honkers’ king@raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2mo ago

i think it’d be cool if guys in the army would be gay together. i guess i think that is what the army should be for, is for men to drink a milkshake with two straws. give each other noogies that all of a sudden turn romantic and such. stay up late with the platoon analyzing his voicemails together

Q: Does my thesis adviser pick the snake? A: No. Your adviser just tells the guy who picks the snakes how good your thesis was.

FAQ: The “Snake Fight” Portion of Your Thesis Defense

March 13 2022 4/24/23 5/8/24 5/13/26 CALENDAR 2027

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Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @giac_bat @RF_Berlin who works on topics related to migration and conflict

Excited to share an updated paper from a longstanding agenda with Andy Hall, @dthompson.bsky.social, and Jesse Yoder: "Fortunate Sons: Elite Political Selection in American History" We link Members of Congress (+ their families) to the complete count census, covering congresses from 1850-the 2000s

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is Silvia Castro @LMU_Muenchen who works on topics related to gender, organizational economics + development

New working paper alert! Our team developed a web crawler to study the accessibility of information related to special education on school district websites in four states (MA, RI, IN, and FL). Read the full WP here: edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1447 And check out Cam's thread below for more detail!

Cam Arnzen@camarnzen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I'm excited to share our latest EdWorking paper, "The Politics of Administrative Ease: Public Access to Local Special Education Information" (w/ @lindseykaler.bsky.social and co-authors). edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1447 #SpecialEducation #EdResearch @annenberginstitute.bsky.social

🚨New working paper alert! 🚨 The US spends huge $ on special education services for students with disabilities. Is that spending effective? Today we released a working paper suggesting it is. "Special Education Substantially Improves Learning: Evidence from Three States" Let me explain...

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @JuanFelipeRiano @Georgetown who works (quite prolifically!) on topics related to development, political economy and economic history

Come see cutting edge evidence on pollution and learning outcomes, starting in just a few hours. My presentation might be the first academic talk that'll make you think "What a smoke show!"

Matthew A Kraft@matthewakraft.com · 5mo ago

The #SustainableED team is finishing strong at @aefpweb.bsky.social with two presentations as part of a panel on "The Educational Impacts of Pollution" along w/ @joshua-goodman.com & others. Join us at 11:45 in St. Gallen 3. #AEFP2026 @edsustainable.bsky.social

What do beginning teachers struggle with, what shapes their challenges, and does it relate to retention? Today at 10am #AEFP2026 I present dissertation work applying LLMs to teacher-written narratives. Stop by if you care about teacher turnover or ed data science! @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social

📢New WP: Minimum Wages and Workplace Injuries Using California state and local minimum wage increases 2000-2019, we find minimum wage hikes increase workplace injury rates for low-wage workers. A plausible mechanism is work intensification 🧵 w/ @rjisungpark.bsky.social & Michael Davies

Happening today! An entire @aefpweb.bsky.social panel on "Climate Change and Education" #AEFP2026 Don't miss @emilykpenner.bsky.social @andrewpenner.bsky.social & many others at session 3.10 in St. Gallen 3. Grace will be presenting our WP: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1238

Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics “University as a Melting Pot: Long-term Effects of Internationalization” Debates on international students often focus on capacity, funding, or competition. My paper shows the main effects on natives are not academic or economic, but social.

This is quite the paper, showing elite colleges (in Chile) help low social status individuals move up in society but on balance tighten the links between social and human capital. Amazing work by @andresbafer.bsky.social, Chris Neilson, and Seth Zimmerman. (I'm jealous of Chilean data quality.)

AEA Journals@aeajournals.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Forthcoming in the AER: "Elite Universities and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human and Social Capital" by Andrés Barrios-Fernández, Christopher Neilson, and Seth Zimmerman.

In just a few days, WEPC will be at this year’s Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Conference in Chicago! Stay tuned for info on the 15+ panels and presentations from our faculty and staff, and check out a full program below. bit.ly/WEPC-AEFP2026 #AEFP2026 @buwheelock.bsky.social

Our @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social group is doing ~20 presentations at @aefpweb.bsky.social 2026! I'll chair a higher ed panel, present on pollution & learning, and watch PhDs present papers on post-COVID K-12 enrollment and diversifying calculus. Details: wheelockpolicycenter.org/wp-content/u...

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @mirandainez @tamuecon, a brand-new PhD who works on topics related to development and behavioral economics

"Being assigned a higher average grade inflating teacher reduces future test scores, the likelihood of graduating, college enrollment, and earnings. In contrast, passing grade inflation increases high school graduation, with limited long-run effects." www.nber.org/papers/w34952

Easy A’s, Less Pay: The Long-Term Effects of Grade Inflation

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Early Evidence Suggests LEARNS Salary Increases Improved Teacher Retention. The blog post linked below summarizes the results from our new working paper. It’s a quick, nontechnical read. Check it out 👇

Josh B. McGee@jbmcgee.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Check out our blog post summarizing the results of our recent working paper on the retention effects of LEARNS teacher salary increases. We find that the raises are improving teacher retention—especially in rural & higher-need districts. More 👇 oep.uark.edu/raising-the-...

🚨Ed policy researchers, look at the newest special call! 📲 We’re eager to fund RCTs and quasi-experimental studies that produce actionable evidence on how K–12 cell phone policies affect student learning, behavior, and well-being. 🗓️ 3-page LOIs due May 1. Learn more: bit.ly/47n9e1L

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @SubarnaBee @uniGoettingen who works on topics related to education, gender, and political economy

Ever thought to yourself "I love pushing people in front of trains, if only there was an easy way to do it for a living?" ... Well, now it just takes one click!

Christian Odendahl@codendahl.bsky.social · 5mo ago

What I thought was a joke is real: you can now bet on German train delays. bahn.bet

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is Gunes Asik @METU_ODTU who works on topics including gender and labor, particularly in Turkey

#CALDER2026 really interesting work on school principals

CALDER Center@caldercenter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

What do we know about the impact of principals on teachers' working conditions? New CALDER paper from Ataur Rahaman & Cory Koedel uses data from IL to explore this relationship. 🔗https://bit.ly/4kQRpxC (1/2)

Very much enjoying this new paper showing that: 1) Massachusetts high schools differ dramatically in their impacts on students' earnings 2) More effective high schools are those that tend to raise test scores the most www.nber.org/papers/w34913

🚀 I’m excited to share that I’m on the #EconSky job market this year! In my #EconJMP, I study how teachers in Finnish upper secondary schools impact students’ socio-emotional skills – and the labor market returns of these effects! (🧵, 1/N)

Check out our new paper investigating teacher retention effects of a statewide minimum salary increase. 🚨Spoiler alert 🚨: paying teachers more increased retention👇

Andrew Camp@andrewmcamp.com · 5mo ago

What happens when you shrink salary differences between districts, increase beginning teacher pay by over $10,000, and compress salary schedules? @gzamarro.bsky.social, @jbmcgee.bsky.social, @taylornwilson.bsky.social, Miranda Vernon, and I find out in our new CALDER working paper: bit.ly/4l4b5hO

How Early Morning Classes Change Academic Trajectories: Evidence From a Natural Experiment onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

How Early Morning Classes Change Academic Trajectories: Evidence From a Natural Experiment

Using a natural experiment which randomized class times to students, this study reveals that enrolling in early morning classes lowers students’ course grades and the likelihood of future STEM course....

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