📚 Public education made America great. In a new SIEPR Policy Brief, @lalthoff.bsky.social describes what research, including his own, says about universal schooling's vital role in enabling the #AmericanDream and why renewed investment is critical. tinyurl.com/3czmc49t #EconSky #EduSky

We are very excited to host @lalthoff.bsky.social in our Applied Economics Seminar series this week, presenting "Race-Blind Policy and Racial Inequality: Long-Run Effects of the GI Bill". 🕑 14:00 – 15:15, Tuesday 1 July 2025 📍Gormannstrasse 22, 10119 Berlin

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The RFBerlin Applied Economics Seminar series brings leading researchers to Berlin to share their latest work and engage with our community. We are pleased to welcome Lukas Althoff (Stanford Universit...

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@siepr.bsky.social is hiring a predoc to work with the Lab and @erikbryn.bsky.social! Duties include supporting development of data infrastructure, developing and maintaining data tables on measures of the workforce, and contributing to research projects. siepr.stanford.edu/programs/sie...

Eviction has spillover effects on children, with particularly negative effects for boys and older kids. These effects may be moderated by access to family support networks, from Collinson, Dutz, @johneric.bsky.social, Mader, Tannenbaum, and van Dijk https://www.nber.org/papers/w33659

Congratulations Reka!

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🎉Congrats to Professor @rjuhasz.bsky.social of the University of British Columbia for winning the 2025 Governor’s Award. Her research focuses on industrial policy and industrialization, emphasizing their importance in economic studies. bit.ly/3DLWm9U #cdnpse #cdnecon @industrialpolicy.bsky.social

Please join us in congratulating SIEPR Senior Fellow and 2021 winner of the @nobelprize.bsky.social in Economic Sciences Guido Imbens on his appointment to Faculty Director of Stanford University Data Science. news.stanford.edu/stories/2025... #AcademicSky #EconSky

Guido W. Imbens named director of Stanford Data Science

The Nobel laureate will lead a community of faculty, students, scholars, and staff passionate about data science research and educational opportunities.

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Join us for a panel on standardized testing, college admissions, and social mobility. Experts will explore the role of standardized tests in education, meritocracy in admissions, and how to address social and educational injustices. 🔗Register here: bit.ly/3QGbAQN #CollegeAdmissions #Meritocracy

How did the US become a land of opportunity? In a new paper, we show that the country's pioneering role in mass education was key to its rise in intergenerational mobility from 1850 to 1950. "America's Rise in Human Capital Mobility" with Harriet Brookes Gray & Hugo Reichardt

I am opening a postdoc position connected to the FamilyMacro research project at the LSE. This is a one-year position that could be extended for two more years. If interested, please contact me! #EconSky @cfmuk.bsky.social jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Kenneth Arrow’s Last Theorem: Why do the most patient individuals dictate environmental policy in the long run? Let’s explore this fascinating result about efficiency and time preferences. 🧵 www.mechanism-design.org/arch/v009-1/...

We've significantly updated our paper on modeling + measuring systemic discrimination! Check it out: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ab5yx... (cc @aleximas.bsky.social + @aislinnbohren.bsky.social!) A short 🧵 on what's new...

For those who are interested, here are the Nobel prize lectures in economics. Thank you. www.youtube.com/live/YcuxbYU...

Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc. In a word: Harvard. Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard. 🧵