Laura K Gee
@laurakgee.bsky.social
Economist 📈📉at Tufts University. I like to study topics in behavioral economics, gender discrimination and public goods provision (including charitable giving). http://laurakgee.weebly.com/ (she/her)
Exciting to see my work with @olgastoddard.bsky.social @kbuzard7.bsky.social featured outside the hallowed halls of academia 😴😴😴 Thanks so much to @theconversation.com for highlighting the downsides of being the “default parent” as many return to school this month theconversation.com/better-call-...
First time at a workshop where the primary language is Arabic! (Thankfully I give my lectures in English and there is real time translation for all). Thanks @j-pal.bsky.social for inviting me.
My kids made the @bostonglobe.com coverage with their lemonade stand today. Super pleased with eldest child mentioning percentages and youngest child being noted for his screeching abilities
Only one of these made it into the Ten Commandments, and it polls badly. That doesn’t mean it’s rare, however. #econsky
Conrad Hackett@conradhackett.bsky.social · 4mo agoHere is what Americans consider immoral www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
“Researchers are taking on projects they might have otherwise passed on, and our government partners get the insights they need to improve programs and policies.” Berkeley econ professor @jrothst.bsky.social on 10 years of the California Policy Lab: https://bit.ly/4mtubyq
Version 2, with more explanations and clean-up. paulgp.com/replication-...
Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham@paulgp.com · 4mo agoFirst pass at a website that keeps track of the data availability status of various published papers: paulgp.com/replication-... Very much in Alpha mode, so data will be updated soon.
Amazing conference with some of my favorite researchers all thanks to Lise Vesterlund. Also loved that my @aeacswep.bsky.social co-mentee M. Recalde was back to back with me on the program, and my CSWEP mentee S. Saccardo also presenting along with U. Gneezy who was on both our PhD committees
Had a great time discussing “raw moments” which has a very different Econ meaning than real ppl meaning with @benbushong.com while he presented work with M Rabin about how to figure out if people are Bayesian. thanks for coming to @tuftseconomics.bsky.social
Thanks to Alex Mas for coming to @tuftseconomics.bsky.social. We all enjoyed learning about staffing issues when demand for staff is not known (aka a newsvendor problem in labor). I specifically was happy the setting was healthcare staffing in skilled nursing (a setting I’m currently working in!)
Great talk today by @joannavenator.bsky.social about contraceptive choice (eg pill vs IUD) and how it is affected by uncertainty from things like the 2016 election or individual state abortion restrictions.
Something you almost certainly won’t see in the national news is how many tiny protests are all over the Twin Cities today. They’re at stoplights. Parks. Bridges. Just everywhere. And people walking by are joining in. The solidarity is so deep. It’s beautiful and brave. I love this city.
#econsky ‼️ Seeking guidance on quantifying the tone of emails. Currently using a continuous score from RoBERTa 3-sentiment model (a transformer-based pre-trained language model) and human-RA labels.
Are there any US lawmakers fighting to protect the rights of Black/African immigrants that I/we can support? Because oof- what a dismal way to end the year/start 2026 and I've heard not a peep from any of our representatives: abcnews.go.com/Internationa... #Blacksky
Trump's expanded travel ban hits Africa the hardest but reactions are muted
Africa has been the hardest hit by the Trump administration's expanded travel ban that includes 20 more countries
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Much missing data in November report on inflation, CPI. Hard to know what really happened to prices in November. All this due to government shutdown and refusal to allow these workers to come to work.
November jobs report weak, and shows nearly no job growth last few months Almost all of the job growth is in health care Large job losses in federal government
"“If a bloke in Bonnyrigg needs six high-powered rifles and is able to get them under existing licensing scheme, then there’s something wrong,’ he said." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia launches biggest gun buyback in 30 years after Bondi beach terror attack
Prime minister announces first firearm buyback since Port Arthur massacre, and designates Sunday a national day of reflection in honour of Hanukah shooting victims
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The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent. Adopting. Babies. What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 8mo agoOn that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
DEADLINE TODAY: The NBER Race and Stratification Working Group will have its annual meeting on Friday, March 27, 2026. @franciscaantman.bsky.social, Bocar Ba, Robynn Cox and I are organizing the program. Submit your paper today! @nber.org #Econsky www.nber.org/conferences/...
Economics of Race and Stratification, Spring 2026
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I argue in this piece that the nonprofit sector should be thinking more about the counterfactual when assessing fundraising success: winning a $2M competitive bid over capable peers advances the cause less than convincing someone to donate $1M they'd have spent on a yacht.
The Case for Counterfactual Thinking in Nonprofit Fundraising
When a nonprofit wins a major government contract or foundation grant, it’s cause for celebration. These wins reflect hard work and organizational strength. Yet beneath the success lies a subtle, ofte...
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Our affiliate, Seema Jayachandran, argues in this blog post that, when fundraising, nonprofits shouldn't just care about how much they raise. They should value new funds they attract to the cause more than competitive grants they win that would have otherwise gone to an equally capable peer.
Seema Jayachandran@seema.bsky.social · 8mo agoI argue in this piece that the nonprofit sector should be thinking more about the counterfactual when assessing fundraising success: winning a $2M competitive bid over capable peers advances the cause less than convincing someone to donate $1M they'd have spent on a yacht.
Update on JOE postings -- things are worse: paulgp.com/2025/12/10/q...
Economics Job Market Update: December 2025 - Still Very Bad
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The brilliant Kate Ho has passed away. She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her. The profession and the world are poorer without her.
Devastating news. Kate was a great economist and a generous person.
Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe brilliant Kate Ho has passed away. She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her. The profession and the world are poorer without her.
He is asking so politely, why not give the man what he wants?
Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 8mo agoAmazing things happening on X
I really loved Allison Daminger’s book! Highly recommend. She helped me get a handle on the current state of “mental load” work outside Econ (and bonus seems to mention my work with @olgastoddard.bsky.social @kbuzard7.bsky.social in the concluding chapter 🥰)
Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 9mo agoFor the Culture Study, What’s On Her Mind author Allison Daminger spoke with @annehelen.bsky.social about mental load and gendered labor divisions. Read more:
