1 in 5 US LinkedIn users edit job descriptions on well after leaving the position. In a new WP with @nickbloom.bsky.social, Lisa Simon, & Caelan Wilkie-Rogers, we argue this contaminates work using profiles as employment histories-but enables us to track skill demand over time. 🧵 (1/16)

*Call for papers for the 2025 Remote Work Conference* Stanford, October 22 to 24 2025. In person presentations, and streamed for folks to watch remotely. Research papers on cause/effect of remote, WFH or hybrid please submit here: www.remoteworkconference.org/call-for-pap...

Stanford research project on firm forecasting. We would love to get a sense of what people think we will find. So for anyone kind enough to take the survey - about 5 minutes - please use the link below. In 2 weeks I will post the results :-) socialscienceprediction.org/predict/r/15...

CALL FOR PAPERS: Brexit Conference, London, May 15, 2025. Hosted at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London. Themes including labor markets, investment, innovation, trade and political economy. Submit by March 30th here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I gave a summary talk on Working From Home on at the AEAs. Here is a copy of the slide for anyone that would like to use these for teaching etc - latest data and some research summaries. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/f4gh7...

Next week our "Implications of Remote Work" conference runs from Weds 9th October to Friday11th October. Sign-up below for the live video stream, plus find the draft papers. siepr.stanford.edu/events/acade... Register to join the research nerdfest with 29 WFH research presentations :-)